According to TSN Insider Darren Dreger, San Jose's Evander Kane may be looking at a lengthy suspension after being ejected from Sunday Night's game against Vegas for abuse of officials. Dreger states and abuse of an official penalty generally carries an automatic 10 game suspension. He adds NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will have to confirm and officially enforce the suspension, which he believes is unlikely to happen before Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, in a post-game interview, Kane claimed he was singled-out by the referees in the game, and the official is guilty of "abuse of a player."
"I get kicked out of the game for getting jumped from behind by a referee. I've never seen a ref take five strides," Kane said, according to ESPN. "If you look at his face, he's getting all this power and he's trying to drive me into the ice, which is what he did. That's unbelievable. Talk about abuse of an official? How about abuse of a player?"
The preseason game between Vegas and San Jose ended with 114 penalty minutes being handed out between the two teams, as well as two line brawls and several scrums that kept officials busy all night. You can see the actions that led to Kane getting ejected below.
