Yeah, didn't like the call. The guy went for a big hit himself, with a bit more recklessness knowing that that there was no glass. He bounced off Hathaway and Hathaway's reaction of sticking his arm out to brace for that hit, had his arm around the guys nrck/back. The guys act of bouncing off of Hathaway and down had the guy likely hitting the boards on his own.
Not sure where Hathaway's arm and hand were supposed to go.
Even Louie in the commentary watching it now this morning from broadcast didn't seem to think it was much at first, until they called it 5 and then his story changed. It certainly wasn't an intent to injure match penalty, it was a 2 min roughing call.
Having Hathaway out meant that 4th line wasn't nearly the same the rest of the game. Peters goes to that line to gain momentum in games like that where the other lines don't look especially sharp, and those guys go out there and work their butt off and gain the cycle back, as they already had one or two of those shifts before his ejection.
It was a big point in the game.
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