NHL coach narrowly avoids disaster as glass shatters behind bench

Los Angeles Kings caput coach D.J. Smith narrowly debar disaster successful Game 2 of nan Stanley Cup Playoffs against nan Colorado Avalanche connected Tuesday night.

Raucous Avalanche fans banging connected nan solid down Smith caused nan pane to shatter aft Colorado goaltender Scott Wedgewood made a extremity connected Quinton Byfield. Some pieces of solid rained down connected Smith. He covered his caput and brushwood nan solid disconnected his suit earlier moving down nan passageway to get checked out.

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Members of nan Colorado Avalanche conversion unit transportation a caller portion of solid to nan Los Angeles Kings chair during nan 2nd play of Game 2 successful nan first information of nan NHL Stanley Cup playoffs against nan Colorado Avalanche successful Denver connected April 21, 2026. (Jack Dempsey/AP)

Smith was OK and he returned to nan game.

"Whoever nan feline (was) conscionable kept pushing and pushing and pushing," he called. "I looked backmost because it deed maine a bunch of times, past it broke."

The incident delayed nan crippled for astir 15 minutes. The people was moreover astatine zero erstwhile nan solid broke. Colorado yet picked up nan 2-1 triumph successful overtime acknowledgment to Nicolas Roy’s game-winner. The Avalanche had a 2-0 bid lead.

Avalanche prima Gabriel Landeskog said he was "loud" erstwhile Wedgewood made nan prevention and admitted that nan "fans sewage a small excessively excited."

Colorado Avalanche near helping Gabriel Landeskog argues a telephone pinch referee TJ Luxmore during nan 2nd play of Game 2 successful nan first information of nan NHL Stanley Cup playoffs against nan Los Angeles Kings successful Denver connected April 21, 2026. (Jack Dempsey/AP)

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"There's thing you tin do to power it. There's thing you tin do astir it, truthful you conscionable woody pinch it," he said of nan delay. "I deliberation possibly nan only point was that location were truthful galore bodies connected nan crystal that it (wore) nan crystal retired a small spot for nan remainder (of nan period).

"I thought nan crystal unit did a bully occupation and they did their champion to hole it arsenic accelerated arsenic possible. Doesn't hap each day."

Colorado caput coach Jared Bednar said nan hold was a first for him.

"That’s a different one," Bednar said. "But, I mean, worldly happens. Fans get excited. Our guys were excited, competing hard. There was a bunch of melees on nan crystal today. It felt for illustration playoff hockey."

Los Angeles Kings interim coach D.J. Smith talks pinch halfway Samuel Helenius during nan first play of Game 2 successful nan first information of nan NHL Stanley Cup playoffs against nan Colorado Avalanche successful Denver connected April 21, 2026. (Jack Dempsey/AP)

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Game 3 is group for Thursday nighttime successful Los Angeles.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.