My read of that play is Nyquist saw red, completely flipped, took a swing with his stick on instinct and as soon as he saw what he'd done immediately regretted it. In light of his history, it's one of those things that I wouldn't be surprised if we never saw him do again. Compare that to seeing someone like the aforementioned Duncan Keith do it, where it's part of a pattern - yeah, the "momentary insanity" thing definitely does make a difference to me. It has to do with whether he's likely to do it again.
Five games seems right to me.
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