The rematch between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers was started by three simultaneous fights off the opening faceoff and ended with 141 penalty minutes handed out. Today, even more supplementary discipline will be determined. Pavel Buchnevich will have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety for his incident with Anthony Mantha.
The two came together early in the second period and Buchnevich got his stick up into the face of Mantha, delivering a forceful cross-check to the head. The Rangers forward was given a five-minute major and game misconduct, taking his penalty minute total to 19 for the game. He now appears to be heading for a suspension as well.
Of course, Buchnevich was right in the middle of the incident that preceded last night’s melee, when he was struck Monday night by Washington forward Tom Wilson. Wilson received a $5,000 fine for the punch, which led to the Rangers releasing a statement calling for the removal of George Parros from the DoPS. Many believed Wilson should receive a suspension, but as so often it is in hockey, the reaction—even days later—will be given the stronger punishment.
Mantha did not suffer a serious injury on the play, but cross-checks to the head area almost always rise to the level of supplemental discipline. Buchenevich’s season could very well be done as the Rangers have just two games left.
If the league suspends him while not suspending Wilson they prove they are a joke.
When was the last time someone got suspended for roughing? Players get suspended for high sticking and high cross checks more often than not. Get your head out of the gutter.
The refs called roughing. The refs also miss penalties all the time. The antics of Wilson and the subsequent fine were a joke missed by the league.
mizuno when you punch a defenseless player in the head and slam a guy to the ice who’s not wearing a helmet, that shows you don’t care about other players or for rules… kinda like when you crosscheck someone. so while I agree the stick may not be a fist, Wilson’s intent was the same if not worse.
The DoPS has screwed this up big time. what happened yesterday was a direct result of their not suspending Wilson. They had a chance to get a hold of the situation and didn’t but now will punish Buchnevich to set the example.
Total incompetence.
The DoPs is there to hand out punishment on plays called on the ice and those missed by the officials. The entire league dropped the ball on this, not just the DoPs. Not only do more clubs need to speak up about this but also more players.
There was no punch to the head. You guys just can’t stop making things up can you?
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1:08 in that video, clearly Wilson punched Buchnevich in the back of his shoulder and NOT his head, The sooner you people realize there was no punch to the head, the sooner you understand why there wasn’t a suspension for a punch to the head. It’s because said punch to the head never happened. What Buchnevich did to Mantha was far worse and far more dangerous. A max effort cross check to the head vs a punch to the back of the shoulder?
Panarin wanted to get involved in the altercation and jumped on the back of a guy who already had two Rangers players on him (3 on 1) and who outweighed him by 50 pounds and was five inches shorter than and decides to engage him physically in a wrestling match? What did he think was going to happen? He engaged Wilson physically and lost. He should have been trying to break up the altercation, not get involved in it.
Mark Messier said it best; if you want to win in this league, you have to be able to win in the streets and alleys. This Rangers team is completely ill-equipped to deal with a physical team and has no answer to it. The Lightning had to learn that the hard way too in the first round of the playoffs against Columbus a couple years back. The Rangers chose to fill their roster with skill guys and have absolutely no physical presence on that team to the point that one guy can take on three of theirs and still win. The Rangers started six fights in last night’s game and lost all six of them.
Sessh I’m a Bruins fan and have no dog in this fight as I hate both teams. Wilson threw a punch to a face down opponent, whether he hit him in the head or not doesn’t matter, his aim on his punch is not the issue. He then proceeded to slam a player to the ice and pummel that guy, both actions were incredibly dangerous and out of control. He deserved a suspension especially with his history. Anyone who doesn’t get it at this point is either a biased Capitals fan or willfully ignorant because almost every NHL guy who’s commented on it thought Wilson deserved a suspension. Buch deserves a suspension now too but boy it won’t look good when they do suspend him. Hopefully this a wakeup call for the league and they can get a non-goon as their head of player safety.
No, it is not incredibly dangerous to punch someone in the nameplate while they are on the ground. Sorry. In the back of the head? Yes, absolutely. No harm can come from hitting the shoulder and it wasn’t even a particularly hard punch. Second, Panarin engaged Wilson. He got beat. He shouldn’t have engaged him for a fight. That’s all on Panarin and he got his fight. Pummel? No, he didn’t “pummel” him. I don’t know what you were watching, but no such thing happened. He threw him down, the “pummel” was two soft taps, he got back up and Wilson threw him down again. At this point, Panarin isn’t even in a position to be pummeled by Wilson since he’s facing the wrong direction and the refs were there immediately. Once again, making stuff up. No “pummeling” occurred whatsoever. I just watched it again to make sure. Maybe your definition of “pummel” differs from mine. I think there was a lot of pummeling in the next game, but Wilson did not pummel Panarin. He threw him around, not pummeled him. I’m not sure how you can even come to that conclusion watching that video, so you are the one coming off as biased and/or willfully ignorant here. You’re making things up that clearly did not occur when watching the video.
Of course everyone dogpiles on Wilson. They don’t want to get flayed alive on Twitter or get bad pub. Are you making a “truth in numbers” fallacy here? The bottom line is everyone was calling for a suspension due to hitting Buch in the head. When it became clear that didn’t happen, the goalposts get moved to Panarin. When it becomes clear that Panarin was the one who engaged Wilson in a fight and got beat down, then it goes to “well , he pummeled him while on the ground” which also didn’t happen. That’s the problem. People just want to hate Tom Wilson even if they have to make things up and will keep moving the goalposts as many times as they can while scrambling for solid ground to stand on. Wilson did nothing suspension worthy here. What will be the next claim? That he should be suspended because his skate blades got too close to Panarin’s hand by accident? It’s gone to ridiculous lengths and it’s not even a difficult case to prove.
Yea you’re delusional, good luck with that. I’m a Bruins fan and I don’t even defend Marchand’s antics to the extent that you’re trying to defend a thug like Wilson. Again every analyst and ex player has come out and said Wilson deserved a suspension but yea you know better than them.
I’d take the status quo too if it meant I could avoid bad publicity and twitter mobs. Saying he deserves a suspension for something that didn’t actually happen (hitting Buch in the head) is what’s delusional since it never happened. It doesn’t matter how many people say it, doesn’t make it any more true. I am sure if there was a legitimate case to suspend him, it would have been done. I am also sure he will do something again that will warrant an unquestionable suspension without having to imagine things. I know that someone shouldn’t be suspended for something they didn’t do.
There are still people all over the place talking about the head shot that never happened. I initially believed that as well. I only got ticked off when I watched it again myself and saw no such thing happened and that no one was changing their stance. That’s what’s delusional. I really don’t care how many people say things nor do I care about things like appeals to authority. That doesn’t make them right especially when there’s video evidence disproving their claims.
I’m a Ranger fan,but Buchnevich has to be suspended for his stick work.The DPS blew the Wilson insident,but what Buchnevich did was bad,too.
Parros (of all people) and the league knew full well what would happen when the only available justice is left to the players on the ice but chose to prioritize the roster of a playoff team instead.
This is why you can’t let seal clubbers run a multi-billion industry.
It’s all about those tv ratings
He could have killed him! That needs to be out of our game and suspended for life!
*Ranger fan after Tuesday.
*Cap fan after Thursday.
Let me call you a wambulance.
Let me call you an idiot
I’m not going back out there! Just say I have an “upper body injury!”
*Tom Wilson after the first period
since when is ‘roid rage considered an upper body injury?
None of this would have happened if the league had simply suspended Tom Wilson
Pavel’s penalty was a little strong but understandable under the situation. All could have been avoided if Wilson was suspended. There would have been a fight early in the game and everyone would have moved on. This is what happens when discipline is not done correctly. Wilson’s action were far witse than what Pavel did.