For whatever reason, neither the officials on the ice nor the NHL’s Orwellian-named Department of Player Safety saw it that way. Dickinson received neither a penalty nor a suspension for the hit, though he did sit out the final five minutes of the game on March 16 to avoid him becoming the target of any revenge from the Canucks.

Following practice on Tuesday, Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet provided injury updates on center Elias Pettersson, Filip Chytil and Nils Höglander. Pettersson and Höglander were injured on the recent six-game road trip,