Late in Friday’s game, Sabres winger Jeff Skinner retaliated to a late jab from Jake Guentzel on Craig Anderson as the veteran goalie was freezing the puck. However, the method in which Skinner opted to retaliate was a costly one as he received a match penalty for cross-checking, one that resulted in the Department of Player Safety quickly announcing that he’ll have a disciplinary hearing with them today.
The incident occurred with just 22 seconds left in regulation. Buffalo killed off enough of the five-minute penalty to force overtime but Jeff Carter scored 1:36 into the extra session.
Skinner has been suspended once before although it was quite a while ago as he received a two-game back for a kicking incident late in the 2011-12 season. With the Sabres in action again tonight for a rematch against Pittsburgh, the league will have to rule quickly on what type of supplemental discipline Skinner will receive.
It was Jake’s face, not mine…so I guess this is easy to say but…it didn’t seem that dirty in the grand scheme of hockey.
One game.
Jeff Skinner’s penalty led to Jeff Carter’s goal, which leads to this hockey nicknaming question…
If they were Jeff Skinflint and Jeff Cartman, their nicknames would be Skinner and Carter. BUT, since those are their names, they have to be, like, Skinny and Cartsy.
Do I understand these rules correctly?
It didn’t seem that dirty? That’s the kind of play they are trying to get out of hockey. It was reckless and stupid and should cost him time off and it cost his team a point.