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Matt Niskanen Destroys Scott Laughton With Huge Open Ice Hit (GIF)

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Matt Niskanen, the Caps $40.25-million man, just unleashed one of the biggest hits of his career against the Flyers. As Scott Laughton attempted to curl and leave a drop pass for Wayne Simmonds, Niskanen read the play and laid him out.

Look at this. Shoulder to chest. 100-percent legal. Scott Stevens-esque.

A woozy Laughton left the ice and immediately went to the locker room.

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