Ottawa’s Hayden Hodgson ejected after boarding hit on Kings’ Brandt Clarke

LOS ANGELES (AP)– Ottawa Senators forward Hayden Hodgson got a video game misbehavior and significant charge for boarding Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke on Thursday night.

Hodgson took a perform at Clarke, charging in at 21 miles per hour according to the video game broadcast. Clarke was simply listed below the objective line when he was driven into the boards. The hit triggered a quick scrum, and the Kings’ Erik Haula got a two-minute charge for roughing Hodgson.

Clarke was dismissed for the remainder of the video game for what the Kings called an upper-body injury.

The have fun with 8:45 left in the 2nd duration came quickly after the Kings scored 3 objectives in 4:03 to take a 4-1 lead and chase after goalie Jonas Johansson.

Hodgson has actually played in just 24 NHL video games over 5 seasons, however consisting of Thursday has actually generated 51 minutes in charges.

Ottawa dedicated 6 charges in the very first 2 durations, and the Kings capitalized with power-play objectives from Haula and Artemi Panarin to take a 5-1 lead into the 3rd.

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