The incident at the end of the first period cost a Bruins and a Penguin more than two minutes in the penalty box.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin was fined $5,000 by the NHL for slashing Boston Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei during a game on Friday. The league announced the fine - as well as an identical fine to Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov - on Saturday.

Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin and Boston’s Nikita Zadorov were each fined $5,000 on Saturday, the maximum allowable under the CBA, the NHL’s player safety department announced.

With 22 seconds remaining in the period, Boston defenseman Zadorov jabbed Malkin with his stick from the Boston bench. Malkin retaliated with a turning one-handed stick swing, perhaps hitting Zadorov on the helmet.

Nikita Zadorov has already faced plenty of discipline on the ice this season and now is receiving more from the league’s Department of Player Safety. The Boston Bruins defenseman was fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA,

NHL Player Safety has announced that Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov has been fined $5,000, which is the maximum alllowable under the CBA, for unsportsmanlike conduct. View the original article to see embedded media.