Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch made his emotions recognized concerning what he perceived to be a bias in the best way officers known as penalties in opposition to his workforce in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Monday night time.

The Oilers racked up 85 penalty minutes on the night time, the third-most in a Stanley Cup Last sport in NHL historical past. Whereas the Florida Panther racked up 55 of their very own, it appeared as if the officiating, at the least in Knoblauch’s perspective, was tilted in opposition to the Oilers.

Throughout his media availability on Tuesday, Knoblauch had this to say about his perceived penalty bias in Game 3 in opposition to the Panthers:

“There’s all the time missed calls. Each groups are going to say, you already know, they missed that, they missed a excessive stick, no matter it’s, and also you simply hopefully, over the long term, even all that it evens out.”

Knoblauch referred particularly to the barrage of penalties known as in opposition to the Oilers in the third interval of Game 3:

“And, you already know, there’s some takeout in the third interval. That is, that is one other factor. All these penalties that have been known as in opposition to us in the third interval completely should not have known as.”

Among the many calls was a sport misconduct on Evander Kane for slashing Carter Verhaeghe. Moreover, Darnell Nurse, Trent Frederic, and Mattias Ekholm received misconducts for a battle royale halfway via the third interval.

Lastly, Kasperi Kapanen received the Oilers’ fifth sport misconduct for a cross-check in opposition to Eetu Luostarinen.

Knoblauch concluded that self-discipline might be essential for his workforce transferring ahead:

“It is essential for us to be disciplined and never going to the penalty field.”

Take a look at Knoblauch’s feedback from the 1:05 mark on:

All advised, the Panthers went 3-for-11 with the person benefit. Contemplating the sport resulted in a 6-1 rout, these three energy play objectives may have made a major distinction in giving Edmonton an opportunity to win the sport.

Edmonton Oilers blue liner fined twice for Game 3 shenanigans

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman received slapped with two fines on Tuesday, the NHL’s Division of Participant Security (DoPS) introduced.

The primary tremendous was associated to a roughing call on the Panthers’ Matthew Tkachuk.

Right here’s a have a look at the incident:

Walman’s protection associate John Klingberg had Tkachuk in a headlock as Walman proceeded to land punches on the helpless Panthers’ ahead. Klingberg finally launched Tkachuk who then managed to defend himself.

The incident price Walman a $5,000 tremendous, the utmost allowed underneath present CBA guidelines.

The second tremendous Walman was issued pertained to unsportsmanlike conduct involving the Panthers’ bench.

This video exhibits Walman’s antics together with the bench incident:

The replay confirmed Walman tossing water throughout the ice on the nearest Florida participant. The shenanigans price Walman one other penalty and $5,000 extra in fines.

No suspension is anticipated for Walman because the fines have served as sufficient warning for each incidents. Nevertheless, one has to assume that Walman could possibly be treading a tremendous line as a suspension could possibly be forthcoming for extra stunts.