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He wears short gloves, like a lot of stickhandlers do in order to have better puck control. Should it have been a penalty, perhaps. The thing is however that worse things haven't been called before and will in the future. What is important is Kovalev's actions after the slash. What he did was far worse than any missed call by the ref.
These things happen so fast, it's not like the ref. can analyze them in committee before making a decision. But the previous game and Kovalev's history as a bit of an embellisher may have played a factor in the decision to not call the penalty.
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