Montreal Canadiens defenceman Chris Wideman has been suspended one game for a head butt on Erik Haula of the Boston Bruins.
Montreal’s Chris Wideman has been suspended for one game for Head-butting Boston’s Erik Haula. https://t.co/1YdiBtwGAy
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 13, 2022
It means that Wideman will miss Thursday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks. Alexander Romanov, Kale Clague, and Corey Schueneman are extra defencemen who are with the team currently.
Once the action was caught on camera, it was not surprising to see the department of player safety take action.