Report: Kings' Clifford to be given warning for fight after leaving bench

Los Angeles Kings pugilist Kyle Clifford will not be suspended after leaving the bench to drop the gloves, Sportsnet's John Shannon reports.

The play occurred Tuesday versus the Anaheim Ducks, with Clifford engaging in fisticuffs with Ducks blue-liner Kevin Bieksa.

Clifford stepped on to the ice just as teammate Devin Setoguchi went for a line change, putting Clifford in the clear.

It's a stiff penalty had Clifford left the bench to fight. In 2013, winger David Clarkson, then with the Toronto Maple Leafs, left the Maple Leafs' bench to fight then-Buffalo Sabres enforcer John Scott. Clarkson was later handed a 10-game ban.

Still, Clifford isn't off the hook entirely as, according to Shannon, he will receive a warning call from the NHL.