Evgeni Malkin may be facing additional discipline after taking a bad penalty on Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins forward will have a hearing Friday night after slashing Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, the NHL's department of player safety announced.
The penalty occurred in the second period of Thursday's 5-1 loss. While battling for position beside the Sabres' crease, they began going at one another with cross-checks, and Malkin took it a step further, slashing at Dahlin's head.
Malkin was ejected from the game with the major penalty, and both players were called for cross-checking at 38 seconds of the period.
The 39-year-old Malkin has been suspended twice in his NHL career, one game for high-sticking Philadelphia’s Michael Raffl in February 2019, and four games in April 2022 for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki.
Malkin's 10-game home points streak ended Thursday. He has 13 goals and 47 points in 46 games.
Pittsburgh is already without captain Sidney Crosby for a minimum of four weeks because of a lower-body injury.
-- With files from the Associated Press
