**Breaking News**
I’m told @MapleLeafs Reilly will receive a 5 Game Suspension. #LeafsForever #HockeyX #HockeyTwitter
— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) February 13, 2024
Elliotte Friedman researched cross-checking incidents leading to supplemental discipline over the past eight years and discovered the following:
I found 61 cases of supplemental discipline involving crosschecks. Only 18 ended with suspensions; 43 were fines. Some that resulted in fines were pretty nasty, so you can expect Toronto to make comparisons with what Rielly did. Since Saturday, there were examples of crosschecks that got zero punishment shared on social media, and the Maple Leafs probably saw those, too.