The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers played a brutal matchup over the weekend, and coming out of it, both Tyler Myers and Connor McDavid were assessed three game suspensions by the NHL's Department of Player Safety.
Much has been made of both plays, and while the spotlight has been on McDavid for his play on Conor Garland, Myers' was less than ideal as well, as he hit Bouchard right in the mouth.
Now, the veteran blue liner has opened up on the suspension, making the excuse that Bouchard's hands redirected his stick into his own face, stating that he was not aiming for the face.
While he's not stating the three-game suspension was the wrong call, Myers would go on to reiterate that it was certainly not his intention.
Ultimately though, both players were assessed three games, and whether or not fans agree, it was the right move to give both the same number of games, even if three games is a bit excessive.
G | A | PTS | ||
Macklin Celebrini | 1 | - | 1 | |
Joel Farabee | 1 | - | 1 | |
Jake Guentzel | 1 | - | 1 | |
Arthur Kaliyev | 1 | - | 1 | |
Nikita Kucherov | 1 | - | 1 | |
Alexis Lafrenière | 1 | - | 1 | |
Anthony Cirelli | - | 1 | 1 | |
Sean Couturier | - | 1 | 1 | |
Michael Eyssimont | - | 1 | 1 | |
Adam Fox | - | 1 | 1 | |
Emil Lilleberg | - | 1 | 1 | |
Matvei Michkov | - | 1 | 1 | |
Braden Schneider | - | 1 | 1 | |
Vincent Trocheck | - | 1 | 1 | |
Urho Vaakanainen | - | 1 | 1 | |
Rodrigo Abols | - | - | - | |
Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
Mike Amadio | - | - | - | |
Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
Joel Armia | - | - | - | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Capitals | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 67 | |
Jets | 48 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 65 | |
Golden Knights | 47 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 62 | |
Maple Leafs | 48 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 62 | |
Oilers | 46 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 61 | |
Wild | 47 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 60 | |
Stars | 46 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 59 | |
Hurricanes | 47 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 59 | |
Devils | 49 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 58 | |
Panthers | 47 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 57 | |
Conference | Cumulative |