Islanders' defenseman gets weak punishment for purposeful attack against Nico Hischier

The New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders faced off in one of the more exciting games of the year so far. The Devils put 50 shots on Ilya Sorokin, and despite giving up four goals, he did more than his fair share to keep his team in the game. He stopped Nico Hischier on multiple attempts at what looked like an empty net, and it seemed like his continued dominance of the Devils would continue.

But what stood out about this game was the physicality and the feisty approach both teams had. This was especially surprising from Luke Hughes and Matthew Schaefer, who had a fight in the second period then a huge defensive play by the young Devils defender led to the overtime goal that secured two…