It's more of an informal thing, so expecting players to adhere to it in the heat of battle is straight up foolish. Still, that doesn't mean that crossing the line is acceptable.
Hitting a downed opponent constitutes a break of said code, although - as stated - the players can hardly be expected to rein themselves in. That's what officials are for.
| POLL | ||
MARS 18 | 176 ANSWERS Player Breaks the Code & Feeds Downed Opponent His Lunch Did #18 in yellow cross the line punching his opponent while he was down? | ||
| Yes | 106 | 60.2 % |
| No, fair game | 35 | 19.9 % |
| See results | 35 | 19.9 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 6, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||