Not for the first time in recent years, another opponent of the Buffalo Sabres gets tangled up in an ugly incident during the game but escapes without any additional punishment from the NHL.
Late in the Sabres home opener against the Montreal Canadiens, forward Andrew Shaw slew-footed Johan Larsson. Even the reasonable Habs fans were horrified - what was the object in doing that in the waning seconds of a game they had comfortably won?
The referees saw it, and assessed the player a match penalty after the game. Considering he had just returned from a three-game suspension in the pre-season for boarding Washington Capitals player Connor Hobbs, it was expected that the League would throw the book at him.