During last nights game in Buffalo, NY Chicago Blackhawks Niklas Hjalmarsson absolutely destroyed Buffalo Sabres forward Jason Pominville.  The issue? It was not a legal hit and Hjalmarsson was given a 5 minute major and game misconduct for boarding.

Pominville was focusing on the corner where the puck was and as it began to squirt towards him, Hjalamarsson stepped in from the blue line and drilled Pommy into the boards, his head banging off the glass. You can clearly see in the video his head literally bounce off the glass before he crumbles to the ground like a pile of bricks

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Hjalmarrson isn’t known to be a dirty player and I suspect he just simply lost his focus and wasn’t thinking when he lined up Pominville. In his defense he was expecting Pominville to get the puck, but it wasn’t quite there yet when the hit was landed.

There is no doubt in my mind that Hjalmarsson will be suspended for I’d say two to three games following a meeting with Colin Campbell, which should take place today. I wish Jason Pominville the best, and a speed recovery.