Is this the final day of the Stanley Cup Final? Can the Edmonton Oilers stay alive? With the Florida Panthers holding a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, we look back at what’s happened thus far in the Cup Final.

Game 1: Oilers’ Henrique boards Panthers’ Ekman-Larsson, Sam Bennett runs over Connor McDavid, and Sergei Bobrovsky gets a whistle with the puck under his pad.

Game 2: Edmonton’s Warren Foegele picks up a major and a game for kneeing Florida’s Eetu Luostarinen, Leon Draisaitl takes out Sasha Barkov with a leaping elbow, Carrick fined for a slash to the ol’ twig-and-berries, and a controversial puck-over-glass non-call that saw fans debating the definition of ‘contact’.

Game 3: Referee Steve Kozari encourages Corey Perry to have a seat; Perry shares his thoughts.

We also look back on Kozari enforcing a fair standard of play and a peek at the NHL’s Playoff Rulebook this week on the Scouting the Refs Podcast. #refspodcast

 

 

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The Scouting The Refs Podcast is a weekly look at the world of officiating and player safety within the National Hockey League, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world. We’ll break down the calls and the rules behind them to help understand why a penalty or suspension was – or wasn’t – handed out. 

Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports. Lewis is a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio. He’s also worked for TSN, Sportsnet as a host/anchor and is a producer of other programs. 

Josh Smith is the founder of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent site related to hockey officiating which follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls.