Should Evgeni Malkin be suspended for this success on T.J. Oshie? [Update]

Here in our little Internet corner, there will be few exercises this week more difficult to do than having an opinion about it. So, let 's do it and shout at each other!

It was a …occupied night for T.J. Oshie, who left the match twice for two separate injuries, came back after each goal and scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over the Penguins. The second injury was scary, a shoulder to the head of Evgeni Malkin who sent him into the locker room to submit to the protocol on concussions, which he passed. Here is the success:

Malkin was sentenced to major misconduct and a game at stake. His evening is over. Caps Coach Todd Reirden:

"It's definitely a blow to the head," Reirden said. "That's why we had to have T.J. quit and go through a concussion protocol. These are things we try to remove from the game. "

The only thing I'm absolutely sure of is that if I were a fan of the Capitals, I'd be afraid the book would be launched, and if I was a fan of the Penguins, I'd be pissed off that it would be be thrown last night.

What I thought was it largely accidental? Oshie was not trying to hit Malkin, but was following a trajectory that likely let him think, so he leaned forward and reached out – not necessarily consciously – and grabbed Oshie. No luck, but also a violation of Rule 48, which governs illegal checks to the head. But even this is at least questionable, given how you interpret the definition of "avoidable" in the rulebook.

Cousin of DoPS, the still controversial fight to punish the action against the result is the question of the links between action and intention. Malkin did a bad thing, but without malice, I think. Oshie too.

"He crossed the blue line and went on a freefall pass and my reading was to let him skate, jump and put pressure on the guy on the blue line over there," Oshie said. "Maybe he thought I had hit him and he threw his shoulder back, which I try to do all the time. I did it at least once tonight. "

The expulsion of Malkin was a proper punishment, and missing the majority of the third period in a tight match that the Penguins eventually lost is a sufficient punishment. No additional discipline necessary or justified.[[[[Hammer blow]

Update: No suspension.