Philadelphia Flyers forward Jeremy Roenick was suspended for one game by the NHL on Wednesday for throwing a water bottle at an official.
Roenick was hit in the face by an opponent's stick in the third period of the Flyers' 6-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. When no penalty was called, Roenick screamed at referee Blaine Angus, who told him he did not see the play.
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Roenick then threw the bottle at Angus, getting a gross misconduct penalty and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. He was thrown out of the game.
"NHL, wake up!" Roenick said after the game. "Blaine Angus is standing right in front of me and he says he doesn't see it. What is he looking at? The National Hockey League has to step in and tell these guys to open up their eyes."
Roenick called the officiating "terrible, absolutely terrible. Blaine Angus did an absolutely terrible job."
Roenick was suspended without pay and will forfeit about US$90,000 in salary.
Capitals 3, Flames 3
Jaromir Jagr scored on a near-impossible shot with 0.8 seconds remaining in regulation Wednesday to give the Washington Capitals a 3-3 tie with the Calgary Flames.
There were no goals for the first 54 minutes, but when Trent Whitfield scored for the Capitals, the onslaught of offense began.
Matthew Lombardi and Oleg Saprykin scored 29 seconds apart to give the Flames the lead. Sergei Gonchar tied it at 2 on a power-play goal with one minute remaining. Jarome Iginla scored with 38 seconds left to put the Flames back ahead.
"It's probably the wackiest hockey I've ever seen," said Washington goaltender Olaf Kolzig, who made 41 saves but had his shutout streak end at 169 minutes, 20 seconds.
Canadiens 2, Thrashers 1
In Atlanta, Montreal's Mike Ribeiro scored with 10 1/2 minutes remaining when an Atlanta player inadvertently knocked the puck in his own net.
Montreal won for the sixth time in seven games, getting 36 saves from Jose Theodore.
The Thrashers are winless in their past eight games and have only six goals in five games.
The Thrashers lost second-leading scorer Marc Savard in the second to a sprained right knee.
Kings 2, Wild 2
Dwayne Roloson made 44 saves and Andrew Brunette scored a power-play goal as Minnesota tied Los Angeles.
The Wild, the only team in the NHL without an overtime decision, leads the league with 13 ties. Los Angeles hasn't won in 13 games (0-3-9-1).
The Wild have just one win in 11 games (1-3-7). Brunette's score was Minnesota's first with an extra skater in 28 home chances. Nick Schultz tied it at 2 midway through the second period.
Eric Belanger and Scott Barney scored for the injury-decimated Kings, whose last victory was Dec. 16.
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