The NHL suspended Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse for one game Wednesday for headbutting Los Angeles Kings center Phillip Danault in Game 5 of their first-round series.
Nurse headbutted Danault late in the second period of the Kings' 5-4 victory.
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The NHL called the act "unacceptable" in its video release Wednesday.
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