On their first meeting, both teams' captains met for a draw. Nico Hischier went down hard to try and win the face off and ended up hitting Aleksander Barkov's knee, you'll be the judge of whether there was an intention to injure or he juste wanted to win the draw. Barkov painfully left the ice afterwards, here's the clip:
Tkachuk has alway been known for his physicality, but was this attack premeditated? Was it really deserved? Tkachuk's never been known for his ‘'clean'' play, but did he go overboard on this one?