McDavid gets match penalty for cross-check to head

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The Oilers captain was given a major penalty in the dying seconds of the team’s 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. This was due to McDavid cross-checking Canucks forward Conor Garland in the head following a lengthy battle between the two in the middle of the Vancouver zone.
Connor McDavid delivers vicious crosscheck to the head of Conor Garland.
As the two men rose back to their feet, McDavid would load up for a nasty cross-check to the head of Garland, catching him right across the face as he drove his stick into the head of his opponent. Garland looked furious at the blow and it was enough to earn McDavid a match penalty from the officials on the ice.
McDavid gets match penalty for cross-check to the head
Connor McDavid gets tangled with Conor Garland, and McDavid delivers a cross-check to the head that gets him sent off with seconds remaining.
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The captain was assessed a match penalty for the incident, which comes with an automatic suspension pending a review by the commissioner.
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Frustrations boiled over between the Canucks and Oilers on Saturday. Now Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid could miss games as a result. The Oilers' captain was handed a match penalty Saturday after he cross-checked Canucks winger Conor Garland in the head late in Edmonton's 3-2 loss to Vancouver.
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