Tampa Bay Lightning
Tribune staff
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall will take part in a telephone discipline hearing today after his hit on Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov during Monday night’s Game 6 of their NHL first-round playoff series.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety will consider whether Kronwall committed an illegal check to the head, according to the league. In a tweet, the department termed it “charging/illegal check.
The defenseman could be suspended for Game 7 of the best-of-seven series, slated for 7:30 p.