San Jose Sharks winger Kevin Labanc will have a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Friday for slew-footing St. Louis Blues center Tyler Bozak on Thursday.

Labanc was assessed a two-minute minor for tripping on the play.

"It wasn't anything intentional," Labanc said postgame, per the Mercury News' Curtis Pashelka. "I didn't look at the replay of it, but I think I was just trying to battle hard."

Labanc has never been suspended in his six-year NHL career.

Bozak was able to stay in the game.

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