No suspension or fine for Dumba for late hit on Pavelski

UPDATE: NHL Player Safety will NOT be handing out supplemental discipline to Minnesota Wild defender Matt Dumba for his hit on Dallas Stars forward Joe Pavelski in Game 1 of the two teams' opening round playoff series.

Pavelski appeared to be out cold on the ice and then when clearly woozy when coming to...

After the game, Stars head coach Peter DeBoer provided an update on Pavelski's health stating that Pavelski is "Ok" but isn't certain for Game 2:

Read below for more details from our earlier published report on this developing story.

Scary situation in Dallas this evening in the opening game of the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild opening round playoff series with Wild defenseman Matt Dumba absolutely CRUSHING Stars forward Joe Pavelski.

Pavelski admires his pass and gets crushed hard by Dumba.

Check it out:

A longer look with no audio:

And more angles of the hit:

Dumba was initially assessed a five minute major penalty, but it was reversed to a minor upon review. The real damage for Pavelski seems to come as a result of smacking his head off the ice.