Niskanen: Retaliation from Penguins possible as 'hockey players are emotional'
Matt Niskanen is prepared for anything.
The Washington Capitals defenseman is Public Enemy No. 1 in Pittsburgh after levying a hit on Sidney Crosby that will cause the Penguins captain to miss at least Game 4 with a concussion.
Retaliation, Niskanen believes, is not out of the question.
"Possibly," he admitted, per Mark Masters of TSN. "It's a hockey game. Hockey players are emotional guys."
While he feels bad about the play, he isn't sure how it could have been avoided.
Niskanen on Crosby: "I regret that it happened. But I’m adamant that I’m not sure, at that game speed, what I could have done different."
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Niskanen, a former Penguin, added, "When the time's right I'll probably reach out to (Crosby), when the boiling over cools down."
What, then, can we expect from the Penguins in Game 4?