BOSTON – Boston Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo “is feeling better” but remains week-to-week from the head hit that earned Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson a seven-game suspension, coach Bruce Cassidy said Sunday. “He’s obviously going to be out for a while,” Cassidy said.
The NHL suspended Wilson for the fifth time in his career on Saturday, one day after his hit in the first period of Friday night's game sent Carlo to the hospital in an ambulance.
The Capitals wing will also lose $311,781.61 in pay. "What separates this hit from others is the direct and significant contact to a defenseless player’s face and head, causing a violent impact with the glass,” the league said. “This is a player with a substantial disciplinary record