In hockey, how common is moving time from one period to another?

I’ve seen it happen. It doesn’t happen all that often, but I’ve seen it once or twice. It’s usually when a small amount of time is left and there’s something like an injury (after blood has been spilled on the ice) or broken glass that needs to be fixed, and it just makes more sense to break sooner rather than later.

I guess I’d say it’s not that common, but not unheard of, either.

@Seelix Thanks. Makes a lot more sense than coming back out after a huge break and then going back in.

What a great game! I hope he feels better though.

@seazen Pretty gruesome. I watched it several times, and I haven’t seen anything that Chara did that looked wrong. Just a freak accident.

It was a late hit and while I don’t think Chara meant to almost kill Pacioretty, he hit him to hurt him. Chara is 6’9”, 255 – he’s got 7 inches and 40lbs on Pacioretty and he knows how much damage he can do. There’s a rivalry between the Habs and Bruins, and we knew that this game would be a nasty one.

I didn’t see all of that game. What happened?

Chara hit Pacioretty long after he had gotten rid of the puck, and Pac hit his head on the corner of the glass by the penalty box. He went down like a ton of bricks and had to go to the hospital; he’s concussed and has a fractured fourth vertebra. There’s been talk about whether Chara should be suspended, but he won’t be. I do see it as a late hit – Chara got 5 minutes for interference and a game misconduct – I think that’s enough. You can read the article and see a video here.