Brandon Dubinsky will have a hearing with the league's player safety department following a cross-check to the back of Sidney Crosby's neck during Friday's 2-1 win over the Penguins, the Columbus Dispatch reports. "I'm not thinking about it too much. We'l

Dubinsky will have a hearing with the league's player safety department following a cross-check to the back of Sidney Crosby's neck during Friday's 2-1 win over the Penguins, the Columbus Dispatch reports. "I'm not thinking about it too much. We'll see," Dubinsky said after the game about the hit. "They'll make their judgment call, decide if they want to give me a call. I'm not out there to injury anybody. I'm not out there to hurt him. I think I play the game the right way and play it hard. I think the stick rode up a little bit, but it wasn't malicious or vicious or too hard in my opinion."

Analysis:

Dubinsky has never been suspended before, but given his long history of clashes with Crosby and the fact that he broke his stick on the play, his string of good fortune seems likely to come to an end. The Jackets' next game comes Saturday in St. Louis, but it's more likely that any suspension would be levied beginning with Tuesday's game in Montreal.