Think it was more just because it looked bad at full speed, especially if you consider the angle the ref would have seen Dumoulin fly into the boards at.
Puck was gone, and even though Watson tried to get him on the shoulder it still did contact him from behind (Hit Dumoulin on the Dum of his namebar). The hit kind of spun Dumoulin too and drove him into the boards.
Probably shouldn't have been called but tough at full speed to catch.
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