Buchnevich summoned by NHL Player Safety

If you missed last night's blood feud rematch between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals, well you missed one Hell of a hockey game!

The game started off with a bang as six combatants dropped their gloves on the opening faceoff to kick things off.

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Public Enemy #1 Capitals forward Tom Wilson would have to wait another 40 seconds for his comeuppance though as Rangers defender Brendan Smith grabbed him just moments into his first shift of the game.

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Wilson handles himself just fine, but he did leave the game later on due to an upper body injury. No word yet on exactly how Wilson suffered the injury or the severity of the injury.

From there things got even chippier with multiple more fights on the evening. At one point it was standing room only in the penalty boxes at MSG:

Finally things got really ugly and truly ironic when Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich was tossed from the game for cross checking Capitals forward Anthony Mantha in the face.

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Yikes... that is some ugly, UGLY stuff. The real irony is that Buchnevich has officially been summoned by NHL Player Safety for a meeting later today.

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Again, the real irony here is that Buchnevich is likely looking at some supplemental discipline for this reckless play. The guy gets his head slammed into the ice by Wilson and Wilson gets off with a $5,000 fine, so he lashes out and gets himself suspended with a dangerous cross check. What an absolute mess by NHL Player Safety...