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Outrageous: Tom Wilson fined $5000 for punching Pavel Buchnevich, gets away with Artemi Panarin body slam

The NHL Department of Player Safety has fined Tom Wilson $5000, the max allowed per the CBA for sucker punching Pavel Buchnevich. As for body slamming Artemi Panarin, apparently the wasn’t severe enough to warrant consideration.

Tom Wilson fined $5000 for sucker punch only

Halfway through the second period, Wilson dropped on top of Pavel Buchnevich during a crease scrum. He then proceeded to sucker punch him while he was down.

This prompted a melee to ensue once Ryan Strome went to go grab Wilson off his prone teammate. A scrum in the corner broke out and Artemi Panarin grabbed Wilson from behind as he was taking shots at Strome.