"Intentional and dirty": NHL fans livid over Andrei Svechnikov's collision into Sergei Bobrovsky's head

Hockey fans were outraged after Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov collided with Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky's head during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night.

The incident occurred after the whistle in the second period. Svechnikov skated past Florida's crease and made contact with Bobrovsky's head and sending him down the ice. No penalty was called on the play.

Fans took to social media to express their anger over the collision with Sergei Bobrovsky.

"Intentional and dirty. Very lucky he didn’t get penalized there," one fan wrote.

"Should have been five and a game plus suspension," another fan wrote.

Here are some fan reactions.

"Do concussion spotters actually exist? Does anybody know anybody who knows a concussion spotter," one fan wrote.

"@NHLPlayerSafety has already shown they have no issue with headshots to goalies. Play on," another fan wrote.

"All the Panthers fans crying at this as if Bennett didn’t completely run over Stolarz last series. Bob should’ve been pulled by the concussion spotter for this btw," a user commented.

"Notice how nosek is hooking him from his right. That’s really weird that that would slightly push a player off balance to his left right guys," another user wrote.

The Panthers won 5-2 against the Hurricanes, with goals from Carter Verhaeghe, Aaron Ekblad, A.J. Greer, Sam Bennett, and Eetu Luostarinen. Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake scored for the Hurricanes.

Sergei Bobrovsky had 34 saves. Frederik Andersen stopped 15 shots in the loss.

Game recap: The Panthers' 5-2 win against the Hurricanes

The Panthers got on board first at 8:30 of the first period with a power-play goal. Carter Verhaeghe scored in a close-range shot near the right post after an assist from Aleksander Barkov. Then, Aaron Ekblad made it 2-0 at 12:29 by rifling a shot from the left circle over Frederik Andersen’s glove.

With 16 seconds left in the first period, Seth Jarvis's shot was redirected by Sebastian Aho using his skate between Sergei Bobrovsky’s pads, cutting the lead to 2-1.

Florida responded early in the second. At 3:33, A.J. Greer buried a shot under the crossbar off a slick backhand pass from Niko Mikkola, who had worked around defenseman Scott Morrow to create the chance.

The Panthers kept up the pressure in the third. Sam Bennett made it 4-1 with a power-play wrist shot through a screen at 6:08 of the third period. Eetu Luostarinen then scored at 14:55, ripping a one-timer from low in the left circle after a feed from Tomas Nosek behind the net.

Blake answered with a late power-play goal at 16:19 in a close-range pass from Seth Jarvis to make it 5-2.