With Game 1 of the Bruins-Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Playoff series moving decisively in the Bruins’ favor midway through the third period, Boston’s Tommy Wingels suddenly found himself the victim of an illegal hit from Toronto’s Nazem Kadri.
Wingels’ head was smashed against the boards by a full speed hip check from Kadri, who was ejected from Thursday’s Stanley Cup Playoffs opener in Boston. The Bruins won, 5-1. Afterward, Kadri offered a quote on his take about what happened with Wingels:
Nazem Kadri’s take on his hit on Tommy Wingels that earned the #Leafs centre a five-minute major and a game misconduct.