There were plenty of frustrating about Wednesday's Dallas Stars overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The team’s performance in overtime. Al Montoya’s horseshoe in the second period. Dallas’ relatively slow start.
But for me, the most frustrating thing was a non-call of blatant safety violation, as Alexei Emelin delivered an elbow to the head of Antoine Roussel behind the net in the third period.
This hit is inexcusable in almost every way. As the GIF shows, Roussel’s head is lowered and he is in a fairly tucked position the entire play, meaning there is no last-second movement that Emelin could point to as exculpatory.