Dustin Byfuglien Cheap Shots Corey Perry After Goal, Shoves Him to Ice

The Anaheim Ducks beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 on Monday night, winning the third game of their first-round Stanley Cup playoffs series and setting up the potential for a demoralizing sweep.

Frustration is running high for the Jets, who have responded to adversity by blowing third-period leads and, most recently, hitting goal-scorers in celebration.

Fresh off a four-game suspension for cross-checking, Winnipegs enforcer Dustin Byfuglien earned himself a two-minute minor for roughing in the second by putting a leg in front of Perry and judo-shoving the Anaheim winger to the ice after a goal.

ProHockeyTalk.com’s James O’Brien spotted footage of the cheap shot. Perry stuck in an easy goal to put the Ducks up 2-1, but he found himself face down on the ice after raising his arms to celebrate.

Byfuglien received the aforementioned penalty, and it remains to be seen if the league will hand down any further punishment.

Oh, Jets fans also chanted “Katy Perry” at Perry during a faceoff. 

After the game, Byfuglien entered full Marshawn-Lynch-shutdown mode while speaking to the media.

SportsNetCanada posted video of the interview. The defender skirted questions about his cheap shot by repeating different variations of "We just got to stick together as a team."

When you don't really have an answer besides "I was being dumb," you take the old "we're sticking together" team track.

I guess it's better than the truth?

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