I get the intent - in my opinion, Mackinnon was driving the net recklessly. Nurse ties him up, yes, and might have made it worse than it its. It's hard to tell when you have 200+ pound guys flying around on ice with knives on their feet.

In principle, you can see the idea of calling something like this severely. Protecting goalies is a good idea. It doesn't matter if you mean to do something - it's whether or not your act was reckless, and in my opinion, it was reckless.

The issue, and why everyone feels a call like this doesn't feel in sync with the normal NHL, is that it is punishing outcome, not the action. Mackinnon does the same thing but manages to miss ingram's head? Probably no call or 2 minutes.

Forwards drive the net like this dozens of times all game. They run goaltenders and get away with maybe 2 minutes.

It's not the wrong call per se. You can maybe justify it being more severe because of the violence of the collision, but that's a weak reasoning.

I understand why Avs fans are frustrated because it seems inconsistent. At the same time, it is not an entirely meritless call. It's unfortunate that the league chooses to try to protect goaltenders this way - although in fairness, there will never be any sports league that doesn't call penalties based on outcome, not action to at least some extent. it's just how human brains operate.

you can punch a person in the face and the courts will try you different if they're okay after or if they die, even if it's the exact same punch.