{"id":108722,"date":"2021-05-04T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=108722"},"modified":"2021-05-04T14:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:19:43","slug":"washington-capitals-tom-wilson-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/04\/washington-capitals-tom-wilson-fined\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Fined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Player Safety has fined Washington Capitals forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsoto01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Wilson<\/a> $5,000 for roughing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a>. News of the ruling broke via the department&#8217;s Twitter account on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Washington\u2019s Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Roughing NY Rangers\u2019 Pavel Buchnevich.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLPlayerSafety\/status\/1389589182083911681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tom Wilson Fined For Hit to the Head<\/h2>\n<p>The incident occurred in the second period of Washington&#8217;s 6-3 victory over the Rangers on Monday when a melee broke out in the Capitals goal crease. Scrambling in pursuit of a loose puck, the Capitals convened on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/buchnpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a> who was on the doorstep, attempting to stuff the puck into the net. As the whistle blew, with Buchnevich on the ground, Tom Wilson delivered blows to the head.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately a brawl broke out in reaction to the shot on a Buchnevich. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panarar01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemi Panarin<\/a> went after Wilson and while the two were tied up, Wilson delivered a series of body slams as he rag-dolled the Rangers talisman to the ice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Wilson gets a 10-minute misconduct for punching Buchnevich in the head on the ground and body slamming Panarin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fg2HRej8yD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fg2HRej8yD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradyTrett\/status\/1389377668500520962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath, Wilson received two roughing minors and a 10-minute misconduct for his brutish actions.<\/p>\n<h3>The Wider Issue With Wilson<\/h3>\n<p>Tom Wilson is one of the DoPS&#8217;s biggest problems. He has already received a multi-game suspension this year for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/03\/07\/boston-bruins-brandon-carlo-out-indefinitely-after-tom-wilson-hit\/\" target=\"_self\">a dangerous hit on Boston Bruins defenceman <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carlobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Carlo<\/a>. Tom Wilson has a long history with the DoPS, receiving multiple fines and suspensions over the years. The fine on Wilson speaks to the league&#8217;s reluctance to suspend players, only giving out minor penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The league has shown this reluctance with other incidents in the past as well. Incidents including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pescebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brett Pesce<\/a>&#8216;s slew-foot on Robby Fabbri and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a>&#8216;s elbow to the head on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kotkaje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesperi Kotkaniemi<\/a>. Both were dangerous because of the potential damage to the victims&#8217; heads.<\/p>\n<p>With the league not cracking down on these dangerous plays, it can create an environment where the players feel that justice needs to be served and, as a result, creating further dangerous plays in the future. Above all, the league doesn&#8217;t have a good track record in protecting the victims of these types of plays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"DCQPI2orSTVdVndWPIXh7w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1316263149\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'DCQPI2orSTVdVndWPIXh7w',sig:'1n1_oUfb6SAJUGSF3IcbS5dwAXJq6-8rM7L_aPnnL60=',w:'594px',h:'426px',items:'1316263149',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Player Safety has fined Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson $5,000 for roughing New York Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich. News of the ruling broke via the department&#8217;s Twitter account on Tuesday morning. Washington\u2019s Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Roughing NY Rangers\u2019 Pavel Buchnevich. &mdash; NHL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1733,"featured_media":108731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4547,34,4548],"tags":[2480,5738,955,1562],"class_list":["post-108722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitals","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-department-of-player-safety","tag-hockey-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-tom-wilson"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}