Calgary Flames forward Milan Lucic was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for boarding Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan DeMelo late in the second period of Saturday’s game.
With less than five minutes remaining in the middle 20, Lucic skated hard into the corner in the Jets’ defensive zone and threw all of his weight behind DeMelo.
DeMelo flew almost completely horizontally into the boards and came up bleeding. The 28-year-old defenceman went directly down the tunnel to the Jets’ dressing room.
Here’s the video of the hit, as posted to Twitter by Hailey Salvian of The Athletic:
Milan Lucic given a five-minute major for boarding and game misconduct for this hit on Dylan DeMelo.