Morgan Rielly didn’t like the slap shot, and now he is likely to be slapped with supplemental discipline for the first time in his 11-year NHL career.<br /><br />The Maple Leaf's defenseman received a five-minute major, and a game misconduct Saturday night, for a cross-check to the head of Ottawa’s Ridly Greig along the sideboards, after the center had ripped a slapper into Toronto’s empty net, from close range in the closing seconds of the Senators’ 5-3 home win.<br /><br />“I’m sure the league will look at it,” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said, while also defending Rielly.<br /><br />“I thought (Rielly’s actions were) appropriate. He’s reacting to a play. Their player has the right to react in that moment, and our players have the right to react. That’s the emotion of the game.”<br /><br />Maple Leafs captain and former Islander John Tavares added that his team “didn’t like the result on the empty-netter, and we’re going to stick together and stand our ground, when necessary.”<br /><br />Naturally, the Senators felt differently, with interim coach Jacques Martin saying, “The league will look at it. That’s not a hockey play. That’s just frustration or something. It’s not part of the game…[Greig] put the puck in the net. Whether he shoots it or pushes it, (what Rielly did) shouldn’t happen.”<br /><br />Toronto sent out enforcer Ryan Reaves for the final faceoff, but the officials quickly jumped in to prevent a brawl.<br /><br />“You never really know what Greiger’s going to do,” Senators center Josh Norris, who also scored a goal in the game, said.<br /><br />“I mean, I love it, but I’m sure if we’re on the other side of that I don’t know if we would like it either. I didn’t really like the retaliation, but I understand their frustration, but it’s over with and I guess it was entertaining.”<br /><br />Morgan Rielly didn’t like the slap shot, and now he is likely to be slapped with supplemental discipline for the first time in his 11-year NHL career.<br /><br />The Maple Leaf's defenseman received a five-minute major, and a game misconduct Saturday night, for a cross-check to the head of Ottawa’s Ridly Greig along the sideboards, after the center had ripped a slapper into Toronto’s empty net, from close range in the closing seconds of the Senators’ 5-3 home win.<br /><br />“I’m sure the league will look at it,” Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said, while also defending Rielly.<br /><br />“I thought (Rielly’s actions were) appropriate. He’s reacting to a play. Their player has the right to react in that moment, and our players have the right to react. That’s the emotion of the game.”<br /><br />Maple Leafs captain and former Islander John Tavares added that his team “didn’t like the result on the empty-netter, and we’re going to stick together and stand our ground, when necessary.”
