*****Official 2017 NHL Playoffs Thread With Contest*****

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The 2nd period officiating was about as get as it gets. 4 or 5 pretty bad calls or misses, but I think they'll have a hard time explaining how a guy gets hit in the face and bleeds all over the ice, and you let the other team stay on and score.

Simply being down on the ice wouldn't stop play, and at least from the camera angle, it wasn't obvious he was bleeding all over the ice until he got up, which is about the time the Pens scored... two Jackets even skated by without a second thought, one being a couple seconds after it happened.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Simply being down on the ice wouldn't stop play, and at least from the camera angle, it wasn't obvious he was bleeding all over the ice until he got up, which is about the time the Pens scored... two Jackets even skated by without a second thought, one being a couple seconds after it happened.

It was clear he got clocked in the face with a puck. And then he laid down clearly unable to move. Play has stopped for far less. It's delaying the inevitable because the Pens are a much better team. But the 2nd period was lobsidedly bad officiating. If that's Crosby on the ice, the whistle blows immediately.