{"id":113172,"date":"2026-03-12T14:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/avalanche-furious-mackinnon-ejected-for-contact-with-goalie-fair\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:12:56","slug":"avalanche-furious-mackinnon-ejected-for-contact-with-goalie-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/avalanche-furious-mackinnon-ejected-for-contact-with-goalie-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche Furious: MacKinnon Ejected for Contact with Goalie, Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avalanche Discuss Referee Decision in Loss to Oilers<\/h2>\n\nThe Colorado Avalanche team expressed their disagreement with the referees’ decision to penalize their star, Nathan MacKinnon, with a penalty for goaltender interference during the 4-3 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers.\n\nThe controversy arose 37 seconds from the end of the second period, when MacKinnon was heading towards the goal with an assist from Brock Nelson. In an attempt to deflect the puck, Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse collided with MacKinnon, who in turn impacted goalie Connor Ingram, forcing him to leave the game with a head wound.\n\nThe referees determined a major penalty for MacKinnon, which led to his automatic ejection. Tristan Jarry replaced Ingram in the Oilers’ goal, stopping 11 of 12 shots.\n\n\n
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“There’s no chance he hits the goalie if Nurse doesn’t go at him,” said Avalanche coach Jared Bednar.<\/p>\n\nJared Bednar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nEdmonton coach Kris Knoblauch mentioned that Ingram was unable to return to the game due to the NHL’s concussion protocol, but assured that the goalie was doing well after the match.\n\nThe Avalanche, despite defending MacKinnon’s penalty, ended up losing the game after a goal by Connor McDavid in the third period.\n\nKnoblauch described the penalty on MacKinnon as “difficult” for the referees.\n\nBednar expressed his dissatisfaction with the referees’ explanation of the penalty on MacKinnon.\n\n\n

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“The goalie is injured, so it’s five minutes? I don’t really care if their goalie is injured. That’s their defense’s fault, not our player’s,” Bednar stated.<\/p>\n\nJared Bednar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMacKinnon’s teammates were also surprised by the referee’s decision.\n\n\n

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\u201cNate has one of the best spatial perceptions in the league. He’s not going to mess with the goalie like that,\u201d commented Cale Makar, Colorado defenseman.<\/p>\n\nCale Makar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abNo hay ninguna posibilidad de que [Nathan MacKinnon] golpee al portero si [Darnell] Nurse no se lanza contra \u00e9l\u00bb, dijo el entrenador de los Avs, Jared Bednar. \u00abNo me importa si est\u00e1 lesionado o no… No es una penalizaci\u00f3n. Si pones a alguien en tu propio portero, no es una penalizaci\u00f3n\u00bb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nNazem Kadri, center for the Avs, considered that MacKinnon tried to avoid Ingram.\n\nBednar and Kadri criticized the refereeing in general, especially in the third period.\n\nBednar concluded by saying: “I’m not going to focus on the officiating, but it’s part of the game. We’re at a disadvantage and we’re getting hit. Nelson dances with a guy in the neutral zone and stumbles… that’s what penalties are for.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Avalanche Discuss Referee Decision in Loss to Oilers The Colorado Avalanche team expressed their disagreement with the referees’ decision to penalize their star, Nathan MacKinnon, with a penalty for goaltender interference during the 4-3 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers. The controversy arose 37 seconds from the end of the second period, when MacKinnon was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1024,457,12233,10809],"class_list":{"0":"post-113172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-colorado-avalanche","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-goalie-interference","11":"tag-nathan-mackinnon"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}