Montreal Gazette

NHL clears Kuznetsov after reviewing video

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The NHL said Friday it has closed its review of Capitals star Evgeny Kuznetsov and a now-deleted video on social media that appears to show him in a hotel room with lines of white powder on a table in front of him. NHL deputy commission­er Bill Daly said the league interviewe­d Kuznetsov among its “fact-finding steps.” The video posted on Twitter carried a message saying it was why Russia lost in the world hockey championsh­ip semifinals. It showed Kuznetsov talking to someone and lines of white powder and American dollar bills can be seen on the table. Kuznetsov does not touch anything on the table in the 22-second video. In a statement to Russian news outlet Sport Express, Kuznetsov said the video is from 2018 in Las Vegas after the Capitals won the Stanley Cup. In that statement, Kuznetsov said he went to a friend’s hotel room, saw drugs and an “unknown woman,” called a friend and left.

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