Chychrun's hit on Cousins goes unpenalized after major review

NHL on ESPN's replay draws an unusually large audience, with viewers focusing on where the contact landed.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 92,747 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (3,026).

No penalty was called on Jakob Chychrun for this hit on Nick Cousins.

The puck gets caught in Nick Cousins' skates along the boards. He takes a last-second look up before Jakob Chychrun steps into him, sending him against the boards and down to the ice.

NHL on ESPN's Short shows the collision, then returns to it in slow motion from another angle. An on-screen update says Cousins was helped off by teammates and the play was reviewed for a major penalty. No penalty was assessed.

That sequence drew roughly 93,000 views in its first day, compared with about 3,000 for the channel's usual Short. The comments were even further outside the routine, arriving more than fifty times as frequently as on a typical first day.

The title, "No penalty was called on Jakob Chychrun for this hit on Nick Cousins.", puts the officiating decision at the center. Many of the prominent comments offer a direct explanation: viewers describe the contact as shoulder-to-chest and consider the check legal. Others focus on the need to keep your head up while handling the puck.

Those are viewers' readings of the collision, not an explanation from the officials. The clip's concrete outcome is narrower: a review for a major, followed by no penalty.

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What viewers say

Shoulder to chest. Clean hit
@JuliusCsureSee it on YouTube
Because that’s a textbook check…
@shawnosullivan5764See it on YouTube
Bro got checked HARD. Im new to the sport, but im pretty sure you need to keep your head up
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