Capitals forward Tom Wilson has long been Brett Kern Jersey a notorious NHLdelinquent and Undesirable No. 1 for the league's Department of Player Safetythrough his polarizingcareer. His controversialplaying style is effectiveat flusteringopponents and angering their fan bases, but sometimesit goes too far, resulting in injury.Hehad gone almost 2 1/2 years without formal punishment from the league despite continuing to play with reckle s abandon, because theNHL's ambiguous rules regarding upper-body contact make thosetypes of plays difficult to prosecute. He finally received justice with a seven-game suspension which will cost him $311,781.61 for boarding the Bruins' Brandon Carlo in a March 5 game.MORE: As of March 6, no player in the NHL has been penalized more since Wilson entered the league in 2013. Of his 333 penalties (regular-season only) during that span, more than 20 percent have been majors (72). They add up to 1,052 minutes, including 16 misconducts and two match penalties. Only three other players (Antoine Rou sel, Cody McLeod and Evander Kane) have more than 700 penalty minutes. Again, these figures don't even include his postseason misbehavior.Wilson has now been suspended five times and fined twice by the league.Regardle s of one's opinion about Wilson's play, onething can't be debated: He has repeatedly placed himself in situations worthy of scrutiny. Here's a general timeline recapping each of those instances.This article was originally published in 2018. Corey Davis Jersey Tom Gatto contributed to this report.May 2021Wilson "cro sed the line" again during a May 3 game against the Rangers, at least in the view of New York coach David Quinn and captain Mika Zibanejad.Wilson incited a brawl in the second period when he punched Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich in the back of the head during a netside scrum whileBuchnevichwas in a defensele s position. Moments later, whileofficials worked to separateplayers from both teams, Wilson tore off the helmet of star Artemi Panarin and twice slammed him to the ice, injuring Panarin in the proce s.Wilson was penalizedfour minutes for roughing and a 10-minute game misconduct.Panarinserved a two-minute minor for roughing anddidn't return to the game due to injury.The NHL's Department of Player Safety i sued Wilson a $5,000 fine "for roughing" Buchnevich. It did not mention the incident withPanarin and , once again drawing the ire of his critics.Washingtons Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Roughing NY Rangers Pavel Buchnevich. NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) "We all saw it. There are lines that can't be cro sed in this game. There's just zero respect for the game in general," Quinn said after the game. "You got one of the star players in this league now that could have gotten seriously, seriously hurt in that incident. You all saw what happened, and it happens time and time again with him. Totally unnece sary."March 2021Wilson went such a long time between sanctions not Delanie Walker Jersey because he had cleaned up his act, but because he hadn't done enough to get the NHL to pay attention. Then came his high hit on Carlo.Carlo's head struck the end boards gla s after Wilson led a check with his shoulder. Carlo had to leave the game and was later taken to a Boston hospital. No penalty was called, .The NHL announced a hearing with Wilson the next day. The league then handed down the seven-game ban."While there are aspects of this hit that may skirt the line between suspendable and not suspendable, it is the totality of the cirucmstances that caused this play to merit supplemental discipline," the Department of Player safety said. "What separates this hit from others is the direct and significant contact to a defensele s player's face and head, causing a violent impact with the gla s. This is a player with a substantial disciplinary record taking advantage of an opponent who is in a defensele s position and doing so with significant force."October 2018Despitein the offseason about trying to tweak a safer playing style, Wilson started the 2018-19 season in the place he's been frequently the last few years: In hot water with the DPoS Logan Ryan Jersey . In the Capitals' final preseason game, Wilson blindsided Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist with a high hit. Wilson was given a match penalty, and Sundqvistsuffered a concu sion and shoulder injury.Tom Wilson's hit on Oskar Sundqvist. Wilson received a match penalty. Ian Oland (@ianoland) As the hockey world called on the NHL to send a strong me sage once and for all,the league levied its harshest penalty yet against Wilson, suspending him for the first 20 games to begin the regular season. The DPoS cited his status as a repeat offender and an"unprecedented frequency of suspensions" to justifythe longest suspension in the NHL since 2015. Wilsonforfeited $1,260,162.60 in salary.2018 playoffs Wilson drew scrutiny on four (!)separate occasions during the Capitals' 2018 Stanley Cup run. The first was during Game 1 of the first-round series against the Blue Jackets when he was penalized for charging Alexander Wennberg. TheDepartment of Player Safety took a look but ultimately ruled against supplementary discipline because the replay angles could not determine whether or not Wennbergs head was the main point of contact. Wilsondidn't receive a hearing.Then, Wilson knockedPenguins defenseman Brian Dumoulinfrom Game 2.Dumoulinhad been skating in front of Wilson, pulling up at the last second to avoid a hit from an incoming Alex Ovechkin.Wilson followed through on his check, hittingDumoulinin the head, but he wasn't penalized. Wilson explained the hit as being theresult ofDumoulin's last-second maneuver. He againavoided a hearing with the DoPS.Brian Dumoulin takes a hit to the head from Tom Wilson and then gets rocked by Kamalei Correa Jersey Alex Ovechkin Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) The most egregious and the one that finally landed Wilson a three-game suspension occurred during Game 3, when a hit to the head of the Penguins' Zach Aston-Reese, which broke the rookie's jaw and caused a concu sion.Wilsonargued the point of contact wasAston-Reese's shoulder, and depending on the angle of the replay, it could be inconclusive as to whether it constitutedanillegal check to the head.Wilson again stirred upsuspension chatter during the Stanley Cup Final's Game 1,barreling into the blind side ofJonathan Marche sault. The Golden Knights' playoff scoring leader, well behind the play, had released the puck with plenty of advance notice for Wilson to ease up. The NHL ultimately spared Wilson again.2017 preseasonWilson was suspended twice before the 2017-18 season began. He sat out two exhibitions the NHL equivalent of a slap on the wrist for a Sept. 22 hit on the Blues' Robert Thomas.Eight days later, Wilson receivedthe harshest penalty of his career t