NHL Sunday: Stars finish road trip with third straight win in Detroit

For the moment, at least. He might be gone again by Tuesday. Maybe he’ll leave a note this time.

37th! There’s only 30 teams.

The exchange occurred in the first period between the two teams. Tootoo was a few seconds away from finishing his penalty when Burrows entered the other penalty box for his own infraction. For some reason, the two began chirping at each other across the boxes. It’s not clear who started it.

It seemed harmless enough. Chirping happens all the time in hockey. But after the game Tootoo told reporters that what Burrows said went beyond mere verbal sparring.

McCann was slow to get up but eventually made it to the Canucks’ locker room. The officials deemed the play worthy of a five minute major for interference and a game misconduct, and Larsson made his way to the showers early.

If the Department of Player Safety takes a further look at this, it could result in the first supplemental discipline of Larsson’s career. Luckily for the Canucks (and honestly, for Larsson) McCann returned to the bench a few moments later after passing a concussion test.

BURN.