The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has scheduled a hearing on Monday for Rangers forward Andrew Desjardins, who received a match penalty for an illegal check to the head of Devils forward Miles Wood on Saturday.
Desjardins, 31, who is on a tryout with the Rangers, was ejected from the game at 8:06 of the first period when he decked Wood, who was curling to the net at the lower left circle. Wood called the hit “dirty.” He went through concussion protocol and returned to the game, which the Devils won, 2-1, at Prudential Center.
“Their guy has his head down and he was taking the puck to the net,” Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said after the game.