Wilson did not pin Buchnevich’s head against the ice.
Wilson did not punch him in the back of the head.
You can see if you look at the video closely, Buchnevich’s head is over Wilson’s stick.
Buchnevich falls on Wilson’s stick.
Wilson does not make any movement to push Buchnevich head further into the ice.
He punches him about at the shoulder level, clearly not on the head.
That Buchnevich stuff is not worth more than 5K.
Optical illusion seems that Wilson is pushing on his head with the stick, but he is not.
Watch video at 1:35
Watch video at 3:50 (best angle)
This post is not about the Panarin incident.
I think both incidents should be discussed separately, and the NHL made the right call in terms of the Buchnevich situation, which is not what people have made it out to be.