There was no penalty on the play because:
1. McDavid interference penalty action is for initiating contact high (partial elbow) to Lindholm instead of just going to the puck.
2. Lindholm's boarding penalty action is a reaction to the contact initiated by McDavid.
3. McDavid puts himself off balance in the initial unnecessary contact.
4. Lindholm doesn't cross check. The push is all glove. Still boarding but see #1, #3, & #5.
5. The Edmonton management and "media" won't shut up about McDavid taking all of this abuse (regular contact through the course of NHL play that is earning him 12.5M) and the referees letting the league abuse him.
6. If the refs let that go on smaller players like Gaudreau, then they have to let it go here on McDavid who is big enough to handle himself and the supposed Generational SuperJesus should never get himself into that situation if he would have just scored from center ice first.
7. McDavid's "interference" minus Lindholm's "boarding" = 0
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