The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has ruled that Ryan Lindgren will not receive a suspension or any other discipline for his hit on Joonas Donskoi last night:
(2/2) While there was significant head contact on this play, Lindgren took a proper angle of approach, did not extend outward or upward and hit through Donskoi’s core. Therefore, under Rule 48.1 (i), the head contact was determined to be unavoidable.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 8, 2020
Here was Lindgren’s hit on Donskoi:
Here's one more angle of the Ryan Lindgren hit on Joonas Donskoi pic.