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There’s a new, vicious angle of Tom Wilson’s knockout punch of Jamie Oleksiak

Last May, Pittsburgh Penguins GM Jim Rutherford suggested that Tom Wilson ducked Jamie Oleksiak in a fight after the Capitals forward landed a head hit on Zach Aston-Reese.

Eight months later, Wilson wasted no time giving Oleksiak a chance to settle the score, dropping his gloves with the Penguins enforcer during their first shift.

But Oleksiak didn’t get retribution. Instead, Wilson ended the fight with his fourth punch, knocking Oleksiak out with a haymaker to the side of the head.

Friday, NBC Sports Washington showed another angle of Wilson’s TKO punch from the other side of the ice and it’s… wow.

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Tom Wilson knocks out Jamie Oleksiak in brutal fight

“They don’t like us, we don’t like them,” Tom Wilson said of the Capitals-Penguins rivalry after the Caps’ morning skate. “There’s your quote.”

Hours later, Wilson turned those words into violent action 55 seconds into the game, knocking out Jamie Oleksiak in a tough-to-watch fight.

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