Pavel Buchnevich will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety as a result of his crosscheck to the face of Anthony Mantha.
Buchnevich was given a major penalty and game misconduct for this play, and it is understandable why. You can agree that the Department of Player Safety dropped the ball on Tom Wilson. You can say that Mantha was going at Buchnevich too. But Buchnevich simply can’t crosscheck someone in the face.
Based on the situation and contributing factors, I’d assume Buchnevich gets at least one game, but I wouldn’t be surprised either if he got two games to end his 2020-21 NHL season.