Nathan MacKinnon penalty rescinded after Connor Ingram incident, suspension clock reset
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Daniel Lucente
Mar 12, 2026 (5:12 PM)
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Photo credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images
Nathan MacKinnon's rescinded major resets his suspension clock, and the Oilers just got a sharper March read on Colorado's danger anyway.
In the X clip below, MacKinnon said the NHL wiped away the major from Tuesday, a big call on a Colorado Avalanche No. 1 center carrying a $12.6 million cap hit through 2030-31.
That matters because two majors in the league's tracking window can trigger an automatic suspension, so this ruling removed that pressure before Colorado's next push.
For Edmonton, the takeaway is not outrage, it is information, although many fans won't be happy about this.
The Oilers saw how fast chaos hits when MacKinnon gets downhill, even on a play where Darnell Nurse's contact helped send him into Connor Ingram.
Ingram had to leave, Tristan Jarry stepped in, and the emotional temperature changed the game before Edmonton closed out a 4-3 win on Tuesday.
MacKinnon is still the engine, with 43-61-104 in 62 games, and Colorado still sits 43-11-9 after that loss.
Nathan MacKinnon still forces Edmonton into hard choices
Oilers fans can admit two things at once, the collision looked ugly, and the rescind says the league did not view it as suspension-track intent.
That is the strategic layer here.
Edmonton's best answer is not waiting for discipline, it is shrinking his middle ice, finishing checks early, and making every rush route run through traffic.
When the Oilers did that Tuesday, Connor McDavid answered with 36-74-110, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, and the power play struck again.
That is the cleaner playoff lesson than yelling about justice.
The Oilers are 32-25-8, and that win showed they can survive Colorado's push if they stay above pucks and keep the man advantage lethal.
The rescind clears MacKinnon's record, but Edmonton still leaves this incident with the more useful thing, a roadmap for the next heavyweight swing.
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