Gamesmanship is one aspect of the game that is rarely discussed, as any hockey player or viewer will attest. Players will occasionally try their hardest to sell a play in an effort to get their teams a power play. Selling a call can be distinguished from overly embellishing by a thin line.
Although it's common practice to sell a call, exaggerating is viewed as a humiliating move. Last evening. In one of the most embarrassing plays of the season, Edmonton Oilers player Leon Draisaitl went too far in embellishing a play and over the line into selling.
Draisaitl gripped his face on the ice as the refs whistled the play dead, but no penalty was called�clearly the correct call. After winning the game, the Oilers knotted the series at two games. Dallas will host Game 5 next night.