NHL Player Safety Makes Decision On Tom Wilson After Crushing Hit From Behind

Tom Wilson was slapped with a five-minute boarding major and a game misconduct after a scary-looking hit from behind sent Sandis Vilmanis face-first into the boards on Saturday.

Tom Wilson has received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for boarding on Sandis Vilmanis 😬 https://t.co/DV2oaUdUu1

— Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) November 7, 2026

The NHL Department of Player Safety has now decided that NO supplemental discipline will be coming for the player who has had six suspensions in his career.

Hearing no supplemental discipline for Tom Wilson

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) November 8, 2026

The Washington Capitals had argued that Wilson had been committed to the hit while Vilmanis still had the puck and hadn't turned his back, and the hit occured within one second after the Panthers player got rid of it. But all that is under dispute by some when looking at a freeze frame just before the hit took place.

Vilmanis had to be helped off the ice.

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