Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals takes a roughing penalty during the second period against Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on May 3, 2021. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
The only way the Rangers could fight back Tuesday was through their words.
Less than 24 hours after the Capitals' Tom Wilson punched a defenseless Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head, and then grabbed Artemi Panarin’s hair and rag-dolled him to the ice so hard it ended the Rangers star’s season, the punishment came in. Wilson, who has already been suspended five times for violent on-ice behavior in his career, will be fined $5,000 for roughing Buchnevich, with no discipline for the Panarin hit.