One assumes that means we might see Dmitry Orlov or Mike Weber in Game 3. Trotz said he believes Orpik plays the game “the right way” but that the Capitals will deal with whatever the League decides. Or should we say “goes off on him again,” because Orpik made the cardinal sin in Milbury’s world of injuring a Bruin once. Orpik, for what it’s worth, hasn’t been suspended since the 2005-06, despite Mike Milbury of NBC going off on him last night. Maatta missed the rest of the game, and Orpik should miss at least the next game, we’re going by the standards of NHL Player Safety. But in this case, does that matter? It’s a hit that shouldn’t be delivered, an injury that shouldn’t have occurred. And maybe Orpik was going for a shoulder-to-shoulder hit. Sure, Maatta crouches a bit before the hit, putting himself in a prone position. He said after the game that Maatta is “obviously out” and that "I think it's the type of hit that everyone in hockey is trying to remove from the game." Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told NBC in an interview that the hit deserved a major. “There’s a real size difference, and Maata leaned into it a little bit.” Orpik was given a minor penalty for interference.Ĭapitals coach Barry Trotz said that Orpik thought the puck was coming back to Maatta after a shot and a rebound. Maata was woozy leaving the ice, and didn’t return to the game. It was clearly interference – but Orpik’s left shoulder connected with Maatta’s head and dropped the Penguins D-man. Well after Maata released the puck in the Capitals’ zone, Orpik lunged at him in an effort to take him out the play. It was in the first period of Game 2, just 4:13 into the game.
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