First, there was a middle finger. Then, there were some nasty words. It certainly was an eventful Tuesday night for Evander Kane of the Oilers and Ryan Hartman of the Wild.
engaged with each other away from the play, which led to Kane coming to the aid of his teammate. As the Oilers forward cross-checked Kaprizov, multiple members of the Wild went after Kane, which resulted in a scrum.
Hartman attempted to pull Kane out of the crowd and tried to engage in a fight, but the linesman would not allow the two players to drop the gloves. As they were separated, Hartman gave Kane the middle finger and the linesmen escorted both players off the ice. “It goes to show, we had five guys in there. They didn’t have one guy in there to help him,” Hartman told reporters about the incident. “I don’t think any of their guys are going to defend him.”
Hartman also said that if the NHL decided to fine him for his gesture towards Kane it would be, “well worth it.”
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