"Gudas stuck his knee out intentionally and clipped Matthews in the offensive zone during the second period. Matthews immediately crashed to the ice and was assisted off the ice by trainers after he was initially slow to get up while favouring his left knee. As a result of the hit, Gudas was issued a five-minute major and game misconduct."
"A dirty play. The league will obviously look at and see what the suspension will be or whatever. We should've had four guys in there doing something about it, but it didn't happen. But I thought they responded in the third. It was a good response there, but we all would've liked everybody to get in there right away."
Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas received a hearing for an intentional knee strike on Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews during the second period. The incident resulted in a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for Gudas. Matthews suffered a lower-body injury and was ruled out for the remainder of the game. The phone hearing format restricts any potential suspension to five games maximum, despite Gudas's history of longer suspensions. Leafs head coach Craig Berube criticized both the hit and his team's lack of immediate physical response, noting they should have responded more aggressively in the moment.
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