Just a couple hours following the NHL suspended Boston Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference one game for a shoulder to the head of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski, the league's department of person security had another play to examine that may contain Rule 48. An Ottawa Senators defenseman was thrown from Thursday's game after he delivered an enormous blindside struck on Montreal Canadiens heart Lars Eller, who put on the snow for some minutes before being taken to a medical facility. The referees made a decision to give a five-minute significant penalty to Gryba for a game title misconduct and interference. The Canadiens capitalized on the power-play possibility with a goal from rookie Brendan Gallagher to have a 2-1 lead. This can be a latest update on Eller's problem, per Dave Stubbs of The Montreal Gazette: Gryba told reporters after the game he was not wanting to hurt Eller (via Ian Mendes of Sportsnet ): After watching this play stay, it appeared that Gryba was guilty of an awful headshot, but after taking a look at the replay from several different aspects, the strike was clear. It is often difficult to determine the intention of a person in this type of situation, but it seems like Gryba drove his shoulder into Eller's chest rather than making connection with the head. This photo supplies a good consider the level of contact (h/t @BonksMullet). Gryba didn't demand, shoulder, intervene or leave his feet to collide with Eller. The reach was reckless and contact with top of the body was made, but if the Senators defenseman was suspended it would be astonishing.
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