Calgary Flames forward Garnet Hathaway was handed a 10-minute match penalty and a game misconduct after driving Minnesota Wild forward Luke Kunin face-first into the dasher.

Here's a look at the play, which occurred just minutes into the second period.

Kunin headed to the Wild locker room after the hit, but has since returned to the game.

Hathaway is in his third NHL season and has not received supplemental discipline from the league to this point in his career.

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Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry was suspended two games on Saturday for high-sticking Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.

Here's a look at the incident, which took place in the third period Friday:

Lowry received a two-minute minor for high-sticking on the play.

The decision marks the second suspension of the 25-year-old's career after serving a one-game ban for boarding in 2014.

Philadephia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas and Predators forward Ryan Johansen also received two-game suspensions for high-sticking infractions earlier this season.

It was a busy Saturday for department head George Parros and Co., as New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis Gabriel was suspended one game earlier in the day.

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Ken Hitchcock is tired of hearing about the Edmonton Oilers' shortcomings.

The head coach made that clear after his club shut out the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on the road Saturday.

"People bitch and complain about what we don't have," Hitchcock told reporters postgame. "Well, what we've got is a team. You've got to give us that. You can complain (about) what we don't have, we've got (AHL) this or whatever, but what we've got is a damn team and a good one. We're not going to be easy to play against for the rest of the year."

The Oilers picked up their second straight win and now sit five points out of a playoff spot. Edmonton has a favorable schedule down the stretch, with more home games remaining than any other NHL team following Monday's away contest in Buffalo.

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New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis Gabriel received a one-game suspension Saturday for boarding Philadelphia Flyers forward Nolan Patrick on Friday, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.

Here's a look at the play:

Gabriel received a five-minute major on the play.

Patrick returned to the game and eventually got his revenge on Gabriel.

Gabriel has three points and 44 penalty minutes in 14 games this season while averaging less than seven minutes per night. He picked up more penalty minutes on Friday (seven) than shots on goal this year (five).

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New Jersey Devils forward Kurtis Gabriel received a one-game suspension Saturday for boarding Philadelphia Flyers forward Nolan Patrick on Friday, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced.

Here's a look at the play:

Gabriel received a five-minute major on the play.

Patrick returned to the game and eventually got his revenge on Gabriel.

Gabriel has three points and 44 penalty minutes in 14 games this season while averaging less than seven minutes per night. He picked up more penalty minutes on Friday (seven) than shots on goal this year (five).

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If it were up to John Tortorella, the NHL would scrap its current method of deciding games that don't end after five minutes of extra time.

"Get rid of the shootout (and) just play the three-on-three until a team dies," the Columbus Blue Jackets head coach told reporters Friday, the day after his club defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Seth Jones' overtime winner.

"I think that's the way it should be," Tortorella added. "(Three-on-three is) exciting."

The Blue Jackets are 8-2 in overtime this season, and they've played only one shootout, losing to the New York Rangers on Nov. 10.

"You know I'm not a gimmick guy. I think that it has to be determined within the game," Tortorella continued. "Three-on-three still isn't a total team (game), but it's still three-on-three. Let the games end there."

The Columbus bench boss acknowledged considerations like television and the length of games, but he believes continuous overtime would produce a result quickly.

"It's not going to last long, I'll tell you right now, so let 'em play," he said.

Tortorella also said he wouldn't change how games are determined in the playoffs.

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Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry will have a hearing Saturday for high-sticking/slashing Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg on Friday night, the Department of Player Safety announced.

Here's a look at the incident in question:

Lowry received a two-minute minor for high-sticking on the play.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was suspended one game earlier this month for a similar incident, though he never made contact with the opponent's head.

Philadephia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas received a two-game suspension for a high stick on Nikita Kucherov earlier this season.

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The NHL Alumni Association has signed an agreement with Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth Corporation, alumni executive director Glenn Healy announced Saturday, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Canopy Growth will finance a blind randomized study involving 100 retired players in the Toronto area, which will attempt to determine whether cannabinoids can help former players quit opioids, a source told TSN's Rick Westhead. If the results are encouraging, Canopy Growth will fund a subsequent study with more subjects.

"This is a crystallizing moment," neurosurgeon Dr. Amin Kassam told Westhead. "We're going to be using high-resolution imaging, biomarkers, ocular, vestibular testing. We have a big need, the right agenda and the right people.

"The NHL alumni are willing to commit their privacy and their souls to help others in the community and I think Canopy is the real deal when it comes to the medical science. They have the science. Their facility at Smiths Falls is best in class. It's as good a bio laboratory as you'll find in the world. They are not growing weed in the backyard."

Healy will provide Dr. Kassam with the names and contact information of retired NHLers residing in Toronto in the coming weeks. From there, Dr. Kassam and his research team will determine which interested former players are appropriate candidates for the study.

"We hear plenty of anecdotes from athletes about how cannabinoids are helping them, but we don't have any good robust data to prove that and we're addressing this with a credible partner," Canopy Growth chief medical officer Dr. Mark Ware said.

Of the expected 100 participants, 80 would be given CBD pills while 20 receive a placebo. Neither the doctors nor the subjects will know which participants receive which pills until after the study.

CBD comes from the cannabis plant but doesn't possess THC, the ingredient that gets users "high." It has been used to treat anxiety, depression, insomnia, post-traumatic stress, chronic pain, and inflammation.

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