TSN rinkside analyst's live reaction to Sheldon Keefe being tossed from the game

The officials weren't the worst I've ever seen them in this one, but they certainly weren't the best either - particularly on the Marner call late in the third period after a Golden Knight had toe-picked with Marner in his immediate vicinity. The call drew the ire of Sheldon Keefe, who was far less animated than he normally is with these types of plays. Shockingly, the Leafs' bench boss was ejected for simply informing the official that he made the wrong call, indicating that the Vegas player had fallen on his own.

Even TSN's Mike Johnson, who was positioned between the benches at rink side, was shocked to see Keefe tossed and didn't see anything from his point of view that would warrant official Garrett Rank tossing him out the way he did. Just listen to the shock in Johnson's voice:

Johnson had an ice level view for the entire game and, from his view, the Leafs were getting the raw end of the deal from officials all night. At one point, he even suggested that perhaps the Leafs should attempt to embellish a bit just to draw a call as the penalty scaling heavily favoured Vegas.

It's abundantly clear that the NHL and their officials have a different set of rules and guidelines for how they treat the Leafs versus how they treat each other team. This one is a real head-scratcher. The way coaches go at officials all season long, it's surprising to me that this is the first ejection for a coach this season and that it involved a shockingly calm Sheldon Keefe.