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Minnesota Wild Defenseman Slams Connor McDavid For Controversial Hit On Marcus Johansson

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Daniel Lucente
January 16, 2025  (1:18 PM)
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Minnesota Wild's Marcus Johansson on the ice near Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid
Photo credit: HL edit from theScore

Now that Connor McDavid has been told he won't get any more discipline for elbowing yesterday, a few Wild players are taking big shots at him.

The Minnesota Wild are upset with Connor McDavid after the Edmonton Oilers came back to win 5-3. Their ire wasn't because of his spectacular two-goal effort, which lifted him to second on the Oilers' all-time scoring list, but rather a third-period incident.

McDavid's elbow clipped Wild forward Marcus Johansson in the head during the game, and there was no penalty called on the play. It was a questionable call, though, and it incensed the Wild.

Wild defenseman Jake Middleton takes massive shots at McDavid

Their defenseman Jake Middleton took major shots at Mcdavid, who called the non-call «horse sh*t» while dismissing McDavid's superstar status as a reason he didn't get a penalty and no further discipline.

Bulls**t.

I don't care if it's the best player in the world.

- Jake Middleton


That could have been a two-minute penalty because McDavid's elbow did catch Johansson, but it did not appear intentional.

McDavid had just made a pass and seemed to be trying to work his way around Johansson, and the contact with the elbow seemed incidental.

«It's unfortunate and I hope he's okay,» McDavid said in a TNT interview after the game. «Not trying to hurt anybody out there, just trying to go through there. Very unfortunate and I hope he's alright.»


After the game, The Athletic's Michael Russo reported that referee Chris Lee told Wild head coach John Hynes that Johansson was hit by his own stick, which is why no penalty was called. Replays disputed that assertion.

It's an even more notable situation since McDavid was fined $5,000 for elbowing Montreal's Jesperi Kotkaniemi back in 2021, but this time he received no punishment.

Ironically, just days before, McDavid himself was on the receiving end of a slew foot from LA Kings forward Adrian Kempe, which also garnered a $5,000 fine.

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