Late in the first period of the New York Rangers 7-5 loss to the Islanders on Thursday night, center Mika Zibanejad was whistled for a double minor penalty for high sticking and cutting the face of Islanders Leo Komarov.
The infraction was actually committed by the stick of fellow teammate Valtteri Filppula, confirmed by instant replay, but the call had to remain anyway. Video replay is not allowed on penalty infractions.
Referee Dan O’Halloran came over to the Rangers prior to the start of the second period to let the team know he made an error on that call.