{"id":558065,"date":"2026-04-22T16:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558065\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:27:48","slug":"fans-send-glass-shattering-over-kings-coach-in-wild-nhl-playoff-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/558065\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans send glass shattering over Kings coach in wild NHL playoff moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Kings<\/a> expected a hostile environment for their first two games in Colorado at Ball Arena \u2014\u00a0but this was right out of a horror movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With 16:48 remaining in the second period of a scoreless game, Avalanche goaltender Scott Wedgewood made a sensational save<\/a> on Kings forward Quinton Byfield on a penalty shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the fans celebrated, they leaned and pounded on the glass behind the Kings bench in a surge of playoff adrenaline. That\u2019s when the sound of a giant crack could be heard as the glass shattered under too much pressure. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The shards of glass rained down upon interim Kings head coach D.J. Smith, with fragments of glass spilling all over him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever the guy (was) just kept pushing and pushing and pushing,\u201d Smith said before heading back to the tunnel to pick glass out of his suit. \u201cI looked back because it hit me a bunch of times, then it broke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton had a front row seat for the glass breaking.<\/p>\n

The game was delayed for over 17 minutes while the cleanup crew came out with shovels to pick up shards of glass from the Kings\u2019 bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI thought the ice crew did a good job and they did their best to fix it as fast as possible. Doesn\u2019t happen every day,\u201d said Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Avalanche won, 2-1, in overtime on a goal by Nicolas Roy to grab a 2-0 series lead ahead of Game 3 in Los Angeles on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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