Golden Knights Coach Blasts Refs Over Missed Penalty In Overtime
Bruce Cassidy isn’t happy with the Vegas Golden Knights through two games against the Edmonton Oilers. But he also was not pleased with the officials in Game 2.
Cassidy ripped the officials for a missed tripping call against top defenseman Brayden McNabb mere seconds before Leon Draisaitl’s game-winning goal in overtime boosted the Oilers to a 5-4 win and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference second round.
McNabb left the game after he went face-first into the glass after he was tripped by Oilers forward Viktor Arvidsson. Cassidy called out referee Gord Dwyer, who kept his arm down despite looking directly at the play.
“Gord’s looking right at it,” Cassidy of McNabb said after the game. “He blew it. He missed the call. I don’t know what else to say.
“It’s a can-opener trip. It’s a dangerous play. It’s all those things, but it didn’t get called so you gotta keep playing.”
Less than 20 seconds later, Draisaitl beat Vegas goalie Adin Hill — after receiving a fabulous feed from Connor McDavid — to clinch Edmonton’s second straight win.
“They made a play and capitalized on it,” Cassidy said. “It stings to lose that way.”
Cassidy didn’t have an update of McNabb’s status for Game 3 during his press availability Friday.
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