Celebrating fans cause glass panel to shatter in Avs’ win

DENVER — Kings interim coach DJ Smith shortly ducked when shattered glass fell on him after a pane broke behind the Los Angeles bench throughout the Colorado Avalanche‘s 2-1 overtime win in Game 2 of the Western Conference first-round sequence Tuesday night time.

It occurred proper after Quinton Byfield was stopped on a penalty shot by Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood with 16:48 left in the second interval. The glass started to sway as fans pounded on it in pleasure after which it went manner, with items raining on Smith. He lined his head after which brushed the glass from his swimsuit earlier than heading down the tunnel to the locker room. I’ve returned a couple of minutes later.

The Avalanche cleanup crew introduced out shovels and buckets to clear up the fragments from the LA bench. The Kings gamers mingled on the ice as they waited for a brand new pane to be introduced in and put in.

Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog informed ESPN that he is by no means seen something like that occur earlier than.

“It was loud there when Wedgy made that save and fans got a little too excited,” he stated.

The delay between the penalty save and the resumption of play lasted 19 minutes. The rating was 0-0 when play was stopped. Nicolas Roy later scored in time beyond regulation to give Colorado a 2-0 sequence lead.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.