Niedermayer was up and off the stretcher before they got to the dressing room and was making calls on his cell-phone within 10 minutes of the incident.
Let's not forget what Niedermayer did to Scott Worrell last year. He used his stick to try and decapitate that guy.
I don't condone what Domi did but stuff happens. If there was no instigator rule, this would have been sorted out two games previous when Niedermayer got his stick up on Domi. Is this better than fighting? I think not.
http://espn.go.com/nhl/s/2000/0321/438894.html