According to a report on Sunday, Florida Star Forward Matthew Tachuk will not be suspended for a matchup of panthers with Tampa Belighting on Monday night in game 4 of their Eastern Conference Quarter Final Series in Sunrise.
Tampa Bay was hit for a five -minute head due to Tampa Bay’s hit on Jake Guestzel in Game 3 on Saturday, and NHL saw in the game for possible and disciplinary action.
Citing sources on Sunday, ESPN said, ESPN said on Sunday that the league department of player Safety recently touched its decision on Guntzel, and was not the hit head of Takchuk. The play was five minutes left in Lightning’s 5–1 win.
Furthermore, NHL did not think that Tkachuk’s hit reached the level that Tampa Bay’s Brandon Hagel was suspended for Game 3. Hagel killed Alexander Barkov of Panthers in Game 2 and was given a five -minute head for intervention. The contact on that drama came when Pak had well lasting Barkov.
After ranking 57 points (22 goals, 35 aid) in the regular season, Tkachuk is tied to the team leads in the series (four) and Gol (three).
The panthers extended the series 2–1.
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