Yeah, I somehow missed that during the game, and when I saw the highlights, I was astonished.
At first I tried to chalk it up to some sort of stoic behaviour I might have previously observed in the likes of Sedin's fellow Swede, Forsberg (who I always admired for taking mad slashes and such but keeping a straight face, eye on the prize, scoring a goal) but that wasn't it.
Then, I thought, perhaps he was trying to draw some sort of roughing penalty, but that didn't make sense, either. That was standard playoff fare and he didn't even put his hands up. It was like some sort of masochism.
That was very fucking strange for a team captain.