Ryan Hartman wasn't having any of Evander Kane's antics during the Minnesota Wild's 5-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
Kane went after Wild star Kirill Kaprizov late in the contest, which drew a crowd. Hartman came to Kaprizov's defense and got mixed up with Kane.
Kirill and Yamamoto get into it. Kane wants a piece of Kaprizov, and that just doesn't fly in Minnesota. Chaos.
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) April 13, 2022
please listen to Louie DeBrusk pic.twitter.com/xgTXurX25q
Hartman was seen giving Kane the middle finger as the scrum was breaking up. Officials gave the pair game misconducts: Kane received a two-minute minor for roughing and a two-minute minor for cross-checking, while Hartman just received an additional roughing minor.
Uh oh. Ryan Hartman gives Evander Kane the finger after a scrum. pic.twitter.com/R5SXu7wx5c
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) April 13, 2022
Hartman didn't back down from calling Kane out postgame, either.
"It goes to show, we had five guys in there. They didn’t have one guy in there to help him," Hartman said, according to The Athletic's Michael Russo. "I don’t think any of their guys are going to defend him.”
Hartman added that if he gets fined for his obscene gesture towards Kane on the way off the ice, it will be "well worth it."
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