Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb was handed a five-minute interference major and a game misconduct for his hit on an unsuspecting Anaheim Ducks forward Ryan Poehling in Game 5 on Tuesday.
McNabb delivered a crushing hit in the first period that knocked Poehling out for the remainder of the game with an upper-body injury.
Brayden McNabb has been assessed a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for this hit on Ryan Poehling 😬
— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) May 13, 2026
Poehling needed assistance getting off the ice and has gone to the locker room 🤕 pic.twitter.com/hhHsqZlpzB
The Ducks opened the scoring on the ensuing power play courtesy of Beckett Sennecke.
McNabb has never been suspended in his 14-year NHL career.
