6:48PM: Zibanejad spoke after practice today and said (NYR):
- “I’m trying to get in front of him and get the puck and it’s unfortunate how he went down, I thought he hit his head on the ice which is why I stayed. I wanted to make sure he was okay, I didn’t think it was from the bump but you can’t change it right now. They got together and made a decision, obviously not happy with it but nothing I can do anything about it now. Just disappointing but I can’t control it now, just focus on the next game. It wasn’t really explained in a way I could accept it.
6:13PM: The NHL has rescinded the match penalty given to Mika Zibanejad in the third period of last night’s Ranger loss to Dallas.
Zibanejad was assessed a five-minute major for boarding and was ejected after a play with Radek Faksa in the corner.
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David Quinn said after last night’s game, “well the linesman called it, he felt that he him in the head. That was the call and explanation I got and we had to kill a five minute major.” (MSG)
Quinn said on Wednesday that the Rangers “lead the league” in apologies. (Stephenson)
A referee apologized to Quinn earlier in the season for another penalty on Zibanejad.