Do you know who Brett Pesce is?

Yep.

First, lets address the major penalty. Rule 59 states that a major penalty can be assessed at the discretion of the referee based on the severity of the contact. So Eakin's crosscheck is to the upper section of Pavelskis chest which threw him off balance and in the process Stasny threw Pavelski to the ice causing the major injury. Is the crosscheck what caused the head injury, No but the consequence of it caused the injury helped by Stasny. Second, The Eakin goal could have gone either way but from most angles it looks high and should probably be called back. Third, The goalie inference call in game 2 when Sj scored 3 goals in the span of 3 minutes and were about to go up 4-3 was also a missed call. Any contact that Couture causes is unintentional and as the play happens( which is 1-2 ft outside the goalies crease) Fleury is the one who causes contact and reacts dramatically to get the call overturned. Also, they had a 3-1 lead on a team who was 0-6 in those situations previously. Game 5 was expected for Sj to win. Game 6 they outplayed Sj but a goalie was hot and saved the game(sound familiar....?) and Vegas was given a power play in the second overtime and were scored on shorthanded. And had a 3-0 lead with 10 minutes remaining and their penalty kill failed allowing 4 goals. Notwithstanding the fact they scored a very improbable goal with under a minute left to force OT. They still had a chance to win the series and couldn't come through. Say what you want about the major penalty but it is ignorant and far-reaching to say that the penalty is the only factor that caused them to lose when there were many more than just that one penalty that caused their playoff demise

Never said it was the only reason they lost. It can be both the call and giving up 4 goals that cost them. It doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive.

True, especially when you consider that the 4 goals scored on a 5 minute PP most likely would not have happened had the major not been called.

My main question about the cross checking major is what exactly did they call? Did they call it a cross checking to the head, therefore a 5 minute major? Or did they take the entire sequence of events into account and call the severity of the cross checking based on the eventual outcome of the cross check. Either way, they got it wrong.

The ref told Gallant that Eakin cross checked Pavelski in the face when the replay clearly showed he didn't. The refs saw Pavelski knocked out and bleeding on the ice and decided to make the call based off of the aftermath and not the actual act.

That's what I fear happened as well. I would love to hear the ref's perspective.