Josh Anderson Tossed for Boarding VGK's Pietrangelo, Habs Somehow Get a PP & Suzuki Scores
This was a super rare occurrence in the NHL, but there is an explanation.
Josh Anderson, first and foremost, threw a brutal check on Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and was subsequently tossed. A huge scrum took place, as you'd expect, and it led to a smorgasbord of penalties. Anderson took five-and-a-game for boarding, yet ironically it led to a Montreal powerplay.
Even though Anderson's was the most egregious, two separate Golden Knights received roughing penalties - Pietrangelo and Alec Martinez. So Montreal sent one guy to the box for five minutes, but Vegas sent two to the box for four minutes; just served simultaneously. Giving the Canadiens a two-minute 4-on-3 powerplay; or until someone scores...
Enter: Captain Suzuki
Vegas would score on their powerplay shortly after and eventually win the game, so in that sense justice prevailed here. But for a second there, the hockey gods were asleep at the wheel, or at least it sure felt like it.
Final: VGK - 6 : MTL - 4
| POLL | ||
NOVEMBRE 5 | 265 ANSWERS Josh Anderson Tossed for Boarding VGK's Pietrangelo, Habs Somehow Get a PP & Suzuki Scores Should Anderson face any supplemental discipline for his hit on Pietrangelo? | ||
| Yes, just a fine | 61 | 23 % |
| Yes, should be suspended | 73 | 27.5 % |
| No, getting tossed and losing is enough | 76 | 28.7 % |
| See Results | 55 | 20.8 % |
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Josh Doan | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Zach Benson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ivan Demidov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Evans | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Lane Hutson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Norris | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Bowen Byram | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
| Phillip Danault | - | - | - | |
| Jakub Dobes | - | - | - | |
| Noah Dobson | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||