The late blindside hit from Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves sent Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson crashing down. Wilson's helmet popped off, and his head bounced on the T-Mobile Arena ice.
Reaves was ejected from Tuesday's game, a 5-3 Vegas win, and Wilson, who sustained a concussion, missed Thursday's game at Arizona.
And Reaves? He signed 16-inch-by-20-inch copies of a photograph that shows Wilson dazed on the ice as Reaves is escorted away, posts on social media indicated. On each picture, Reaves wrote the message he gave reporters after Tuesday's game: "He ran into a lion in the jungle."
Inscriptagraphs, a Las Vegas-based memorabilia dealer, called the photos the "must have Christmas Gift of the Year" in a since-deleted tweet and Instagram post. Though apparently no one will be getting them.
Vegas Golden Knights spokesman Eric Tosi said in an e-mail that the photos "were not distributed and they have been destroyed."
Thursday's games
Detroit 5, Toronto 4 (OT): Dylan Larkin scored on a breakaway at 2:48 of overtime and the Red Wings beat the host Maple Leafs after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period.
Columbus 4, Philadelphia 3 (OT): Seth Jones scored his second goal of the game 10 seconds into overtime for the visiting Blue Jackets. Cam Atkinson had a goal and assisted on the game-winner to extend his career-best points streak to 12 consecutive games.
Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 2: Phil Kessel (two goals, two assists), Sidney Crosby (goal, two assists), Jake Guentzel (three assists) and Kris Letang (two goals) all had multiple-point games for the host Penguins. Guentzel has a career-best six-game point streak. The Islanders' Anders Lee scored a goal in his fourth consecutive game.
