RELEASE: Nurse suspended one game

EDMONTON, AB - Defenceman Darnell Nurse has received an automatic one-game suspension under rule 46.21, Instigating in Final Five Minutes of Regulation, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Thursday.

Additionally, Head Coach Jay Woodcroft has been fined $10,000.

Nurse was assessed a minor penalty for instigating, a five-minute major for fighting and a 10-minute misconduct after scrapping with Golden Knights defenceman Nicolas Hague with 50 seconds remaining in Wednesday's 4-1 victory for the Oilers in Game 4 of their second-round series.

As per NHL rule 46.21, "any player who is deemed to be the instigator of an altercation in the final five minutes shall be suspended for one game, pending a review of the incident."

Nurse will subsequently miss Game 5 of the series between the Oilers and Golden Knights on Friday night at T-Mobile Arena in Vegas.