Chris McCosky of the Detroit News,,,

Red Wings defenseman Jonathan Ericsson is a big man with a normally peaceful demeanor. But everybody has a fuse. His was lit early in the third period Friday night.

Kings center Jordan Nolan blindsided Darren Helm and sent him flying awkwardly into the boards. Ericsson immediately abandoned the play, threw down his gloves and pummeled Nolan to the ice.

A day later and Ericsson was still smoldering.

"I thought, from my point of view, that was a match penalty," Ericsson said of the hit after practice Saturday. "I thought that was a really bad hit. I didn't feel he had anything but the numbers (on Helm's back) the whole way until contact. I am surprised he only got two minutes."

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