Kadri pleased with NHL ruling: 'I hit (Sedin) in the shoulder'

Nazem Kadri is glad to have evaded the long arm of the NHL's law.

The Toronto Maple Leafs center avoided a hearing after popping Daniel Sedin with a dangerous-looking blindside hit Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks.

In the end, the hit was deemed to be unworthy of suspension, confirming Kadri's belief that Sedin's shoulder was the principal point of contact.

"I did hit him in the body and that was the main point of contact, and I'm glad the league felt the same way," Kadri said, per Mark Masters of TSN. "It happens pretty fast. It's a reacting-type play. I just tried to stay low with it and I did feel I hit him in the shoulder.

"(The hit was) just instinct. I saw him and tried to finish my check," Kadri added. "What worried me most was him hitting his head off the ice."

Kadri has three goals in his past three games - all Toronto wins - and is on pace for his most offensively productive season.