Arizona forward Johan Larsson to have hearing for illegal hit
Arizona Coyotes forward Johan Larsson will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Saturday following an illegal hit to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Zach Sanford.
The hit in question occurred just over six minutes into the third period. Sanford was carrying the puck over the blue line into the Coyotes zone, Larsson turned his body to make the hit where he catches Sanford in the head with his shoulder.
Larsson received a two minute penalty on the play for an illegal check to the head. Sanford was shaken up, but appeared to be okay and stayed in the game.
Ugly hit by Johan Larsson, who gets two minutes for an illegal check to the head of Sanford. Head is almost only point of contact. Sanford appears to be OK and stays in pic.twitter.com/FeMTGiRM44— NHL Safety Watch (@NHLSafetyWatch) February 13, 2021
Arizona's Johan Larsson will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on St. Louis' Zach Sanford.— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) February 13, 2021
In 13 games this season, Larsson has 1 point (1 G), 11 penalty minutes, and is a -5. He signed a two-year contract with Arizona in the off-season after spending the past seven years with the Buffalo Sabres organization.
Source: NHL Department of Player Safety
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| Dylan Holloway | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Robert Thomas | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Matthew Boldy | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pavel Buchnevich | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Justin Faulk | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Martin Necas | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dmitry Orlov | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brandon Saad | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | - | - | |
| Zach Benson | - | - | - | |
| Brett Berard | - | - | - | |
| Jordan Binnington | - | - | - | |
| Jackson Blake | - | - | - | |
| Zach Bogosian | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
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| Travis Boyd | - | - | - | |
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