Sbisa catches Jets rookie with his head down

Luca Sbisa is known to step up and pop guys from time to time and this time he caught a rookie in a vulnerable spot.

It was a nice job to step up on Nikolaj Ehlers but he caught Ehlers in the head. Sbisa was penalized on the play for an illegal check to the head. Ehlers was reaching out for the loose puck and that was when Sbisa laid him out. Ehlers put himself in a risky position so that has to weigh in if Luca gets any supplementary discipline. With all the hits to the head in the NHL and it becoming something the NHL wants to get rid of, we have to hope there will not be any extra discipline handed down to Sbisa.

It was a defenseman stepping up to make a big hit and the offensive player putting himself in a dangerous position so it will be interesting to see what the NHL will have to say about it. Ehlers left for some repairs but returned to the game so that also plays in Sbisa's favor.

I guess now we will have to wait and see if anything else comes of it.

Here is the hit, you be the judge: