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Golden Knights' Alex Pietrangelo Slashes Leon Draisaitl Up High Before Going After Connor McDavid

Watch as Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo catches Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl with an overhand slash in the hands before going after Connor McDavid. Pietrangelo received a major penalty and game misconduct for the slash. ---------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Sportsnet on YouTube - http://sprtsnt.ca/2paAT2L Visit Sportsnet.ca for more sports news and highlights - http://www.sportsnet.ca Follow Sportsnet on Facebook - http://sprtsnt.ca/YTFB Follow Sportsnet on Twitter - http://sprtsnt.ca/YTTWTR Follow Sportsnet on Instagram - http://sprtsnt.ca/YTINST Follow Sportsnet on Snapchat - http://sprtsnt.ca/YTSNAP Follow Sportsnet on TikTok - http://sprtsnt.ca/YTTIKTOK Watch Sportsnet on Sportsnet Now - http://sportsnet.ca/now ---------------------------------------------- Sportsnet is Canada's #1 Sports Network. Your home for the latest highlights, breaking sports news, in-depth athlete interviews, cutting edge podcasts, live streams and much more. Don't miss a single highlight reel goal, huge home run, exceptional dunk or mind blowing touchdown. Get inside scoops and industry leading insights with unparalleled access. Get to know a different side of your favourite sports superstars in one of a kind, offbeat comedic interviews. Sportsnet is the one stop shop for the fan inside all of us. ----------------------------------------------

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9 months ago

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] he took a high stick afterwards and I think it was from patreon and they're going at it now in the corner and petrangelo has taken a lot of checks High sticks cross checks you name it throughout this series and he ditched one out here on dry saddle late it was a late after the backhand attempt by dry saddle as he tried to put it into the open net mcdavidson Lincoln came right in there and they go out a little bit as everybody converges back obviously six players on
the ice for the Vegas golden knights and potranco's going to get the gate for that one with 127 on the Block but here it is here now it's late this is gone gone and he comes down aggressively I mean that's a hard slash up into the high area arms of Bryce Idol who usually is composed but he's just had enough and I mean that was that definitely comes down they called it a major they're going to review it I don't see them taking that back from not being a major and then McDavid gets in there coming
to the end of this good friend and teammate Grayson will kind of just shaking his head after that one it's been a stinky Series in that regard hasn't it I mean there's been a lot of chop and a lot of hacking yeah the White Cloud slash on Costa before they fought I mean there's been a lot of that throughout this series they've dished it out they've taken some and for petrangelo it's just him finally boiling over I think he's taken a lot Edmonton has targeted him they've been all over him and he
finally said enough is enough in a 3-1 deficit with a minute and 27. gonna lay the lumber on dry saddle but he gets that one up high and I think the fortunate thing here is that he doesn't catch him in the face he catches him in the face here with that chop and I think he might be looking at supplemental discipline I would have to agree with you Louis there's the verdict forget officials it's the right call it's the right call and I think for petrangelo he understood what he was doing he Rosetta
's Wit's End as far as what has been going on with him and the Oilers and like I said it was a two-handed slash down hard into the into the arms of dry sadly doesn't catch him anywhere in the face or the head which would change that completely but it stays as a five minute Danger Hey listen this is some of the tension that petrangelo has got from the African oil there's a dry sandal has had his fair share of shots on him and this is a little bit of payback and this is Evander King gets to stick
up on him yes he had a penalty on that play but he has taken a lot in this series and he finally had had enough and dished it out and that's the chop right there on dry settle against the five minute major in the game so the temperature continues to rise in this series [Music] thank you

Comments

@chrisp2096

If Pietrangelo does not get suspended for this, at least Marchand should get suspended

@oilersrule9729

That was an incredibly dirty play. If Pietrangelo isn't suspended for this, then this league is an absolute joke. That was a deliberate attempt to injure our leading goal scorer with the game already out of reach for his team. NHL Player Safety, please do your job!

@krisferguson1586

It looks like draisaitl yells “hey kostin” and waves him off 2:22. I love that kostin is willing to stand up for draisaitl as mcdavid just did. Hes been doing it for this team all season. Love kostin

@arabjude8314

For those who haven’t played hockey or studied the rules; a two handed slash is an entirely different beast than your usual one handed defensive slash which might land you a 2 minute break. Two hands equals a chop and basically intent to injure. If Alex isn’t suspended it sends a message that trying to fracture a player’s arm is fine… and kids playing will think so to.

@grahamv6271

There better be a suspension for this. This is an obvious intent to injure. Slashing a player where we all know there is no padding is absolutely unacceptable from any player or team. Hoping the NHL protects their players and gives 2 games.

@Mulukkis

If that's not a suspension, I don't know what is.

@moody9442

plays like this is why fighting can never go away

@sojiroseta98

That was beyond dirty, absolutely suspendable

@tyler-ew5gi

Knowing Gary, they won’t overturn the nurse suspension and will let petro off without suspension

@chriswattie3392

Noticed similar antics at the end of the Leafs game tonight. Players are trying to injure or at least intimidate the other team, knowing full well a penalty doesn't carry over to the next game. Suspensions are rare. Maybe the NHL needs to consider penalties that carry over to the next game, just for playoff series. It sounds crazy, but how else do you appropriately punish this behavior? If nothing changes, expect injuries to happen late in any game that isn't close.

@kckrebs37

Dirty. But he doesn't go after McDavid. McDavid actually goes after Petro, and good for him he did that.

@EweCantHandletheTruth

Clear intent to injure…he’ll be lucky not to get a game

@tm4s426

Must suspend him, that's just dangerous

@lAmCanad1an

That should be a game suspension with the clear intent to injure behind it but knowing Vegas they won't get anything except a 'talking to'.

@BORRZZ

No Oilers fan but damn if hes not gone for next game Canada needs to go after bettman

@greyfox9997

I'm no Oilers fan but no one deserves a dirty hit like this. Absolutely disgusting if there is no suspension for that! Good on McDavid for sticking up for his teammate!

@carltonwagner

Brutal slash. Draisaitl and McDavid aren't just pampered scorers either. Both are warriors. They're earning huge respect from me.

@coreywilliams6390

Blatant intent to injure, and on the best player out there. Suspend him!

@mason.11

Enjoy your suspension Alex

@tequila6306

Should be at least a game, but we’ll be lucky if he gets a fine.