Leon Draisaitl isn’t happy with the refs.The Edmonton Oilers lost Game 3 of their first-round series with the Los Angeles Kings on Friday by a score of 3-2 in overtime.Earlier in the game, the Oilers put themselves on top when Connor McDavid scored back-to-back power-play goals. Immediately after McDavid’s second goal, Draisaitl was handed a slashing penalty for giving Kings defenceman Drew Doughty a tap on his shin pads. The Kings would score on the subsequent power play to tie the game at 2-2.After the game, Draisaitl sounded off on the referees opting to call him for a light slash while ignoring Doughty throwing a knee-on-knee hit on McDavid…“We can definitely be smarter. I took a bad penalty there. That’s on me, but I’m not really sure what the standard is right now… You don’t call a clear knee-on-knee right in front of you, then you call a slashing penalty. It wasn’t smart by me, I know that. I just don’t really know what the standard is right now.”
darnell nurse and viktor arvidsson's skates collide, sending the later through the air. nurse called for tripping, arvidsson is called for shooting a stick from just before this clip. pic.twitter.com/xFt9JbrbhP
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
now ekholm is off to the box for cross checking. pic.twitter.com/XUDQJUfsIG
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
looked a bit like it. https://t.co/1PoCywh8j4 pic.twitter.com/hfO7zCX0Gt
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
vincent desharnais gets pulled out of this scrum for roughing. the referees in this series are continuing to try and be the main character and it's brutal to watch. pic.twitter.com/tlb7BVHsRk
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
alex edler goes knee-on-knee with warren foegele and gets called for tripping. pic.twitter.com/x4THkePrk9
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
with leon draisaitl in the box for this unsportsmanlike call, adrian kempe quickly scores to tie this game at 2. pic.twitter.com/kDFbpm3v83
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
evander kane gets called for roughing, and drew doughty gets called for interference out of this collision. pic.twitter.com/BeAtK0xC2B
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
danault with a two-handed slash on mcdavid. no call. pic.twitter.com/ZBo02hXKvP
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
and then in overtime, the referees call this one a penalty against nugent-hopkins. pic.twitter.com/XW8f5NCcLa
— zach (@zjlaing) April 22, 2023
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