Capitals' Tom Wilson to have hearing for check to head

PITTSBURGH -- Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday for a check to the head in Game 3 that broke the jaw of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Aston-Reese.

The hearing that could have big implications for Game 4 of this increasingly brutal best-of-seven series.

With just over 10 minutes left in the second period on Tuesday night, Wilson lined up Penguins Aston-Reese with a hit near the Capitals bench. Aston-Reese fell to the ice, bleeding, as the impact carried Wilson onto his bench.

Aston-Reese got up and skated over to the Penguins' bench and left down the tunnel for treatment, missing the rest of the Penguins' 4-3…