Ovechkin hit on Jake Evans

[DRAGO 18]

If Brandon Hagel makes that hit, everyone is screaming for a suspension, but since it's Ovie it's all good.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

It was the wrong call. Refs make the wrong call all the time.

Yes the referee who is the closest to the action missed it but @stl76 from his sofa know better.

 

[Korpse]

It’s a dramatic hit cause Evans is in a vulnerable position but the hit was fine.

 

[1989]

OP only wants to see what he wants to see.
It was a hair late certainly.

Inertia post-impact causes Evans's head to move as the energy travels through his body. Not saying there's no contact but the initial is clearly shoulder/upper body and as others have mentioned, incidental head contact is not illegal. Not exactly picking the head on a standard east-west hit here.

Yes the referee who is the closest to the action missed it but @stl76 from his sofa know better.

Didn't know the NHL had infallible referees, where did you buy these ones?

That being said I honestly have no issue with this being an interference call and nothing more. And the Canadiens scored so Montréal is happy.

 

[CostaRica]

Barely an interference penalty. Is Gary Galley in tears right now?

 

[Coastal Kev]

SPLAT

 

[SML2]

Ovi leaves his feet like he's been doing for 20 years...

Seriously though, I am so done with this idiot Bisonette and his takes. I swear he always comes at it from some half assed POV just to drum up his own internet traffic. The guy is a joke. No wonder ratings are down.

 

[stl76]

Yes the referee who is the closest to the action missed it but @stl76 from his sofa know better.

Take off the homer glasses, Jeff.

 

[edevils]

Looked clean but I'm on the phone. Where's the controversy?

Nevermind, I saw a better video and this is a clean hit.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Neutral fan, I thought it was a good hit, penalty called because of the result.

This series is getting fun to watch, intensity rising.

 

[LeafsNation149]

Insanely clean hit. Ovi's a beast

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

He’s literally standing straight up, elbow tucked… interference sure for a little bit late but anything more? Come on now Habs fans… chill

 

[TopG]

Amazing hit that’s playoff hockey

 

[cjm502]

The hits that result in helicopter are often dirty but this one is not, squeaky clean.

It doesn't even look like OV put a lot of effort in to that hit, but physics are undefeated

 

[JKG33]

Typical Habs whining after a clean but hard hit

 

[PlushMinus]

I don't know how you can watch the video and say puck was there. It wasn't at all. And main point of contact was the head, considering the head whipped back with force at contact.

Because we aren't a homer like you?

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

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BoDy MaIn PoInT oF cONtAct. He's 6'2 and Evans is 6'0. He shouldn't be more than a head above him.

I’m gonna frame this with the caption “how to hit through the body.”

Evans is just bent over.

 

[Grifter3511]

Yes the referee who is the closest to the action missed it but @stl76 from his sofa know better.

I used a timer. There was less than one second between the puck coming off his stick and Ovechkin making contact. So now what?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Get him out of the league he’ll never be anything but a cheap shot artist anyway.

 

[SkinsFan09]

I don't know how you can watch the video and say puck was there. It wasn't at all. And main point of contact was the head, considering the head whipped back with force at contact.

It is 2025 and hockey fans STILL do not understand that you can get hit somewhere other than your head and have your head go back from the force. This was so clearly shoulder to shoulder. Ovechkin is 6'3 when he hits a player who is bending down even with good form it is going to look bad.

Get a grip.

 

[SlickHands]

Get him out of the league he’ll never be anything but a cheap shot artist anyway.

Kids got a lot to prove.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

When it happened I thought it looked dirty but watching the replay, it's a clean hit. Maybe Evans should look where he's going.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I used a timer. There was less than one second between the puck coming off his stick and Ovechkin making contact. So now what?

Send the print screen to the NHL.

 

[JetKing]

Awesome hit. You love to see it. Evans almost took off there lol.

 

[majormajor]

The puck was long gone, at least a full second.

If you're watching it in slo-motion sure. Use a timer.

I don't know how you can watch the video and say puck was there. It wasn't at all.

If the player had the puck a half second prior, is it interference? Where is the line?

It seems to me that this is not typically called interference, because the player just touched it a half second prior, and the Habs maybe got some home ice advantage with the officials. But I don't know the letter of the law on interference.

I used a timer. There was less than one second between the puck coming off his stick and Ovechkin making contact. So now what?

I used a timer, and came up with a sample of times from .4 to .55.

It seemed to be half a second or a bit shorter between Evans playing the puck and getting hit.