{"id":632287,"date":"2026-04-27T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632287\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T17:04:08","slug":"boston-bruins-zadorov-given-maximum-fine-for-cross-checking-buffalo-sabres-dahlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632287\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins\u2019 Zadorov given maximum fine for cross-checking Buffalo Sabres\u2019 Dahlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Boston Bruins defenceman Nikita Zadorov was given the maximum allowable fine of $5,000 for cross-checking Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin in Game 4 of their first-round series, the NHL\u2019s Department of Player Safety announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boston\u2019s Nikita Zadorov has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Buffalo\u2019s Rasmus Dahlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/2048793082712236120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The play took place in the third period of Sunday\u2019s game, which the Sabres won 6-1. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With Buffalo leading 6-0 at the time, and play whistled dead after an offsides call, Zadorov skated up to Dahlin at centre ice and gave him a cross-check from behind, then swung at the Sabres star before referees intervened to break it up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Zadorov was immediately given a five-minute major for cross-checking and received a game misconduct on the play. Roughing penalties on both sides were handed out in the ensuing scrum as the game got a little out of hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The play was Zadorov\u2019s second penalty of the game, after the veteran was whistled for holding in the second period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Buffalo took immediate control of the game with a four-goal outburst in the first period, and cruised to the victory that gave them a firm 3-1 lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Game 5 of the series goes Tuesday from KeyBank Center in Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Bruins defenceman Nikita Zadorov was given the maximum allowable fine of $5,000 for cross-checking Buffalo Sabres defenceman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,96269,96397,49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-632287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-boston-bruins-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-6","tag-buffalo-sabres-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-7","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}