The NHL Department of Player Safety announced today that they have scheduled a hearing with Evgeni Malkin tonight.
Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin will have a hearing this evening for Cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 11, 2022
Malkin has been suspended one other time in his 977 game career, when he received one game off for a high-sticking incident with then Philadelphia Flyer forward Michael Raffl in February 2019.
Yesterday’s incident with Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki was somewhat similar to the Raffl affair, with an opponent jostling Malkin, and the forward retaliating by slamming his stick into the opposition’s face.