So hits to the head are becoming very similar to high stick penalties, in that it doesn’t matter why or how it happens. Just that if it does happen, automatic penalty. Thats pretty lame but whatever.

Although ironically, they totally missed that high stick to Oshie’s face earlier in the game. He missed a little bit of ice time and got stitches

Malkin was already on bad terms with the refs, and the refs owed Oshie for missing a 4 min double minor. Maybe the accumulation of all these events contributed to the final decision. But also maybe the ref saw the hit from a bad angle?

I wish we could interview refs after games lmao imagine that