The Edmonton Oilers may be without Connor McDavid as he faces a hearing following a cross-checking incident against the Vancouver Canucks.

The incident occurred after McDavid and Garland became entangled in the high slot for about 15 seconds. Frustration boiled over as McDavid wrestled free and delivered a "brutal cross-check," as described by one of the Sportsnet game announcers, that struck Garland in the head, sending him to the ice.

Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers received match penalties for cross-checking in the dying seconds between the Oilers and Canucks. Both coaches were asked about the ending.

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Make no mistake, what transpired at the end of Saturday night’s game was ugly. Cross-checks to the head and neck, no matter the reason for it, are more than deserving of supplemental discipline.

It wasn't just Saturday night against the Canucks. The Oilers star hasn't been drawing penalty calls all season.

Tensions reached a boiling point at the end of last night's Oilers-Canucks game, and both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers will face automatic hearings later on.

Saturday night’s hockey game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks ended in a 3-2 win for the Canucks. It was a win the Canucks needed and a loss the Oilers likely didn’t expect.

Frustrations boiled over between the Canucks and Oilers on Saturday. Now Edmonton superstar Connor McDavid could miss games as a result. The Oilers' captain was handed a match penalty Saturday after he cross-checked Canucks winger Conor Garland in the head late in Edmonton's 3-2 loss to Vancouver.