It is unknown whether Ryan McDonagh will be in the lineup against the Devils at the Garden on Monday in the aftermath of the sucker punch to the jaw he took from Wayne Simmonds at 10:36 of the first period of the Rangers’ shootout victory in Philadelphia on Saturday, but we do know that the perpetrator was free to play for his team Sunday afternoon in Washington.
That’s crime and injustice in the NHL, where the league not only eschewed issuing supplementary discipline to the Philadelphia winger for the sucker punch, but also passed on applying Rule 40.