Kadri to have hearing over cross-check

Leafs centre Nazem Kadri will have a hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety after a dangerous cross-check to the head of Detroit forward Luke Glendening.

Kadri is expected to have the hearing before the Leafs’ next game — Monday night at home to Florida — and could be in line for a suspension, or his second fine in the past four days.

Kadri, who was fined $5,000 Friday for acts of embellishment, got into a scuffle with Glendening near the side of the Leafs net, and lost his helmet during the contact. He zeroed in on Glendening in front of the net seconds afterwards, and levelled him with a cross-check that rode up on Glendening’s shoulder, near his head.

Kadri took a minor penalty on the play, while Glendening laid on the ice for several seconds before returning to the bench.

The odds are against Kadri getting off without any kind of penalty from the league. His cross-check appeared to be in retaliation to the previous scuffle. And he is a repeat offender with the league: He was suspended four games in March 2015 for an illegal hit to the head.