Editor's note: This story has been updated with news that P.K. Subban will not be disciplined for his hit on Jamie Benn.

In the Dallas Stars demolition of the Nashville Predators in Game 4, Predators defenseman P.K. Subban got away with a very questionable hit on Stars captain Jamie Benn -- one that a Twitter user posed a very good question about.

Didn't Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov just get suspended for an almost identical play? If he did, shouldn't the NHL at least review what Subban did?

According to The Dallas Morning News' Matthew DeFranks, Subban will not be disciplined.

There will be no discipline from the NHL for P.K. Subban for his hit on Jamie Benn. — Matthew DeFranks (@MDeFranks) April 18, 2019

I pulled a GIF of the hit from the previous tweet. Benn appears to get hooked, but to be fair, he also appears to trip Subban after the fact. It's the playoffs. Seeing those go uncalled is par for the course.

There isn't much excuse for what Subban did though. Benn is on his knees in a prone position. Subban leans down to make initial and primary contact with Benn's head before smashing it against the boards. He had plenty of time to adjust to Benn being on the ground, and he did. He adjusted his check down to make sure he hit Benn squarely in the head. It's pretty dirty.

This is the Kucherov hit pulled in GIF from from Sportsnet's highlight video and this story about the hit. Markus Nutivaara of the Columbus Blue Jackets was on his knees in a prone position. Kucherov leans down to make sure he bodies Nutivaara up. Kucherov has plenty of time to adjust to Nutivaara being on the ground.

The main difference between the hits is that Kucherov makes primary contact with the shoulder before driving his head into the boards. Subban goes right for the head. There is a compelling case to be made that the Subban hit is dirtier than what Kucherov did.

As Russian Machine Never Breaks points out, the Kucherov hit was similar to one by Nazem Kadri from the 2018 playoffs. He received a three-game suspension for that one. Kucherov was ultimately suspended for Game 3 against the Blue Jackets. A Subban suspension for this hit would be appropriate, though it would be surprising.

Subban's a great player, but being a great player doesn't give him the right to target heads with impunity. In the Predators' playoff series last season with the Colorado Avalanche, Subban got away with a head shot on Nathan MacKinnon too. In that one Subban legit punched MacKinnon in the side of the head while going for a loose puck.

Repeat offenders tend to get giant suspensions for plays like this, but you can't technically be a repeat offender if you're never considered an offender in the first place. The NHL galaxy brain is real.

These are the kind of plays that need to be out of the game. We'll see what the Department of Player Safety has to say about this. I would imagine they have nothing to say. Given that Benn jumped up so quickly Subban will probably skate free. No one is laying unconscious on the ice so there must be no problem, or so the story goes.

At the very least, Subban versus Benn should continue to be a compelling story when Game 5 rolls around Saturday afternoon.