The DOPS is calling it an illegal check to the head and confirmed that Rust's hearing will be on Tuesday morning. Rust has never been suspended during his career, but that may change due to this hit. Boeser was later placed on injured reserve by the Canucks.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Bryan Rust has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Tuesday.

The discipline, announced Tuesday by the NHL's department of player safety, comes after Rust caught Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser in the head with his elbow in the final seconds of Pittsburgh'...