Mitch Marner furious after Nikita Kucherov cuts him with his skate

PUBLICATION

Matt Garland
April 22, 2022 (10:10)

SHARE THIS STORY

Last night the Toronto Maple Leafs were blown out by the Tampa Bay Lightning, losing 8-1. During the game an incident happened when Leafs' forward Mitch Marner was moving the puck through center ice when Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov attempted to take the body. Kucherov missed with the initial hit, but Marner was left in considerable pain.

Upon review if you look closely you can see Kucherov's skate spin around and catch Marner's right leg. When Marner got back to the bench he reviewed the play and didn't look happy with his findings.

Loading from Twitter ...

It was a rough night all around for the buds. After a good first period which saw the leafs outshoot the Lightning . Tampa Bay came out in the second with a vengeance scoring four goals in the period. Things didn't get better in the third as Tampa out scored the Leafs 4-1.

Brutal showing by the Leafs against a potential first round opponent in the Lightning. One thing Leafs fans can be be thankful for is Marner appears to escape any serious injury.

Was it Intentional or Accidental by Kucherov?

Previously on Blade of steel

Coach who admitted to using racial slur hired to coach Junior team

Danbury Trashers owner to launch professional hockey fighting league

Hockey world loses another legend - Guy Lafleur passes away at 70

POLL
AVRIL 22 \| 447 ANSWERS Mitch Marner furious after Nikita Kucherov cuts him with his skate Was it Intentional or Accidental by Kucherov?
Intentional	268	60 %
Accidental	179	40 %
List of polls