Did Warren Foegele deserve game misconduct for hit on Eetu Luostarinen?

Edmonton Oilers forward Warren Foegele was handed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for his knee on the Florida Panthers' Eetu Luostarinen. Foegele played just 1:54 of ice time, while Luostarinen, who was injured on the play, was able to return to the game.

After the knee, the refs called it a five-minute major, but that meant they could review it. After a review, the call stood and Foegele was handed a game misconduct, which felt excessive.

It did seem like it shouldn't have been a five-minute major for kneeing, as it doesn't look like there was intent on Foegele's end to knee Luostarinen. With that, it likely should have only been a two-minute penalty.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch also disagreed with the call and thought it should have been a two-minute penalty.

"I don't see any difference on the Sam Bennett penalty..." Knoblauch said, via Sportsnet. " I don't see very much difference in those two plays. I see Bouchard got up right away. Their guy didn't get up right away, which I think … yeah, so that's what I think.”

As Knoblauch said, he didn't see much difference in Bennett's knee which happened just minutes earlier in the game.

Bennett and Foegele's knee didn't seem much different, as both were worthy of two-minute penalties.

Foegele had returned to the lineup in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final after being a healthy scratch for the final three games of the Western Conference Final against Dallas.

Oilers still confident despite being down 2-0

The Edmonton Oilers are down 2-0 in their Stanley Cup Final series against the Florida Panthers.

Although Edmonton is down 2-0, the Oilers are still confident as they will return home and could win both to even up the series.

“It’s exciting, it’s another opportunity for our group to come together and dig our way out,” Connor McDavid said, via NHL.com.

"It’s supposed to be hard; it’s supposed to be difficult, and I’m excited to see what our group is made of. I’m excited to see our group come together, I’m excited to see us fight through adversity and I’m looking forward to people doubting us again with our backs against the wall.”

Knoblauch, meanwhile, said he and the Oilers are just focused on winning Game 3:

“I think we came here, and we played well enough that we should have had the split. That doesn’t always happen, and we just have to take it one game at a time.

"I don’t see any reason to panic or do anything drastic. If we win one of these (at home), which I think we’re capable of doing, we’re really happy. I don’t want to get too caught up in that we’re down 2-0 and we’re in a whole lot of trouble. We just have to win the next game.”

Game 3 of the series is set for Thursday in Edmonton.