MONTREAL -- Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban was ejected from the first game of Montreal's first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday for a two-handed slash on rookie winger Mark Stone at the 8:23 mark of the second period.
NHL disciplinarian Stephane Quintal told ESPN.com on Thursday morning that Subban, who was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct, won't face any additional discipline from the league.
Stone suffered a right arm/hand injury.
"He tried targeting me a couple times in the first period off faceoffs," Stone said. "I think he knew what he was doing."
Montreal's 4-3 win was capped by tempers flaring at the buzzer.
"I think it's quite simple," Senators coach Dave Cameron said of the incident. "It's a vicious slash on an unprotected part of his body, and you either do one of two things. I think it's an easy solution: You either suspend him, or one of their best players gets slashed and you just give us five. It's not that complicated."
Stone easily was the Senators' best forward in the second half of the season and a huge part of their team, scoring 15 of his 26 goals and 23 of his 38 assists after the All-Star Game. His status for Game 2 wasn't yet known, Cameron said.
Not surprisingly, the Senators felt Subban's chop deserved more than a suspension.
"I mean I do, yeah, of course," Stone said. "There was some intent there. That's up to the league. Obviously it was a pretty big hack. It looked like he wanted to hurt me."
Canadiens coach Michel Therrien had a different take on the Subban slash.
"It was definitely a slashing penalty, but from our side, I don't think it deserved a five-minute [major]," Therrien said. "But I leave that to the discretion of the referees."
"It was a tomahawk, obviously," Senators winger Clarke MacArthur said. "I don't know what else you want me to say. In the playoffs, when you get a five-minute major for a slash, it must have been a good one."
As for Subban himself, he was nowhere to be seen after the game, apparently having gone home before the public relations staff could corral him for the media.
Wednesday night's incident was a bit of history repeating itself.
In a playoff series between these teams two years ago, it was 13:28 into the second period of Game 1 when Senators blueliner Eric Gryba knocked Canadiens center Lars Eller unconscious with a crushing borderline hit that resulted in a two-game suspension for Gryba and the end of the playoffs for Eller.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.