Jesse Puljujarvi could end up losing the beginning of the NHL playoffs with a suspension.
The incident occurred with 11:40 remaining in the third period. Chaffee received the album in the offensive zone, and a Puljjarvi crossed his shoulder in his head, hitting the ray towards the ice.
Immediately after the play, the two teams got into a Scrum and the Panthers striker, Nico Sturm, and the Lightning striker, Zemgus girgensons, dropped their gloves.
Before leaving the game, Puljujarvi had eight hits and a goal shot at 13:45 of ice time.
Puljujarvi was only skating in his fifth game with the Panthers since he joined the organization in a PTO of the American Hockey League in February and then signed a bidirectional contract. He adapted to 26 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins at the beginning of the season before finishing his contract.
He has played in five of the last six games of the team as the resting players of the Panthers before the postseason. The Native of Finland has a goal with the Panthers, along with three goals and six assists of his time with the penguins.
