The NHL certainly had its share of weird moments on Tuesday night.
In St. Louis, we had the Blues have a goal disallowed because the puck bounced in the net off of referee Tim Peel.
In Colorado, the glass next to the Edmonton Oilers’ penalty box suddenly shattered following a third period fight involving Matt Calvert and Matt Benning.
It’s hard to see what exactly happened, but a fan next to the penalty box appeared to smack the glass only to have it complete shatter into thousands of pieces. It didn’t seem to be a very hard smack so it is entirely likely it was a defective piece of glass that was probably already broken.
But it was still a bizarre scene that briefly delayed the game.
Here's better video of the fan hitting the glass at the #Avs game, he doesn't seem to hit it that hard, why did it break so easily? (h/t @w_t_fowler) pic.twitter.com/kw3AR5ft7E
— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) December 12, 2018
Here is the fight that started the entire sequence.
The Oilers ended up winning the game thanks to three-point nights from Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and Leon Draisaitl, and another strong performance in goal from goalie Mikko Koskinen.
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Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.