“Matthews got a 2 game suspension” “That’s all?”: NHL fans react as Jonatan Berggren fined $2,148.44 for cross checking Toronto’s Connor Dewar

Detroit Red Wings forward Jonatan Berggren has been fined $2,148.44 for cross-checking Toronto Maple Leafs forward Connor Dewar. The incident happened during NHL Game No. 479 on Saturday at 10:53 in the second period. Berggren received a minor penalty for the cross-check.

"Detroit’s Jonatan Berggren has been fined $2,148.44, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for cross-checking Toronto’s Connor Dewar," NHL Player Safety tweeted on Sunday.

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Fans on X shared their opinion on Berggren's fine.

"Absolute joke. If Dewar did this, it would be a 2-game suspension easily. Parros is biased," one fan said.

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"Crazy. Matthews got a 2-game suspension for doing that," another fan commented.

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"Dewar would have got a 2 game suspension if he did the same to Berggren guaranteed," a fan said.

Here are some more reactions on X:

"This dept is the worst fucking thing I’ve ever seen!!!! The inconsistency is unbelievable!" a fan wrote.

"The kid is on league minimum how the hell is he supposed to eat? That’s criminal. He shouldve been given a raise," another fan wrote.

"I would like and i think most of us would like a side by side comparison on why matthews was two games and this was a fine. I want Paros to explain it," one fan commented.

"Dewar would have been suspended for life. Player safety once again proving there are two sets of rules; one for maple leafs and one for the rest of the league. Director is horribly biased," one fan wrote.

Jonatan Berggren received the fine for his play in Red Wings 4-2 win

The Toronto Maple Leafs lost 4-2 to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. Jeff Petry scored twice for Detroit. He gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead with a point shot in the first period before Auston Matthews tied the game with a power-play goal in the second period.

Moritz Seider put Detroit ahead 2-1 with a goal late in the second but Matthew Knies tied it again early in the third. Petry responded by scoring his second goal to make it 3-2 and Lucas Raymond sealed the win with an empty-net goal.

Red Wings coach Derek Lalonde said, per NHL.com,

“That’s a huge win, because we’re just trying to find some traction," Lalonde said during a postgame interview. "They had their A-game tonight, and it wasn’t much different than some other games we had in that 0-3-2 stretch.”

Jonatan Berggren and Detroit will face the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday.

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