Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf fined $1,000 by the NHL for ‘dangerous trip’

The NHL connected Sunday fined Ducks skipper Ryan Getzlaf $1,000 for what it termed a “dangerous trip” of Joel Eriksson Ek of the Minnesota Wild successful overtime of Saturday’s crippled astatine Xcel Energy Center. The league didn’t explicate the quality betwixt a “dangerous trip” and a run-of-the-mill trip, however.

Getzlaf was not penalized connected the play, which the league said happened astatine 1:33 of OT, portion Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm served a punishment for closing his manus connected the puck astatine the 1:05 mark. The Ducks killed disconnected the punishment to Lindholm, but gave up the winning extremity with 13 seconds left.

Eriksson Ek raised the Ducks’ ire respective times during the game, drafting a cross-checking punishment connected Lindholm astatine 4:56 of the 3rd period. Eriksson Ek besides was penalized for embellishment, hitting the crystal similar a ton of bricks aft Lindholm cross-checked him down the play.

In addition, archetypal Ducks goaltender John Gibson and past Getzlaf barked astatine Eriksson Ek and past shoved him aft a post-whistle postulation jam successful beforehand of the net. The Ducks person been particularly protective of Gibson and backup goalie Anthony Stolarz to commencement the season.

Eriksson Ek went into Sunday’s crippled against the Nashville Predators arsenic the Wild’s starring scorer with 3 goals. But helium was held without a extremity oregon an assistance successful 2 games against the Ducks. The teams look disconnected for the 3rd and last clip this play connected Jan. 14 successful St. Paul.

Eriksson Ek is the older member of Ducks goalie imaginable Olle Eriksson Ek, who is presently serving arsenic the backup for their AHL team, the San Diego Gulls.

“I deliberation arsenic a squad we’ve had a truly bully effect looking aft each other,” Ducks manager Dallas Eakins said. “(Saturday), it started close disconnected the bat. ‘Getzy’ gave a feline a small shot. It’s unthinkable a feline that size tin autumn that easily, but helium gave him a changeable to fto him cognize that’s not going to beryllium tolerated.”

UPON FURTHER REVIEW

Eakins admitted gambling erstwhile helium issued a coach’s situation for offside, hoping a video reappraisal would hitch retired Jon Merrill’s extremity that tied the people 3-3 astatine 11:56 of the 3rd period. In fact, Eakins couldn’t archer if the Wild were offside oregon not moments earlier the goal, acknowledgment to a glitchy show connected the bench.

In the end, the extremity counted, the Ducks mislaid their pb and were forced to termination disconnected the ensuing hold of crippled punishment for the failed challenge.

“I couldn’t spot overmuch due to the fact that the surface astatine my feet kept going achromatic and it would lone backmost up truthful far, truthful we were relying connected what was coming retired (from the video coaches successful the locker room) and it was much connected the velocity of the tag-up,” Eakins said. “We missed it, but it was a immense punishment kill, that’s for sure.”

FACTS AND FIGURES

Left helping Max Comtois returned to the Ducks’ lineup Saturday against Minnesota aft helium was scratched for their 5-1 nonaccomplishment Thursday to the Winnipeg Jets. He didn’t grounds a extremity oregon an assistance successful the Ducks’ 4-3 nonaccomplishment to the Wild and is scoreless with a minus-4 antiaircraft standing successful 5 games. He was the Ducks’ starring scorer past play with 16 goals and 33 points. … Kevin Shattenkirk’s five-game constituent streak, the longest by a Ducks defenseman to commencement a season, came to an extremity Saturday. He has 3 goals and 3 assists to commencement 2021-22.