As a general rule of thumb, a hit must target the shoulder or chest of the player and happen while he’s eligible to be hit. Hit someone who doesn’t have the puck — That’s interference. Hit from behind ...

McAvoy put a big hit on McDavid in the first period ... "It had everything you would want in a hockey game. It sucks it didn’t go our way, but this thing’s far from over." ...

According to Rangers insider Vince Z. Mercogliano, it appears as though the National Hockey League's Department of Player ...