OTTAWA, Ontario -- The NHL came down hard on Bruins winger Brad Marchand for his attack on Tristan Jarry Tuesday night.
He has been suspended six games for what the league's Department of Player Safety described as "roughing and high-sticking" Jarry.
Marchand, who the league said has been suspended seven times and fined five previously, is considered a repeat offender under the NHL's labor agreement, and will forfeit $448,170.72 in salary.
That money will go to the league's Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
The league's rationale for Marchand's punishment is explained here.
Marchand's hearing was conducted via Zoom Wednesday evening.
The Penguins did not immediately react to the suspension, and Mike Sullivan didn't have a particularly strong response earlier in the day to news of Marchand's hearing.
"I don't really have any thoughts on it," he said, after the Penguins' practice at TD Gardens. "It's in the league's hands, and it is what it is."
Marchand went after Jarry late in the Penguins' 4-2 victory at TD Garden, punching him in the back of the head and then appearing to try to spear him in the throat.
He was assessed a roughing minor and match penalty for attempting to injure an opponent, but the Penguins did not seek physical retribution while Marchand still was on the ice.
If that troubled Sullivan, he wasn't letting on.
"We're going to play the game that gives us the best chance to win, and that's how we look at it," he said. "We're going to play to our strengths. This team is built a certain way, and we're going to play to those strengths."
