Overview
- Vancouver’s Filip Hronek left in the final seconds of regulation after Andrei Svechnikov’s elbow made head contact, and no penalty was called.
- Reporter Rick Dhaliwal says the Department of Player Safety will not issue supplemental discipline, citing Hronek’s puck movement as a contributing factor to the head contact.
- The referee nearest the play appeared to turn to shield himself from the puck, which observers say obstructed his view of the elbow.
- Hronek’s agent, Allan Walsh, condemned the sequence on X, criticizing both the missed call and the league’s handling of head hits.
- Broadcaster Ray Ferraro called the play a blatant elbow and wrote that it should result in a suspension, while coach Adam Foote confirmed Hronek was pulled by a spotter and offered no further update.