Sources: NHL won’t discipline Rangers’ Trouba

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 12:31 PM ETCloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.New York Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba will not receive any supplemental discipline for his hit on Montreal Canadiens defenseman Justin Barron, sources told ESPN.In the third period Tuesday with the Rangers leading 5-2, Barron carried the puck along the boards into New York’s zone. As Barron passed to a teammate, Trouba walloped him with a hard check that dropped the Montreal player.Canadiens defenseman Mike Matheson skated over for a brief tussle with Trouba, earning an instigator penalty on top of the five minutes for fighting both players received.Editor’s PicksBarron was helped from the ice to the trainers’ room. Trouba was not penalized for the hit, but the Canadiens and many of their fans on social media believed he should be disciplined by the NHL Department of Player Safety.”They had a clean hit on the ice, we have a hit to the head from a player that’s had multiple, multiple…