Wild ahead Ryan Hartman has been supplied an in-person listening to with the league’s Division of Participant Security after he was ejected from Saturday’s 6-0 loss to the Senators for aspiring to injure Ottawa star Tim Stutzle, per an announcement from the group Sunday. Hartman is now eligible to be suspended for greater than 5 video games.
The incident occurred with 16 seconds left on the clock within the second interval. Hartman drove Stutzle’s head into the ice following a defensive zone draw, inflicting the latter’s helmet to come back off and making a reduce on his brow (video hyperlink by way of Sportsnet).
Hartman was given a match penalty for roughing and intent to injure. The Senators scored 3 times on the following five-minute main energy play to start the third interval, together with two assists from Stutzle.
The pair discovered themselves on the field rating earlier within the second interval when Stutzle was assessed a minor penalty for slashing Hartman. On the identical time, the latter was assessed a double minor for roughing and embellishment. Hartman totaled 19 PIMs within the sport, marking the second time he’s earned a match or misconduct penalty this season. The opposite occurred in a 6-1 dwelling loss to the Panthers in December.
It’s been a disappointing marketing campaign for the 30-year-old, who’s been bumped to bottom-six minutes with the emergence of Marco Rossi as Minnesota’s first-line heart. His offensive tempo has been harmed in consequence, tied for ninth on the staff in scoring with 17 factors (7 G, 10 A) by way of 48 video games. His 14:45 ATOI is his lowest utilization since his first season within the State of Hockey in 2019-20, whereas his minus-eight score ranks because the membership’s lowest.
Nonetheless, a pending multi-game absence might be tough to swallow for a Wild ahead group that’s already lacking top-six wingers Marcus Johansson and Kirill Kaprizov. Johansson stays and not using a timeline to return following a concussion over two weeks in the past, whereas Kaprizov stays out following lower-body surgery.
