Edmonton Oilers Player Receives A Fine For Diving For The Second Time This Season
The NHL has made a decision and decided to issue a $2,000 fine to Jeff Skinner of the Edmonton Oilers for diving. This is the second time he has done it this season.
The NHL fined Oilers forward Jeff Skinner $2,000 for the embellishment during the game against the New York Rangers on November 23rd.
The action was viewed as a dive, with that being Skinner's second of the season. The first was on October 22nd, against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Skinner has received lots of flak, and many say that more stringent punishments are needed to curb the players from such acts.
During that November 23rd game, Connor McDavid scored twice and added an assist in leading the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-2 rout of the New York Rangers.
Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin and Darnell Nurse also scored. Mattias Janmark and Connor Brown each added two assists and Stuart Skinner made 33 saves in the win.
Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 34 shots, including 18 in the first before allowing two late in the period.
The breakthrough finally came with 2:26 remaining in the first, as Vasily Podkolzin fired home his first as an Oiler and first since March 2023, snapping an unlucky stretch of 42 consecutive regular-season games without a goal.
With just eight seconds left in the first, Darnell Nurse scored shorthanded in his first game back after a concussion scare from a hit courtesy of Toronto's Ryan Reaves. It was the sixth shorthanded goal of his career.
Jonathan Quick came in 25-12-6 in his career against Edmonton, with a 2.18 GAA and .921 save percentage, but he couldn't stem the tide of the Oilers that night.
All in all, it was a successful night for the Oilers, minus the diving incident of Jeff Skinner. Here's hoping this fine will teach him a lesson moving forward.
