The hit on Gaudreau is a correctly called interference penalty. If Bergeron or Marchand or McDavid was six inches from the net and about to collect a rebound with nobody between them and Smith, whoever the closest D is better skate through him.
McAvoy kept his elbow tucked, and he doesn't take extra strides. Yeah the puck isn't there - that's interference. If you're going to be 5 ft 9 and play in the NHL, this is going to happen once in a while.
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