Pete DeBoer on the Nurse slash on Hintz: ‘Does anyone in this room think if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, it’s not a 5-minute major?’

Pete DeBoer didn’t mince words following the Dallas Stars’ 3-0 Game 2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers Friday night.

Speaking with reporters after the game, in which the Oilers tied the series 1-1, DeBoer was asked the status of Stars’ forward Roope Hintz, who left the game early in the third period and did not return after Oilers’ defender Darnell Nurse delivered a slash that left Hintz sprawled on the ice.

“Does anyone in this room think that if Connor McDavid gets carried off the ice like that, that it’s not a five minute major?” DeBoer said. “That’s my answer to your question.”

The next reporter followed up by mentioning that Stars’ forward Mason Marchment said after the game he thought there was intent in that slash.

“Again, if that’s 97 carried off the ice in the same situation, I think we all know the answer to what that looks like for us,” he said.

DeBoer did not have an update on Hintz’s status.

The incident occurred early in the third period when Hintz and Nurse were battling out front of the Oilers’ net. After Hintz gave Nurse a crosscheck in the back, the Edmonton blueliner responded with a slash that appeared to hit the Dallas forward near the ankle.

The two teams travel to the Alberta capital for Games 3 and 4, the first of which is Sunday at 3 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. MT.