Brandon Carlo goes to hospital after hitting Tom Wilson

Bruins defender Brandon Carlo was taken to hospital by ambulance after the capital’s forward Tom Wilson hit him in the head on Friday night.

The hit came in the final minutes of the first period in the Bruins’ 5-1 win over the Capitals. Carlo was holding the shooter in one of the corners when Wilson attacked him, lifting his right elbow and hitting Carlo in the head. Both players went down, but Wilson was quick to get up again. Carlo, however, remained for some time before some Bruins staff members attended him. Carlo could skate on his own power.

Wilson gets no penalty for the game.

After the game, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said Carlo was taken to the hospital and gave his thoughts on the situation.

“Robbery hit from someone who’s done it before,” Cassidy said. “I do not understand why there was no punishment on the ice. They huddled together, but I did not get an explanation. It was then out of our hands. We just have to play hockey. Try to stay together as a team, play the right way.

Cassidy did not say whether Carlo had a concussion or not.

“You can probably make your own appeal on that, since the hit was directly on his head,” Cassidy said.

The Bruins responded to Wilson’s hit in several ways. They scored four consecutive goals after the hit and fought Wilson twice.

“Sometimes when things happen and there is no call, players put it on the ice in their own way,” Cassidy said. “We felt like we were pushing back and doing what we could do. We won the hockey game and tried to let that particular player know that it was unnecessary. So, this is how we handled it.

‘So I thought about the whole situation. I assume that this is being looked at by the National Hockey League and that they will make their decision. ”

Defender Jarred Tinordi, who joined the Bruins earlier this week, was the first to fight Wilson, and got his hands on him in the second period. Forward Trent Frederic took his turn to fight Wilson in the third game.

Tinordi, who spoke to reporters after the match, told why he acted.

“What I noticed about this team when I got here was that the boys were playing night-in, night-out for each other,” Tinordi said. “I’m not surprised to see the boys react in a big way after one of our guys went down like that.”

“You can not have guys who take freedom with our players out there. That’s how I always played, “Tinordi later added. ‘This is the way a lot of guys play in the team. You have to admit it. It was also a bit cheap. A guy goes down and we respond in a big way. Putting the fight aside, I think the boys came out in a big way. ‘

Brad Marchand calls the hit ‘bull’ – during an interview with NESN after the first period. He reiterated his frustration after the match and focused some of it on the service due to the lack of a penalty call.

“I think the biggest problem is what they choose to review and not to review,” Marchand said. ‘Last year in the play-offs, there were high stakes that were judged when a man hit his teammate. If the ref. Bad call, let the ref. But if not to look at a big fine, if the refs watch video, it’s a clear suspension and he’s out of the game.

‘It’s the whole problem of bringing video into play as they did. They care more about watching a video review of a cover with a thumb, but they do not care about judging a man’s head shot. ”

In his first season as captain of the team, Patrice Bergeron gave some insight into what he said to the team after the hit.

“I think we are a team that needs to stand together. “I think that’s the only way it really works,” Bergeron said in an interview with NESN. ‘Of course, if something like this happens, you have to act and show that you care about each other. I thought we did. Everything we talk about in that room remains private. That said, you need to find ways to get everyone started. ”