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Ryan Reaves on his hit on Tom Wilson: ‘He was just looking at his pass and ran into a lion in the jungle’

Ryan Reaves had an eventful night in the Vegas Golden Knights’ 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. The chatty Reaves scored a power-play goal in the first period, threw five hits, and fired three shots on goals. He did this all before getting ejected late in the second period.

Reaves was tossed after hitting Tom Wilson late and from his blindside. The Golden Knights forward was given a five-minute major for interference and a game misconduct. Wilson went to the locker room and did not return with what appears to be a head injury.

After the game, Reaves spoke to the media and thought his hit was legal.

“I thought it was shoulder to shoulder and I didn’t think it was that late,” Reaves said. “He was just looking at his pass and ran into a lion in the jungle.”

Wednesday morning, Bob McKenzie reported Reaves would not be suspended for the hit.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Ryan Reaves will not receive supplementary discipline from the Department of Player Safety for his hit on Tom Wilson

NHL insider Bob McKenzie is reporting that Ryan Reaves will not be suspended or have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety for his hit on Tom Wilson.

Reaves was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct after hitting Wilson late and from the blindside.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Oh, what a night: numbers for the morning after

The Washington Capitals have now lost two games in a row after falling to their once Cup Final friends, the Vegas Golden Knights. As the Caps fell 5-3, Ryan Reaves proved even further how stupid he is, hockey Twitter went a bit sociopathic, and the Caps learned they really need to stay out of the box.

The Golden Knights out-shot the Caps 28 to 26, but were out-attempted at five-on-five 39 to 28.

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By Chris Cerullo 5 years ago

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Marc-Andre Fleury savagely mocked Evgeny Kuznetsov’s bird celebration after beating Caps

Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury saved 23 of 26 shots he faced in Washington’s 5-3 loss to Vegas. Fleury’s in-game performance was solid but unremarkable. It was just a satisfactory game that gave MAF his 15th win of the season.

But then, in the post-game celebration, Fleury went too far. As Flower embraced Nate Schmidt, the goalie mocked Evgeny Kuznetsov’s world-famous and universally beloved bird celly.

Absolutely despicable. Unspeakably vicious. Indescribably brutal.

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By Peter Hassett 5 years ago

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Reaves rocks Wilson, Schmidt scores game-winner as Knights beat Caps 5-3

The Washington Capitals returned to the Nevada desert intent on racking up another win, but the Vegas Golden Knights had other ideas. Seems like maybe they’ve been holding a grudge?

Ryan Reaves gave Vegas an early lead with a power-play goal, but the Caps responded later that period with a great rush goal from Vrana, set up by Brett Connolly. The second period was packed with big hits but the lone goal belonged to Alex Ovechkin, cleaning up a lively bounce off a Madison Bowey shot.

The Knights killed a five-minute major in the third and then scored a tricky deflection goal to tie the game. All of sixteen second later, Cody Eakin gave Vegas the lead. With about eight minutes left, Jakub Vrana recorded his second goal of the game to tie it up. But tthen, with just a minute and change to go, that goddamn Nate Schmidt scored the game-winner for the Knights and added an empty-netter.

Caps lose 5-3.

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By Peter Hassett 5 years ago

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Tom Wilson leaves game after late, blindside hit by Ryan Reaves

Ryan Reaves and Tom Wilson both left Tuesday’s game after a bad hit. While Wilson was unaware, Reaves lined up and delivered a blindside hit to the Caps forward. Wilson lost his helmet and hit his head on the ice.

Reaves was ejected. Wilson, presumably, is going through the concussion protocol. According to the Caps PR, Wilson will not return to the game due to an upper-body injury.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Choo choo! Alex Ovechkin railroaded Tomas Nosek with his biggest hit in years.

Alex Ovechkin did a boom on Tomas Nosek. Nosek, sadly, is dead now. Ovi killed him. You need to see it.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Jakub Vrana scores twice against Vegas Golden Knights, actually gets fist bump from Brett Connolly

Jakub Vrana has scored his seventh goal of the season with a speedy sequence set up by linemate Brett Connolly.

This is about as pretty and as fast as Caps hockey gets.

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By Ian Oland 5 years ago

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Caps at Golden Knights pregame: We won the Cup last time

The Capitals have taken a trip out to Las Vegas to face off against the Golden Knights. The last time the Capitals were in T-Mobile Arena, they won the Stanley Cup. To be honest, that’s probably all I’ll be thinking about this whole game. I would just appreciate it if the Capitals don’t blow a four-goal lead and lose again, like they did against the Ducks on Sunday. That’s my only wish, I’m easy to please.

The puck will drop at 10 PM and we expect every single one of you to show up and hang out with us. Turn your television or streaming device to NBCSWA to watch the game live. Catch a late night recap from Peter, I’m sure it will be a riot.

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By Elyse Bailey 5 years ago

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