It was at the beginning of the third period that Erik Karlsson got hit in the face, when his San Jose Sharks faced the Colorado Avalanche.
Alex Newhook hit the Swede across the mouth with his club, causing Karlsson to start bleeding.
The situation did not elicit any reaction from the judging duo.
Karlsson left the ice to stop the blood flow and was going to the locker room to get help from a doctor.
But before that, the back general showed his anger.
First misconduct expulsion
Standing in the booth, he threw his helmet onto the ice.
This, on the other hand, caused the referees to react, and Karlsson was given two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct, and ten minutes for misconduct.
It is Karlsson's first misconduct in his NHL career, which is 903 games long.
- I always try to follow the rulebook, I'm not the one who writes the rules.
I spoke to the referees afterwards and I would have liked to hear that they missed the incident and to apologize, but unfortunately I didn't hear that, says Karlsson to NBC after the match.
Colorado won the game 6-0.