Wild’s Kaprizov fined $5K for roughing after cross-checking Kings’ Doughty

By Anthony On Nov 10, 2022

Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov was fined $5,000 on Wednesday by the NHL’s department of player safety for roughing Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty.

Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Roughing Los Angeles’ Drew Doughty.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 9, 2022

Kaprizov was handed a match penalty and ejected during the second period after cross-checking Doughty in the chin and upper body. The play was ruled as intent to injure a player, which led to the ejection and a review with the department of player safety.

Doughty waved goodbye to Kaprizov after the penalty was called.

Doughty had hit Kaprizov several times in the leadup to the play, which resulted in the ejection.

The Kings ended up winning 1-0, with Los Angeles getting four power plays to Minnesota’s one.

The officiating didn’t please Wild coach Dean Evason, per The Athletic‘s Joe Smith, who said that defenders are getting away with things against Kaprizov.

Evason on Kaprizov: “It’s tough, right? He’s clearly one of the best players in the league. He has the puck all the time, and last year we looked it up as far as his ability to draw penalties in the league was top-5… something like that. I guarantee you he’s way down."

— Joe Smith (@JoeSmithNHL) November 9, 2022

Kaprizov has eight goals and five assists in 11 games this season.

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