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Ryan Hartman will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Thursday.

The Nashville Predators forward faces discipline for an illegal check to the head of Colorado Avalanche forward Carl Soderberg in Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round on Wednesday.
The incident occurred 4:42 into the third period. Hartman was penalized for charging at 4:52. Soderberg left the game.
Nashville won 3-2 and leads the best-of-7 series 3-1. Game 5 of the series is at Bridgestone Arena on Friday (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN360, TVAS, FS-TN, ALT).
Hartman has one goal in the series.