Burrows could be facing suspension

“Oh yeah, he did,’’ Bergeron said. “He cut me a little bit on my finger. I’m not going to be here and complain about it. I’ll let the league do its job, but he sure did.’’

Burrows, though, wasn’t about to admit anything.

“I don’t think so,’’ he said, when asked whether he bit Bergeron. “I think he had his finger in my mouth. I don’t think I bit him. He put his hand up, he put it in the other guy’s face, and a finger got in my mouth. That’s what happened.’’

Asked if he clamped down, Burrows said, “I don’t think so.’’

The players — both from Quebec — were speaking in French during the altercation. Bergeron said when he asked the Canucks’ forward why he had bitten his finger, Burrows replied, “What else do you want me to do?’’

There was a linesman in the middle of the play, attempting to separate the two, but his head was turned as Burrows bit. Afterward, Bergeron could be seen showing his finger to the linesman. It didn’t matter, at least not at the moment. The linesman hadn’t seen the bite. Both players were penalized, with Burrows getting a double minor for roughing, and Bergeron getting his own roughing minor.

But that might not be all.

The incident could lead to a suspension for Burrows, who plays on the line with the Sedin twins, and who scored 26 goals this season. There is precedent: Ottawa’s Jarkko Ruutu received a two-game suspension for biting Buffalo’s Andrew Peters in January 2009. When the notion of punishment was brought up to Burrows, he said, “Next question.’’

“I don’t want to start complaining about that,’’ Bergeron said. “I’m sure the league is going to do their job. I’ve got to concentrate on my game here. I can’t really worry about that stuff. Before we’ve seen some suspensions from guys. I think Ruutu did that, and he got suspended. We’ll see.’’