Max Pacioretty suspended 3 games for hit on Letang

Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty has been suspended 3 games for delivering an illegal hit to the head of Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, the NHL announced this evening

The incident occurred at 16:46 of the third period. Letang suffered a broken nose as a result of the hit. No penalty was assessed on the play. Letang later returned to the game and scored in overtime prevailing the Penguins to a 4-3 win.

Brendan Shanahan explained that despite the fact Kris Letang knew a hit was coming and must accept responsibility to take a hit due to the position he put himself in, Pacioretty made Letang's head the principle target and {Letang's head} was recklessly targeted