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Video: Chara knocks Sharks’ Wingels out of game with high hit

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The drama in Boston’s 2-1 win over San Jose on Thursday wasn’t just David Krejci’s last second game-winning goal.

Late in the first period, B’s captain Zdeno Chara nailed Sharks forward Tommy Wingels with what appeared to be a high hit:

Chara wasn’t penalized on the play. Wingels left the contest and didn’t return.

Following the game, Sharks head coach Todd McLellan offered a measured response to the hit, noting that he didn’t have a good angle to see it, which made it difficult to judge.

“You know what, every time somebody is hit now we quickly run to the video and we analyze – was it legal, was it illegal? It’s a hard game, and it’s played by hard players that have to get involved physically night in and night out,” McLellan told CSN Bay Area. “They have to take some lumps, too. We have to give some lumps, we have to take some lumps.

“If it’s dirty, I think it should be severely dealt with. If it’s hard hockey, then so be it.”

Wingels, 25, is in his fourth season with the Sharks and enjoying a stellar campaign. He had two goals and six points in nine games heading into tonight’s action.

(Image courtesy CSN Bay Area’s Brodie Brazil)