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Milan Lucic has been fined $10 Adidas Chris Wagner Jersey ,000 for his hunting down of Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph during the Oilers vs. Lightning game on Tuesday.The Oilers lost 5-2 to the Lightning on Tuesday evening but it wasn't the game or the score most people are talking about on Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after the game ended, the discussion surrounds the series of events on the ice that saw struggling for tough-guy聽forward Lucic hunt down and reprimand Mathieu Joseph for a hit on Oilers defenseman Kris Russell earlier in the third period. (the hit on Russell and the ensuing attack by Lucic can be seen below):advertisingThe hit that got Lucic fired up. Check our friends at @OilersNation for the break down: https://t.co/ybRqQWjMx0 pic.twitter.com/LCjQdFb3FQ— hockeyfights (@hockeyfights) November 7, 2018Not long after the game, Lucic was advised he would have a phone hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for the hit and subsequent roughing up of Joseph. A phone hearing meant as little as a fine and as much as a short suspension should the department consider the act worthy of Lucic sitting a game or two.In the end, Lucic was fined $10,000 and will not miss any game time.Most fans in Edmonton believed Joseph had this coming to him. The referees had missed the earlier call for a penalty when Russell got hit and Joseph had been running around the entire game looking to hit any Oiler that moved Adidas Joakim Nordstrom Jersey , sometimes crossing the line of a legal body check. Lucic had seen enough of the referee's inaction and took matters into his own hands. Those that thought Lucic was well within his rights to try and police the game will feel the fine stiff聽but be happy there's no time lost.advertisingOthers are adamant聽Lucic should have gotten more of a punishment considering the scene of him hunting down a player and looking for retribution.Lucic fined $10,000 for roughing Lightning's Joseph https://t.co/Mow9LtStKA 鈫?via https://t.co/0I4IIflkwI 鈭?pic.twitter.com/tMZTE5WFVD— Bitcoin Sportsbook (@SportsbookBTC) November 7, 2018In the end, most agree the play wasn't suspendable but the optics of Lucic chasing Joseph around the ice, knocking him down and doing everything short of laying a beating on the player was enough to warrant a fine. Ultimately, the NHL couldn't let that image go unpunished.The Oilers and Lucic will likely take the fine in stride knowing they've sent a message around the NHL. Don't touch our guys or Milan Lucic will be coming after you.advertising Hopefully for the Vegas Golden Knights Timothy Liljegren Jersey Womens , Christmas was a time to help them overcome their frustration of yet another overtime loss heading into their mini-holiday break.A 4-3 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Kings in overtime on Sunday was their second consecutive loss in the extra period in successive days (Montreal beat them in OT on Saturday in Las Vegas). It was the third time the Knights (20-15-4) had allowed an overtime goal in their last six outings.They had three days without practice since Sunday heading into Thursday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche (19-12-6) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Avalanche also enter the game looking for answers with consecutive losses and a 3-6-1 record in their last 10 games.Article continues below ...Frustrated Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury smashed his stick on the post and angrily skated off the T-Mobile Arena ice after surrendering an overtime goal to the Kings’ Tyler Toffoli on a breakaway Sunday.“I want to make a difference,” Fleury said. “I want to give our team a chance to win these games. I haven’t and it’s been pissing me off.“That last one, one-on-one with me, I should have made a save and gave us a chance to stay in the game. It’s two in a row now with both games being overtime losses. I’ve got to be better.”Defenseman Nate Schmidt’s decision to leave toward the bench for a substitute allowed Toffoli to take a long pass from Oscar Fantenberg just before crossing the blue line, triggering the decisive breakaway.Shea Theodore hopped over the boards in place of Schmidt and gave chase, but it proved futile.“It was a stupid change Antoine Roussel Jersey Womens ,” a dejected Schmidt said as he sat in front of his stall. “Stupid of me. It was dumb. I feel bad for (Fleury) and the guys.”Sunday’s loss also dropped the Knights to 3-3 in overtime games this season and 1-3 in the last four. They have also split two shootouts.“I think a lot of it is just mental,” forward Reilly Smith said. “It’s a pretty simple game when its 3-on-3, a lot of man-on-man and just making sure you stay in front of your guy.“It seems like we have been slipping assignments a little bit and they have cost us. Those are big points to lose, especially before Christmas. We wanted to win these last two and have a good end before this little break.”Colorado had a much-needed break after losing 6-4 at Arizona on Saturday. The Avalanche had played six times in the previous nine days.The game in Vegas begins a stretch of playing five games in nine days, including four in a row at the Pepsi Center in Denver.The Avalanche rallied for three goals in the third period to tie the score against the Coyotes only to allow a goal with 3:39 left and then an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining.Alexander Kerfoot scored two goals, and Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon scored for Colorado.Philipp Grubauer allowed four goals on 16 shots and was replaced in the second period by Czech Pavel Francouz Tim Schaller Jersey Womens , who made 21 saves in his NHL debut.“We have to learn how to bring that every single night, right from the drop of the puck,” Landeskog said. “We were a little bit sluggish and didn’t execute in the first two periods, but the way we played in the third, that’s the way we’ve got to bring it every night.”