Mike Ribeiro and Chris Osgood have been fined for their altercation at the end of Detroit's Game Two victory, according to a report on ESPN.com. The NHL decided on Sunday not to suspend the Stars' center or the Red Wings goalie, instead fining them an undisclosed amount. In the closing seconds on Sunday, Osgood used his stick to poke Ribeiro, who responded from behind the net with a two-handed stick slash across the goalie's chest. "He actually tries to do it. It's not like he accidentally hit me," Ribeiro said. "He kind of was bent down, raised up, and clipped me in the face." He claimed he was only retaliating. "If he doesn't do that, I don't think I react, I have no reason to do what I did," Riberio said. Osgood obviously disagreed, saying, "By no means was I trying to hit him in the face with my stick."

The Stars might be without scoring leader Mike Ribeiro in Game Three against the Red Wings if the NHL opts to suspend him, according to The Dallas Morning News. After the team's loss to Detroit on Saturday night, Ribeiro went behind the opposing net and reached over to make a two-handed slash with his stick across Detroit goalie Chris Chris Osgood's chest. Ribeiro was given a ten-minute match penalty that NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell will review for possible further discipline. "I think Osgood thought Ribeiro was going to try to run him, and Osgood sticks his stick out," Dallas Coach Dave Tippett said. "Then Ribeiro turns around and slashes him, which is not right, but something made Ribby do that. He's not going to turn around and hit the goalie like that. That's not the way that works."