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According to the NHL’s rulebook, he who instigates a fight in the final five minutes of a hockey game shall be banished for the following game.

With his Pittsburgh Penguins assured a second-straight loss in the Stanley Cup final, Evgeni Malkin decided to take his frustrations out on the Detroit Red Wings’ Henrik Zetterberg.

The league can intervene, depending on the situation, and that is exactly what is going to happen.

According to NHL “police chief” Colin Campbell, the rule is intended to prevent a team from sending a goon onto the ice in the dying moments of a game to “send a message” and seeing as Malkin is hardly a goon, the suspension is rescinded.

Malkin is listed at +450 to win the Conn Smythe trophy. 

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