It wasn't just Saturday night against the Canucks. The Oilers star hasn't been drawing penalty calls all season.
Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid and Vancouver Canucks' Tyler Myers will each have a hearing for cross-checking, NHL Player Safety announced Sunday.
Oilers captain Connor McDavid was handed a match penalty for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland up high at the end of Edmonton's 3-2 loss on Saturday night. The play will be subject to an automatic review by the league.
Tensions reached a boiling point at the end of last night's Oilers-Canucks game, and both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers will face automatic hearings later on.
Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland, who's signed to a five-year $24,750,000 contract, shared his thoughts after being hit by a cross-check from Connor McDavid on Saturday.
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Sunday that McDavid will have a hearing for cross-checking Vancouver's Conor Garland in Saturday's game. McDavid received a match penalty at the 19:57 mark of the third period of Edmonton's 3-2 loss to the Canucks.
Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and the struggling Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Danton Heinen also scored and J.T.
Sometimes, you need to start the story at the end.
A Vancouver Canucks defenseman will have a hearing following a cross-checking incident against the Edmonton Oilers.
It's looking more and more likely that the Edmonton Oilers will be without captain Connor McDavid for at least the next game.
The National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety has confirmed that the captain of the Edmonton Oilers will indeed face a potential suspension after being offered a hearing by the disciplinary arm of the league. No word yet on when McDavid will have to face the music with a time and date not yet established by the league.