The NHL Department of Player Safety laid down a significant suspension to a pair of players following the scrum between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks. Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers were given matching three-game suspensions for their part in the altercation.

Three-time NHL MVP Connor McDavid has been suspended three games for cross-checking Vancouver's Conor Garland in the head.

McDavid’s cross-check to Garland’s face is exactly the kind of play the NHL is trying to get out of the game. Violence exists in the league, but targeting the head is punishable by suspension and McDavid will have a hearing about the incident on Monday.