Source: No added discipline for Stars' Rantanen for boarding - ESPN

The NHL Department of Player Safety has decided Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen will not receive any supplemental discipline for his boarding major against the New York Islanders on Tuesday, a source told ESPN on Wednesday.

Rantanen was ejected from the Stars' loss to the Islanders after an injurious hit on defenseman Alexander Romanov. With less than a minute to go in regulation, Rantanen skated through a check by Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield and shoved Romanov in the back, sending him violently into the end boards. He was eventually helped from the ice.

The Islanders didn't offer any update on Romanov's health after the game, other than to say he didn't have to leave the arena for the hospital.

«When one of your friends gets hurt on the ice, it's way more important than hockey. We get the two points. We're happy about that. But our first concern was Romy,» Islanders forward Jean-Gabriel Pageau said.

Rantanen, the Stars' leading scorer with 27 points in 20 games, was given a five-minute major for boarding, which carries an automatic game misconduct. Dallas played the last 27.3 seconds without him, nearly tying the game on a goal with 0.1 seconds remaining that was overturned by the NHL Situation Room for goalie interference. New York won an emotional game 3-2.

Islanders coach Patrick Roy, who unleashed a profane tirade at Rantanen as he left the ice, said the hit was «disrespectful» to his team.

«I'm going to say is [that] when you see the number, you have to lay off. Everybody knows that. You don't go through the guy,» Roy said. «I was in Colorado when [Rantanen] was drafted there. It's not his style. But at the same time, that should not be part of our game.»

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