For the second time in the NHL season, Boston hockey players will miss their most productive player Brad Marchand due to a disciplinary penalty. The Canadian striker got a distance of six games for attacking Pittsburgh goalkeeper Tristan Jarry at the end of Wednesday’s match, which the Bruins lost 2: 4.
An angry Bard Marchand ruled | Pittsburgh at the end of the match Video: Sport
Marchand hit Jarry in the head 24 seconds before the end of the match in the interrupted game, and even though he was subsequently pacified by the referee, he still tried to stab the Penguins in the mask with a stick blade. He was given two minutes and a penalty until the end of the match.
The disciplinary commission subsequently gave Marchand a six-match distance, which would cost him $ 448,000. It bothered him that he was considered a recidivist. The current suspension is his eighth in his career and second in the season. In November, he received a three-match penalty for a foul on Oliver Ekman-Larsson of Vancouver.
“It was a lack of discipline on Brad’s side. There seemed to be some words. But it wants more discipline anyway. Brad is the leader of our team and has to control his emotions,” said Boston coach Bruce Cassidy immediately after the match.
Marchand is the most productive Bruins player with 49 points (21 + 28) out of 39 matches. David Pastrňák is second with a balance of 45 points (24 + 21) from 44 matches.
