Calgary Flames ahead Connor Zary could have a listening to with the NHL Division of Participant Security on Thursday, in the future after his hit on Vancouver Canucks rookie defenseman Elias Pettersson.
Pettersson leveled Nazem Kadri with an open-ice hit when Zary took up for his teammate. Zary unleashed a cross-check to the pinnacle of Pettersson, who didn’t have possession of the puck.
Zary acquired a two-minute minor penalty for interference.
Pettersson, 21, logged yet another shift within the first interval however didn’t return for the second in Vancouver’s 4-3 shootout victory over Calgary on Wednesday.
Zary, 23, has 24 factors (12 targets, 12 assists) and 14 penalty minutes in 49 video games this season.
He has 58 factors (26 targets, 32 assists) and 36 penalty minutes in 112 profession video games since being chosen by the Flames with the twenty fourth general choose of the 2020 NHL Draft.
–Area Stage Media
