As David Pastrňak watched Jeremy Swayman drop his mask and gloves to fight Tampa counterpart Andrei Vasilevskiy in a 5-2 game, to which he also contributed one assist, the Boston dugout erupted with enthusiasm. Like a little boy. He had a great time. After the botched match, the Czech superstar was already in a worse mood. “Pasta” was upset by a wasted lead, a drive that ended with a hit on the post, and also a curious situation in which, at first glance, the match was decided by a hit in overtime.
Comfortably hit the far post.
Vasilevsky stood as if scalded…
Great hit!
But Pastrňák’s shot from a three-on-three game will not be recorded in the statistics. Instead, he has two minutes for chopping to his name at 60:18.
Yes, the celebrating “Pasta” was taken aback by the arbitrator for burning Vasilevsky, who began to report him to the penalty bench without negotiation.
The native of Havířovsk did not understand it. Even Charlie McAvoy was futilely upset. “He just said sorry to us,” he later described the situation in front of overseas journalists.
So what happened on the ice at the end of extra time? Pastrňák was reaching for JJ Moser when returning to the defense, trying to block his shot. You can see the stick being raised, albeit more forcefully and violently than usual, or like a referee slashing.
In any case, no one heard the whistle, the actors of the event between the guards quickly, after a fraction of hesitation, were dominated by the conviction that he would be excluded from the Bolts camp. American goalkeeper Swayman went to the substitution, Russian forward Marat Chusnutdinov launched a counterattack.
Pastrňák tapped the puck and then uncompromisingly sent a black projectile into the net. Like the other hockey players on the set, he did not notice that behind him one of the men in the striped shirt was vehemently trying to interrupt the game.
And so one can’t be surprised at his view of the matter: “I’ve never seen this in my life. It’s funny to me… And I don’t care if it is or isn’t an appropriate answer. That’s how I feel… I scored a goal and ended up in the penalty box.”
It was a bizarre sequence, easily comparable to what they experienced in the open air a few days ago in Povrle. The disc did not end up behind the goal line, as the attacking team of Litoměřice thought, but a pom-pom shot from the goalkeeper’s cap.
In any case, Pastrňák was disappointed, with Manchaft he needs every point to continue striving for an unexpected success – promotion to the playoffs.
“I don’t know what happened there. It was a crazy twist for me… We went two on one, the referee had his hand up, he let us play. Sway went to the substitution… We finished the action, we scored and suddenly I’m sitting on the penalty spot. So for me it’s ridiculous. We gave them two points and it’s eating us up… it’s hard to compare.”
For Pastrňák, the stick that he hit in an attempt to extend the “penalty shootout” became a bitter point for Pastrňák after the thrilling game under the banner of the Stadium Series.
Bad luck. But one of the best forwards in the NHL can turn such moments into extra motivation.
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