Pionk’s dirty hit late in the game set off a number of mean-spirited interactions between the teams.
The timing of the hit, both in the game and in the season, incensed Wild coach Dean Evason, who had lost top center Joel Eriksson Ek on a week-to-week basis just days before.
Fight the Wild did; seconds after the incident, Evason sicced Ryan Reaves, perhaps the NHL’s most feared player, on Winnipeg center Adam Lowry for a spirited tussle. Johansson has been a revelation in his second stint in the Twin Cities. He has 6 goals and 18 points in 20 games and thankfully does not appear to be any worse for wear.
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