NHL Player Safety makes decision on Derek Ryan spear against Hoglander

The veteran Oiler caught Canucks forward Nils Hoglander with a nasty spear right the groin. While just casually skating by, Ryan disguised and timed the spear to not get caught, while Hoglander went down in obvious discomfort.

Fans of the Canucks called for NHL's Player Safety Department to take a look at this play for supplemental discipline, but today they revealed that no extra penalty will be coming to Ryan.

It was a clearly dirty play, but honestly should not warrant supplementary discipline from the league, especially in the playoffs. The reality was that last night's game was extremely poorly officiated and greatly affected both sides. Even the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast called out the inexplicable penalty calls and non-calls, which is extremely rare to see. One of the most questionable non-calls was Darnell Nurse hitting Elias Pettersson head first into the boards.

The officiating has been a great subject of debate so far in the series, and the Oilers certainly feel like they've been on the wrong side of it through the first two games. With the Oilers special teams and powerplay being so crucial to their success, the Oilers almost rely on drawing penalties off of their elite players. The Canucks have had more powerplay opportunities through the series despite clearly committing more penalties than they've been called for, and have been clearly embellishing to draw penalties too.

At the end of the day, the team needs to do their best to put this officiating out of their mind, push through the physicality in playoffs, and keep playing their game.