Golden Knights' Pietrangelo suspended 1 game for slashing Oilers' Draisaitl

Golden Knights defenceman Alex Pietrangelo and Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse were suspended by the NHL for one game apiece on Thursday after a wild end to Game 4 of the two teams' playoff series.

Edmonton won Wednesday's game 4-1. Both Nurse and Pietrangelo will miss Game 5 in Las Vegas, with the best-of-seven series tied 2-2.

Pietrangelo was punished for slashing Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl at the 18:29 mark of the third period.

The 33-year-old Pietrangelo was given a five-minute major penalty for slashing and a game misconduct. Draisaitl was down on the ice for a few seconds but did not appear to be seriously hurt.

"That was a really, really dangerous slash," Draisaitl said. "I think those are things that have nothing to do with hockey or the game. You can seriously injure someone with a slash like that."

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"You'd like to see it reviewed for sure and I would like to see it suspended," Edmonton captain Connor McDavid added. "It's as intent to injure as you can get. The time, score clock all play a factor.

"He comes from over his own head and places it just under Leon's chin. You'd like to see something like that suspended, it's not a hockey play, but at the end of the day it's not in our hands."

Nurse was assessed a minor penalty for instigating, a major penalty for fighting and a 10-minute misconduct for instigating following a fight with Knights defenceman Nicolas Hague at 19:10 of the third period.

"I was surprised," Nurse said of the penalties. "You go through the whole sequence of events, being asked multiple times to fight by him, even multiple times before the puck dropped during the sequence of the play.

"It is a fight that takes place