San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane will have a hearing for his cross-check on Vegas Golden Knights forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.
For the infraction, Kane was assessed a major and a game misconduct, which occurred 3:25 into the third period. The Golden Knights subsequently scored two power-play goals with the man advantage en route to a 7-0 blowout in Game 1 of the series.
So, Evander Kane will probably get suspended for this pic.twitter.com/aio4CdMXpC
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) April 27, 2018
Luckily for the Golden Knights, Bellemare was not seriously injured on the play.
Meanwhile, any suspension to Kane would be a big loss for the Sharks as the 26-year-old shares the team lead with three goals in five games this postseason.
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