Evander Kane shares his thoughts on the Nazem Kadri hit.

The Colorado Avalanche have taken a commanding 3 - 0 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Final and are in fact now threatening a potential sweep of the last remaining Canadian franchise in these Stanley Cup playoffs.

In spite of that though all of the talk coming out of Game 3 has been around an incident that took place just a little over a minute into the game itself, a crosscheck from Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane that was delivered to the back of Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri. The end result of that play would be a 5 minute major for Kane, and what is beginning to sound like a very serious injury for Kadri.

Here's a look at the hit itself:

The hit has provoked quite the reaction, including a former NHL referee seemingly celebrating the fact that Kadri was injured on the play, a reaction that has included calls for Kane to face a lengthy suspension. Unsurprisingly it sounds like Kane doesn't feel the same way, and in fact it sounds like the Oilers star forward believes that this was more a case of bad luck than anything else.

Speaking with the media after the game, Kane described how he felt that Kadri simply injured his hand while falling awkwardly to the ice.

"I was just coming in on the backcheck," said Kane following the game. "Puck went wide, kind of dribbled into the corner. I know he likes to reverse it. I was just trying to get up on him, that’s really all I did. Unfortunately he went into the boards awkwardly and hurt his hand."

An injury to Kadri's arm and/or hand does appear to fit the narrative here, with reports that Kadri was spotted leaving the arena with a cast on his right arm after being injured Game 3.

How the incident was viewed by Kane and how it will be viewed by the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety upon review might be different though. As of this writing we have yet to hear from the disciplinary arm of the NHL, so perhaps they have elected to simply not take this play under review. Alternatively, they may simply be waiting to hear just how severe the injury to Kadri is before addressing the matter.