NEW YORK -- The NHL has fined Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand and Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Cousins for embellishment.
Each player was docked $2,000 under the league's program designed to discourage diving and embellishment. A player is first warned and then fined $2,000 for a second violation in a season.
Marchand, who leads the Bruins with 67 points, was warned for an incident Nov. 29 against the Tampa Bay Lightning and fined for embellishing a trip by Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Olli Maatta on March 1.