{"id":28286,"date":"2018-05-02T20:30:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=28286"},"modified":"2018-05-02T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T00:32:32","slug":"washington-capitals-tom-wilson-suspended-three-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/05\/02\/washington-capitals-tom-wilson-suspended-three-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Suspended Three Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Washington Capitals<\/a>\u00a0right wing Tom Wilson<\/a><\/strong> has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>\u00a0forward Zach Aston-Reese<\/a><\/strong>. The hit occurred\u00a0in Game 3 of the team’s second-round playoff series on Tuesday. Washington won the game 4-3 and lead the series two games to\u00a0one. Aston-Reese suffered a broken jaw and concussion<\/a> on the play.<\/p>\n

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Washington\u2019s Tom Wilson suspended three games for an illegal check to the head on Pittsburgh\u2019s Zach Aston-Reese. https:\/\/t.co\/rrZ8Hp3XkE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DOPS Suspends Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson Three Games<\/h1>\n

This is the second controversial hit for Wilson in this series. He was not given a hearing after a Game 2 hit on Penguins defenseman Brian Dumoulin<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This season, Wilson had 14 goals and 21 assists for 35 points in 78 games. He also added 187 minutes\u00a0in penalties. His possession\u00a0numbers were 50.4 percent Corsi with a relative Corsi of 3.1 percent. He has two goals and five assists in nine games in the 2018\u00a0Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Over his five-year NHL career, Wilson has played only for the Washington Capitals. He has put up 35 goals and 69 assists for 104 career points in 391 games. He was originally\u00a0drafted in the first round, 16th overall of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n

The Capitals will have to play the next three games without their top line right wing. Wilson was playing a vital role on a line with Alex Ovechkin<\/a><\/strong> and Evgeny Kuznetsov<\/a><\/strong>. Head coach Barry Trotz<\/strong> must now decide who will play a grinding role for the two talented Russians to be able to continue to make plays. Some candidates include Devante Smith-Pelly<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and Brett Connolly<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Game 4 goes tomorrow night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh at 7:00 pm EDT.<\/p>\n

Main Photo:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 29: Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals leaves the ice after being called for penalty in the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Verizon Center on April 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Washington Capitals\u00a0right wing Tom Wilson has been suspended three games for an illegal check to the head of Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0forward Zach Aston-Reese. The hit occurred\u00a0in Game 3 of the team’s second-round playoff series on Tuesday. Washington won the game 4-3 and lead the series two games to\u00a0one. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28097,"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":[34,12,15],"tags":[1019,44,1562,75,1333],"class_list":["post-28286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-penguins","category-capitals","tag-brian-dumoulin","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-tom-wilson","tag-washington-capitals","tag-zach-aston-reese"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}