SAN JOSE — The NHL has decided that Dallas Stars forward Antoine Roussel deserves a fine, but not a suspension, for a sucker punch thrown at Sharks defenseman Justin Braun.

The league’s department of player safety said Monday that Roussel must forfeit $5,376 — the maximum allowed under terms of the collective bargaining agreement — for hitting Braun in the face while he was restrained by linesmen with 1:09 left in the third period of Saturday night’s 5-3 victory over Dallas.

Roussel was given a 10-minute misconduct penalty at the time. The scrum had developed after the Dallas player knocked San Jose goalie Alex Stalock to the ice as he tried to clear the puck out of the defensive zone.

On Sunday, Braun said he was not concerned about any supplemental discipline that might be coming Roussel’s way.

“You don’t want that to happen in the game, but whatever they decide to do, they decide to do,” Braun said before San Jose’s 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. “We just have to go about our business.”

Sharks Coach Todd McLellan did seem more troubled by the incident immediately after the Dallas game.

“You know what disappoints me is when a guy is vulnerable and being held and he gets punched,” he said. “That’s the disappointing thing. I don’t think anybody in our league, the 750 players, the coaches, want to see that. It’s just not a classy move.”

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