ST PAUL - Because Roman Polak had to see a doctor after his late game visit from the Nurse, the NHL came down hard on the Edmonton Oilers.
A team that was already paper thin on defence got even thinner Thursday when the league suspended Darnel Nurse three games for breaking Polak’s nose in a nasty bit of retribution Tuesday night against San Jose.
Nurse, who thought Polak chopped the skates out from under Matt Hendricks, sending the winger crashing into the end boards at high speed, jumped Polak with 1:40 to go in the third period and beat him bloody.