Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall has been suspended for Game 7 against the Lightning on Wednesday.

The league's Department of Player Safety announced the decision Tuesday night.

Red Wings GM Ken Holland and head coach Mike Babcock each took issue with the ruling.

"My only comment is I disagree with the decision," Holland said in a text to ESPN.

Babcock said he was surprised by the suspension but that "it doesn't matter what I think."

Dustin Byfuglien of the Winnipeg Jets for four games without pay by the NHL Thursday for his crosscheck to the head of New York Rangers center J.T. Miller.

The play occurred late in the second period of Winnipeg's 3-2 loss to New York on Tuesday night. Miller had fallen to the ice near the crease after taking a swipe at a rebound off the pads of Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec.

Byfuglien drove his stick into the back of the Rangers forward's head while falling to his knees. The league's video explanation of the suspension characterized the blow as "dangerous" and delivered with "excessive force."