Update: 3:18 p.m.

In a bit of a surprise, Brad Marchand will not be suspended for tripping Niklas Kronwall. He will, however, have a lighter wallet.

Just a couple of hours ago, the league announced a $10,000 fine – the maximum amount under the NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement – for Marchand following Tuesday’s antics.

Boston’s Brad Marchand fined $10,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for a dangerous trip on Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 26, 2017

Marchand will join his teammates for tonight’s game against the Evgeni Malkin-less Penguins and will address the hearing later. The seventh-year Bruin will also join fellow first-time All-Star Tuukka Rask this weekend in Los Angeles.

Update: 11:25 a.m.

As Brad Marchand conducts his hearing with the department of player safety, the Bruins took in an optional skate before tonight’s game against the Penguins. No news has come out from the NHL yet, but the questions of his status continue.

Though Marchand has done more good than harm over the last few years with the Black and Gold, shades of his past reputation have crept up at inopportune times. Last year, he sat during the Winter Classic watching the Bruins get blown out by the Canadiens at Gillette Stadium. Today, he will likely be doing the same as the Bruins look to avenge Sunday’s embarrassing 5-1 loss to the Pens in Pittsburgh.

Playing with an edge has made Marchand effective no doubt and he’ll continue to do that. Yet, even in his seventh full season with the Black and Gold, he still needs to stay on the right side of toeing the fine line.

“I think it’s one of those things where he plays with intensity and emotion,” Patrice Bergeron said following Thursday’s media availability at Warrior Ice Arena. “You know, he’s obviously been a difference maker all year. You can’t really take that edge out of his game and it’s a part of it, but at the same time…sometimes there’s ways that he can curb it and go about his business. That’s his style, and you know, we’ll see what happens.”

Including last year’s three-game ban for clipping Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki, this would mark the fourth suspension during Marchand’s tenure in Boston. His previous two bans came in 2010-11 where he got two games for a hit to the head on former Blue Jackets forward R.J. Umberger and a five-game suspension in 2012 for clipping Sami Salo during the rematch of Bruins-Canucks Stanley Cup Final from the previous season.

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His two clutch goals against the Red Wings helped the Bruins snap a four-game losing streak. Two days later, in their preparation for the Penguins, the Bruins may be losing Brad Marchand.

On Wednesday, the league announced that Marchand will have another hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety following a dangerous trip on Niklas Kronwall with 7:33 left in the first period of the Bruins’ 4-3 overtime win against the Red Wings less than 48 hours ago. No penalty was assessed to Marchand for the incident.

At a time where the Bruins are desperate for points, the worst side of Marchand that was seen in the clip above may prove to be costly. The first time all-star leads the team in points with 47 and is second on the team in goals with 19 – one behind David Pastrnak.

The Bruins enter Thursday’s matchup with the Penguins – their final game before the All-Star break – in ninth place in the East as the Maple Leafs (third in the Atlantic) and Flyers (holding the final wild card spot) were both victorious on Wednesday night. They’ll return from the break with back-to-back contests on the road against the Lightning and Capitals. Whether Marchand is available for either or both of those games – or even for the All-Star weekend festivities itself – remains to be seen.

Keep it here on Bruins Daily throughout the day on the latest surrounding Marchand.

Poll question: Does Brad Marchand deserve to be suspended for trip on Kronwall? (If yes, how many games?)

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