Bruins’ Nikita Zadorov fined $5,000 for roughing Blackhawks’ Alex Vlasic

Nikita Zadorov's wallet has taken a hit after sucker-punching Alex Vlasic. The Boston Bruins defenceman has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for roughing the Chicago Blackhawks blueliner, the NHL's department of player safety announced Sunday. The incident occurred in the second period of Saturday's game. A scrum broke out near centre ice, and while Vlasic was defenceless on the ice, Zadorov swung at him before being brought down by Ryan Donato and separated by officials. Zadorov was handed a 10-minute misconduct for the punch and was ejected from the game, which Boston won 5-4...