None of the combatants from Monday’s incident-filled Toronto-Calgary game will face disciplinary hearings, an NHL spokesman confirmed this morning.
The two sides combined for 16 minor penalties across a nasty, chippy affair that included:
-- Leafs forward Leo Komarov catching Johnny Gaudreau with a huge bodycheck.
-- Flames captain Mark Gioradano quickly jumping Komarov in retaliation.
-- A pair of Calgary youngsters, Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk, accused of slew-footing.
The incident that drew the most attention was Komarov’s hit on Gaudreau. The diminutive Calgary winger looked to be in trouble after the check -- requiring assistance off the ice -- but went through concussion protocol and was cleared to return a short while after.
Komarov’s hit was deemed legal, and he didn’t receive a penalty on the play.
“I feel fine,” Gaudreau told the Calgary Herald following the game. “It’s part of hockey, you’re going to get hit every once in a while and with the concussion-test stuff, they want to make sure you’re alright.
“So I had to go in there and do that, and it was fine.”