Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin will have a hearing for roughing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph in Thursday night's contest, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Friday.

Officials handed Larkin a match penalty for intent to injure after he sucker-punched Joseph during the second period of the game.

Joseph initially hit Larkin from behind along the boards before the Red Wings forward punched him as he was skating away. Joseph was slow to get up and didn't return for the remainder of the game.

Larkin also suffered an injury on the play and wasn't able to practice Friday. Head coach Jeff Blashill said he was "pissed off" that Larkin had to defend himself from the hit and that there was no penalty on Joseph for hitting him "in the numbers," according to the Detroit Free Press' Helene St. James.

Larkin has no suspension history.

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