Watch: Gostisbehere cross-checks Pens' Friedman after empty-net goal
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere delivered a dangerous cross-check to Mark Friedman after the Pittsburgh Penguins rearguard potted an empty-net goal to seal a 7-3 victory Tuesday.
Gostisbehere was assessed a two-minute minor for cross-checking. Friedman crashed hard into the boards but got up on his own.
Dangerous and cheap play by Gostisbehere here, cross-checking Mark Friedman from behind after EN goal. Friedman goes flying into the boards pic.twitter.com/VgVHzdYY5o
— NHL Safety Watch (@NHLSafetyWatch) May 5, 2021
Gostisbehere, 28, has never received supplemental discipline from the league over 380 career outings.
It was a heated affair between the Pennsylvania rivalries. Friedman dropped the gloves with Flyers forward Joel Farabee earlier in the contest, and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby got into a wrestling match with Travis Konecny.
Meanwhile, in the Battle of Pennsylvania, Crosby and Konecny fire up a wrestling match of their own pic.twitter.com/qBq8XCtJUc
— Hockey Night in Canada (@hockeynight) May 5, 2021
Tuesday's game was the last between the sides this campaign, with the Flyers taking the season series 5-3.
Pittsburgh moved back into the top spot in the East Division with the victory.