The NHL Department of Player Safety has fined Utah Mammoth defenceman Sean Durzi $5,000, the maximum under the CBA, for head-butting Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Rasmus Andersson in Game 1.
Utah’s Sean Durzi has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for head-butting Vegas’ Rasmus Andersson.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 20, 2026
Late in the first period on Sunday, Durzi got caught up Andersson with Vegas’s Brett Howden also jumping in.
Durzi would go on to head butt Andersson in the midst of the scrum. The referees would eventually assess minor penalties for roughing to Durzi, Andersson and Howden with Utah going on the power play.
Vegas would go on to win 4-2 with three goals in the third period from Mark Stone, Nic Dowd and Ivan Barbashev.
Game 2 goes on on Tuesday night in Las Vegas the Golden Knights leading the first-round playoff series 1-0.
