Ty Dellandrea was skating by the NY Rangers' goal crease when his skate clipped the leg of Igor Shesterkin and sent the Blueshirts' prized tender to the ice. The immediate concern - his head snapping back and hitting the ice - was assuaged fairly quickly, but Shesterkin was visibly in some discomfort.
Dellandrea received two minutes for tripping - served by Wyatt Johnston - and another two minutes for roughing Artemi Panarin, who jumped in at the defense of his goaltender. He would receive a matching minor.
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As E.J. Hradek of the NHL Network's broadcast team points out, Shesterkin was outside the blue paint, but Dellandrea still did not make a worthy enough effort to avoid the Rangers' goalie.
Shesterkin stayed in the game, so there was no injury on the play. The question has to be asked: did Igor sell the call or was he really affected after the fact?
He has done it before, after all...
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Did Igor flop on this one or was the right call made by the officials?
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