The announcers on NBC are so fucking awful. "Malkin had a chance to hit him in the shoulder and choose to hit him right in the numbers" Are the blind or just stupid? Malkin clearly went for Boychuck's shoulder. He turned the back part of his shoulder towards Boychuck to deliver the hit. At the last second Boychuck turned and faced directly at the boards therefore taking the hit right in the numbers rather than the shoulder where Malkin would have hit him. 2 minute boarding sure, but certainly not a 5 minute or suspension worthy hit at all.
How the NHL can have such a wealth of fabulous play by play guys from around the league like Hahn, Strader, Daniels, etc. and keep using this same horrible crew is baffling.
clueless is all you can say about those guys on NBC.