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Lightning’s Paquette suspended one game for boarding Torey Krug

Tampa Bay Lightning v Boston Bruins

BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 29: Braydon Coburn #55 of the Tampa Bay Lightning attempts to separate Cedric Paquette #13 and Frank Vatrano #72 of the Boston Bruins during the second period at TD Garden on November 29, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Tampa Bay Lightning forward Cedric Paquette had a meeting with the NHL’s department of player safety on Thursday afternoon for a boarding incident that took place in Wednesday’s game against the Boston Bruins.

That meeting resulted in a one-game suspension for the forward.

Here is a look at the play, as well as the NHL’s explanation for the suspension.

The league notes that Paquette had sufficient time to make a better decision, and that while Krug did turn his body toward the boards while making a play on the puck it was not a case of a player turning his body immediately prior to a hit turning a legal play into an illegal one.

According to the NHL, the onus is on Paquette to deliver a hit in a legal fashion, minimize the force of the hit, or avoid it entirely.

This is the first time Paquette has been fined or suspended in his NHL career.

He was given a two-minute minor for boarding during the game.

Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.