The incident occurred after 6.30 minutes of the third period when Kadri hit Faulk from what is known as “the blind side”.
An unprepared Faulk was in the middle of the field in the attack zone when Kadri came at full speed and with his elbow against his head knocked him to the ice.
– He’s out to hurt Faulk. Kadri is aware that Faulk does not see him, so it is a slap in the face he fires at Faulk’s head. It is a tackle that shows a lack of respect for the opponent. Kadri could have aimed his tackle at Faulk’s upper body instead, saw Mark Parrish.
Several Blues players thundered against Nazem Kadri after the match.
– Kadri can not control himself and his elbows. As you know, this is not the first time he crosses the line and deliberately tries to hurt an opponent. This must be a suspension of several matches, said Brayden Schenn.
O´Reilly saw Kadri
St. Louis attacking star and team captain Ryan O´Reilly also sawed Kadri.
– That was a very dangerous tackle and completely unnecessary. He must be severely punished and suspended, O´Reilly said.
Nazem Kadri has a history of ugly tackles on his account and has been suspended for a total of 19 matches on five previous occasions.
Kadri received a match penalty for the tackle and has a call from the NHL’s Department of Player Safety to wait during Thursday.
He will be suspended, the only question is how many matches.
St. Louis lost two of his backs during last night’s match, when Robert Bortuzzo previously had to step down due to an injury.
If it was depressing at Blues, it was all the more up at Avalanche after a new sound and jubilation performance at home in Ball Arena.
Nathan MacKinnon has with the night 4 points now scored 7 points in the two initial matches in the playoffs.
– He can not be stopped and should we already start talking about favorites for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs best player, then it is MacKinnon who is the choice, said hockey insider Pierre McGuire in NBC Sports’ broadcast of the match in the USA.
Colorado’s dreaded first chain with MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen accounted for 8 points in the night match, distributed as follows:
MacKinnon: 3 goals, 1 assist.
Landeskog: 2 assist.
Beach: 2 assist.
St. Louis had 3-4 with just over four minutes left, but in the hunt for an equalizer, they picked out goalkeeper Jordan Binnington and that gave Colorado the chance to score two goals in an empty net.
Now this match series turns from Denver to St. Louis, where the teams meet tonight until Saturday, Swedish time.
