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Video: Ryan Miller gets bowled over...again

Miller Tootoo

Last night, Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller made his first start since the contentious Milan Lucic incident -- an incident Nashville’s Jordin Tootoo either 1) wasn’t familiar with or 2) didn’t take into consideration.

Apparently.

During the second-period of a 3-2 loss, Tootoo skated toward the Buffalo net and lost the puck just prior to reaching the goalmouth. He then received a slight shove from Christian Ehrhoff and...well...just watch the video:

Yeah. That happened.

Tootoo received a five-minute charging major and a game misconduct while Paul Gaustad -- making amends for his non-response to the Lucic hit, apparently -- received a double-minor roughing penalty and a 10-minute misconduct.

Unsurprisingly, the Sabres were livid about the hit. (And not thrilled with how the penalties shook out, either.)

“What happened in the game is a joke. It’s a joke. All it does is just prove the fact right, that when I said it was open season, it appears it is open season,” head coach Lindy Ruff said. “You get a guy that comes off a concussion, and you’ve got Jordin Tootoo — Jordin Tootoo running over your goaltender? We used to get a two-minute power play for that. We got a one-minute power play out of that. That’s a joke.”

Tootoo said he expects to hear from Brendan Shanahan about the incident, but said he didn’t intend to run Miller.

“I was driving the net and I got a little shove from behind. That’s the last thing I want to do, is run the goalie over and put my team down,” Tootoo said. “It is what it is. But I’m skating hard, I drop my shoulder in towards the net, and clearly I tried to jump out of the way. There was no intent to charge at him. That’s all I can say.”