GIF: Bruins' Marchand slew foots Rangers' Brassard

Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand could be on the wrong end of a conversation with the NHL's Department of Player Safety because of a dangerous play against the New York Rangers.

Marchand took out Rangers forward Derick Brassard with a slew foot as the two players battled for positioning during the second period of Thursday's game. Brassard was sent tumbling feet first into the corner boards but somehow avoided injury.

Marchand was not penalized on the play, but the play will reportedly be reviewed by the Department of Player Safety according to Amalie Benjamin of The Boston Globe.

Brassard said after the game:

Well yeah (I felt it was dirty). You go in the corner with him and you go shoulder-to-shoulder, but he brings his leg in the back. I felt I got a slew-foot there. Like I said, I don't want to find any excuses about it or I don't want to be a crybaby or anything, but it could be dangerous and it could have been a game-changer. It could have been a 5-on-3 and we probably could have been back in the game, but the referee said it was a clean hit, I guess.

The way I fell on the ice, maybe I could have missed the rest of the season if I’€™d have hurt my knee there. I'm lucky enough there. Marchand's a pretty good player. He's feisty, he competes hard, but those kind of things we don'€™t want in our game.