It seems like controversy is following the Minnesota Wild.

Two days after Jared Spurgeon took a brutal retaliatory spear from Red Wings winger Gustav Nyquist, another Wild opponent used his stick to unleash his frustration.

Anaheim Ducks winger Antoine Vermette slashed rookie linesman Shandor Alphonso in the third period of his team’s 1-0 win Tuesday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

I still cannot believe an NHL player slashed an official. Intentionally. pic.twitter.com/4y8ObDEjeP — CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 15, 2017

Vermette was assessed a game misconduct for abuse of officials. He was not made available for comment after the game.

Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf spoke for Vermette postgame.

“I think it was pretty innocent,” Getzlaf said. “I understand what the referee’s calling, and we can’t have that in a game. It was a pretty light tap on the leg. He was a little frustrated. I think Vermy talked to him after or whatever. … I can’t imagine it being too much after that.”

Ducks coach Randy Carlyle thought, more than anything, it looked like Vermette was trying to get the linesman’s attention.

“Obviously the puck was dropped when our player was not ready,” Carlyle said. “I looked at it and said, ‘Why is he dropping the puck?’ It looked like as if he was tapping him and just telling him a blow-the-whistle-type-of-thing. It wasn’t really a vicious or any type of malice thing. He wasn’t trying to hurt anybody. It was more of a tap to blow-the-whistle-type-thing. … Because usually what happens, if they do drop the puck unfairly, the linesman or the referee will blow the whistle and reset it.” Related Articles Marcus Johansson, a winger by trade, is confident he can play center for Wild

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Carlyle said he obviously understands the rule that states players are not allowed to touch officials, so he wasn’t necessarily opposed to Vermette being ejected. He wouldn’t speculate whether Vermette could be looking at a suspension.

“These are things that the league reviews,” Carlyle said. “We have a view on it. They have a view on it. Whatever they decide, we have to live with.”

Nyquist, meanwhile, will learn his fate during a phone call with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday afternoon.