Claude Giroux Video: Watch Flyers Star's Terrible Head Shot on Dainius Zubrus

Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux has not played well in his team's second-round series against the New Jersey Devils, and he might hurt them even more by being suspended for Game 5 because of a terrible head shot with which he hit Dainius Zubrus.

UPDATE: Monday, May 7 at 9:52 a.m. ET

According to Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet, Giroux has a discipline hearing with the league today for his hit on Zubrus.

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#SNPlayoffs #Flyers Giroux will have supplementary #NHL discipline hearing today 11am for shoulder/head hit on #Devils Zubrus in gm 4.

— Nick Kypreos (@RealKyper) May 7, 2012"

Giroux was mad after not getting a penalty, then handled himself in a very irresponsible way by going after the Devils forward like he did.

It was an embarrassing hit in which Giroux targeted his opponent's head in a reckless manner while the puck was away from Zubrus.

Here's a further breakdown on how late the hit was, courtesy of TSN.

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Giroux hit on Zubrus: 29 frames after he released puck, 30 frames = 1 second.....NHL usually deems more than half second (15 frames) late

— THE STATS GUY (@TH2NSTATSGUY) May 7, 2012"

Giroux received a two-minute penalty for an illegal hit to the head as a result of the play, and it was surprising that he was even allowed to continue to play in Game 4.

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I understand the provision for a minor penalty for blow to the head but why Giroux is still in this game is baffling.

— Scott Burnside (@ESPN_Burnside) May 7, 2012"

It was a bad hit, but star players have gotten off easy multiple times during this year's playoffs when facing possible suspensions.

Even though Zubrus was able to continue playing, Giroux clearly attempted to hit his head, and for that, he should be punished.

You cannot target players' heads out of frustration; that's just unacceptable. A one-game suspension for Giroux, who has never been suspended in his brief NHL career, would be an acceptable punishment in my opinion.

Will he receive a suspension? Probably not since Brendan Shanahan has not been very consistent in these playoffs.

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Nicholas Goss is an NHL Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report and was also the organization's on-site reporter for the 2011 Stanley Cup Final in Boston.