Sharks' Hertl receives similar suspension to the one Pierre Engvall got, despite Hertl two-hand slashing his opponent in the face

On the play, Lindholm started the altercation by throwing 2 completely unnecessary crosschecks at Hertl. Hertl then turned and swung his stick with 2 hands directly into Lindholm's face. As the DoPS video notes, this wasn't a careless play. This was deliberate. It's a nasty play, and an extremely dangerous one.

Compared to Hertl's slash, the one Pierre Engvall sat 1 game for last week was a love tap. It's incredible to me that both plays resulted in a similar suspension. It's even more shocking that Kirill Kaprizov's slash to Drew Doughty's face only brought a fine.

Here's another look at Engvall's chop on Durzi.

And here's Kaprizov on Doughty.

The NHL's explanation of the decision to suspend Hertl can be found here.