The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced the discipline after holding telephone hearings with both players on Monday afternoon.

Connor McDavid admitted that he’s not proud of cross-checking an opponent on the face. But, the Edmonton Oilers captain and three-time Hart Trophy winner said that NHL officials need to be more ...

Sorry Edmonton Oilers fans, but Connor McDavid got the ... Also yes. But McDavid very clearly made an emotional, irresponsible cross-check and was rightfully punished for it.

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid was ... Garland held McDavid, and the pair wrestled to the ice before McDavid retaliated with the cross-check. "It is important to note that this is ...

As Garland continued to obstruct McDavid when both reached their feet, McDavid delivered a stiff cross-check to Garland's head. "Connor gets ... he quickly grabbed his face as he fell to the ...

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby offered his perspective on Connor ... McDavid’s actions but framed them within the physical nature of hockey. “I saw the cross-check,” Crosby ...

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman indicated Connor McDavid's three-game suspension ... "I think in terms of supplemental discipline, cross-check to the face or the head has to be dealt with," Bettman ...

There’s a wrestling match in the middle of the slot for 20 seconds prior to the cross-check to the face. No one is absolving Connor McDavid of that, not by any stretch. You cross-check anyone in ...

The Edmonton Oilers expressed frustration over the NHL’s decision to suspend Connor McDavid for three games following his cross-check to the ... return on Monday to face the Kraken.

“How the f--- does Connor McDavid get suspended for three games ... the league determined that responding with an intentional cross-check to the face was an inappropriate response.

“I saw the cross-check,” Crosby told The Athletic ... tell if it was his glove or his stick that hit him in the face.” Connor McDavid has been suspended for three games for cross-checking ...

The NHL's decision to suspend Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid for three games ... was assessed a match penalty for the cross-check to Garland's face as he was getting up.