Vegas Golden Knights forward narrowly avoids a game misconduct

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Sam Hutch
January 22, 2024 (9:29 PM)

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Tonight, the Vegas Golden Knights are visiting the New Jersey Devils and the Knights just missed having to play the rest of the game short handed as a forward was almost kicked out of the game.

Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden lays a questionable hit on Devils rookie Simon Nemec in which he appears to leave his feet and make contact with the head; take a look.

Howden knows Nemec is in a vulnerable position, comes at him from behind and knows it's a hit that you just cannot make. Fortunately for him, the play was reviewed after being called a 5 minute major and downgraded to a minor penalty.

Brett Howden was initially called for a major, but after review they reduced it to a minor.

NJ is given a matching minor, 4-on-4 hockey.

Very lucky for Vegas. That hit looked late and high to me, but Howden's elbow might've hit Nemek's neck/shoulders, rather than his head.

Even though it was reduced to a minor you'd have to think that the Department of Player Safety would at least look at this. We'll see.

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22 JANVIER \| 176 ANSWERS Vegas Golden Knights forward narrowly avoids a game misconduct Do you think this should've been a major?
Yes	112	63.6 %
No	36	20.5 %
They got the call right after review	28	15.9 %
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