The NHL's department of player safety will hold a hearing Saturday after Columbus' Brandon Dubinsky cross-checked Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby in the back of the neck late in the Blue Jackets' 2-1 overtime win Friday night.
Crosby was slow getting to his skates and went to the locker room with 1:20 left in the second period. He returned for the third period and played the rest of the game.
Dubinsky was assessed a minor penalty.
"I don't try to do anything dirty,'' Dubinsky said. "I felt my stick rode up his back a little bit. He's kind of bent over there in front. But again that's not really the type of player I am. I'm going to play hard but try and play fair and in between the whistle.''
Penguins coach Mike Johnston wasn't thrilled when he got a second look at the play.
"When you look at it again, it looked bad to me when I saw it in-between periods,'' he said.
And Crosby?
"I'm OK,'' he said. "There is always concern when that happens. Yeah, I'm good. Honestly, I didn't even see it so I don't know how it looked I just know how it felt.''
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.