The NHL's department of player safety will hold a hearing Saturday after Columbus' Brandon Dubinsky cross-checked Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby in the back of the neck late in the Blue Jackets' 2-1 overtime win Friday night.
Crosby was slow getting to his skates and went to the locker room with 1:20 left in the second period. He returned for the third period and played the rest of the game.
Dubinsky was assessed a minor penalty.
"I don't try to do anything dirty,'' Dubinsky said. "I felt my stick rode up his back a little bit.