Carolina Hurricanes forward Taylor Hall is not expected to have a hearing with the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety over his hit to the head of Ottawa Senators defenceman Jake Sanderson that caused Sanderson to exit with an apparent injury, Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch reports.
Sanderson took the hit from Hall early in the second period. Hall received a two-minute minor penalty on the play.
The 6-foot-2, left-shot defenceman remained in the game after the hit until halfway through the period when he took a puck off his right hand while the Senators were on a two-man advantage.
Sanderson then left for the locker room and didn’t return to the game.
Head coach Travis Green told reporters after the game the Sanderson’s exit was due to Hall’s hit.
“I just don’t understand how there’s not a five minute major called on a hit to the head,” Green said in frustration that Hall was limited to a two-minute minor penalty.
“It’s a blatant hit to the head. The kind of hits you don’t want to see. It’s ridiculous that there wasn’t even a review,” Green added after the game. “I’d be shocked if there isn’t ... a review from the league on that, and something done.”
Sanderson, 23, was one of Ottawa’s top defencemen in the regular season, registering 14 goals and 54 points in 67 games in the regular season while averaging 24:50 of ice time.
He had two assists after the first three playoff games while averaging 27:57 of ice time.
The Senators trail the Hurricanes 2-0 in the series with Game 4 set on Saturday from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.
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