Elvis Merzlikins Penalized After Scrapping With Tom Wilson In Overtime

Watch as Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins gets into a scrap with Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson in overtime after Wilson crashed into the Columbus goal. Merzlikins received a roughing penalty on the play.
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[@jimb.7523]

*WILSON:* **gets pushed into the net** *MERZLIKINS:* I got you where I want you now, buddy!

[@CategoryFive5]

Proceeds to get helmet knocked off 💀

[@justinpoovathingal]

He’s a clown for that. Embarassing

[@terrpeters7371]

Lol it doesn’t always happen, but Defensemen are not shy when it comes to pushing someone into their own goalie so they can get some shots in without being called

[@gunsmithbasic]

You're in my house now!

[@frankcastle10]

@@justinpoovathingal Proceds to see is Tom Wilson: W move by Werzlikins

[@alexhall5370]

This is why I will always prefer watching hockey over any other sport

[@obamafan6949]

I was kinda worried for the player until I realized it was Wilson in net

[@sirokat]

Idc if the Jackets lost, this was absolutely incredible to witness live. Even got to see Ovi break his scoring drought. Absolutely worth the price of admission, plus the atmosphere was incredible. GG Caps fans, Lindgren was incredible as well.

[@drewkoslow7754]

As Gubrandson said, Lindgren stole the game. As a Caps fan, I'll take it.

[@TheOfficerMahoney]

Ovi is Putins lapdog, supports genocide. Kick him out

[@cloudywithachanceofrain69]

god i love hockey

[@joeyo691]

Didn’t see this yet, but came into the comments to say the exact same thing 😂

[@808_ISLAdeYSLA]

YESSSSS

[@stevenreid2571]

Damn right dude!

[@madelynshover3782]

I’ll second that

[@basilicata92]

This used to happen 10 times a game 15 years ago and prior.

[@Holyshit12347]

Elvis holding Wilson like a big spider from Australia lol

[@enchanted2k797]

You didn’t see the part where Wilson got up and the refs had to save Elvis from becoming roadkill?

[@barbarakiewe2870]

A full two-minute power play in overtime is likely to decide the game. Based on that, I don't have a problem with the penalty being just a minor. I think Merzlikins' response was a carryover from being run over earlier in the game.

[@ccMCMXCVIII]

As a goalie I gotta just say you can't be doing stuff like this. Regardless. He's lucky he didn't get tossed for using the blocker. Cost your team incredibly heavily by going down 4v3 in overtime. Temper can't overpower the main goal of winning a hockey game.

[@Roffyscore]

@@ccMCMXCVIIIwhen you’re a sorry loser organization like Columbus… that’s how you lose games 🤣

[@dom2009]

He’s got the spirit of Matiss in him!

[@YodaBit]

This is why hockey is the greatest!

[@TheBigRedOctopus]

Lol, wild that Tom Wilson is the sane one in this clip

[@owenmacpherson5311]

no hes not.

[@Mattoilers97]

Please come to Edmonton Elvis

[@alexstafford5486]

that would be such a waste of good talent🤣

[@nafsworld]

@@alexstafford5486Elvis is a below average goaltender tf you talkin bout waste of talent 😂 they can’t waste what he doesn’t have

[@SmartDew]

So you can keep losing?

[@emmagrace1910]

Best part of that game and it was amazing watching in person

[@jacobsorge6704]

Agreed, had a sick view for it

[@enchanted2k797]

Hope you enjoyed the L

[@thescroogemcduck]

Good for Merzlikins

[@conorcahill5422]

Good? That was stupid. He cost his team a powerplay in OT.

[@boerhae]

thank you elvis! -ovi and relieved caps fans everywhere

[@ToaastyKoyote]

For what? Your Caps to falter?

[@vedantbhalla2571]

@@ToaastyKoyote No for letting Ovi score from his spot to end the game and his scoreless streak.

[@SmartDew]

​@@ToaastyKoyotebro if literally watched the game you'd know

[@iheick768]

@@ToaastyKoyote Caps literally won?

[@kolasillers7776]

Is Ovy scored? Sad day when you are very happy after like ten games ovenchiken scored.

[@BaconNationChannel]

I am not trapped here with you! YOU'RE TRAPPED IN HERE WITH ME!!!! -- Elvis I guess

[@Mia_0808]

I was at the game is was absolutely crazy people were going ham when he did thsy

[@Peksisarvinen]

One of the most irritating things in hockey is when defencemen push opposing players into their own goalies/own nets. It's so stupid and so harmful to your own team, yet it happens pretty much in every game at least once. I don't get it. There's no upside. Just play the stick or push them AWAY from the goal, rather than right into it.

[@drewkoslow7754]

He was tying up Wilson in case there was a rebound. As you note, that pushed him over Merzlikens who was pissed about something that happened earlier in the game. Tome Wilson living rent free in the head of Elvis Merzlikens.

[@_kainzow9365]

Ahh a comment from someone who never has played sports apparently. Things are happening so fast and you have someone pushing against you, it is rarely a choice where you end up.

[@beerleagueeverything8030]

Kent Johnson not a defenseman

[@moka5377]

its not like oposing players are by any means trying to avoid it eather, oposing players take those pushes as green light to disrupt or knock over goalie 4 a chance that maybe someone can score in the chaos before vistle blows, ur not wrong, but oposing players being more interested in falling into the net to disrupt goalies than not also contributes to why this happens so often.

[@MessiRonaldoandaviationfan909]

Yeah I love how the goalies genuinely get pissed at the opposing player when their defenseman literally pushes the other player into him

[@joesavary6081]

Bettman was in Ref's earpiece, don't give the match penalty.

[@RoughRaiders13]

I wanna buy Elvis a beer so bad right now. Haha

[@httrprod]

As a Caps fan I would love to as well for giving us the win

[@sierrag8412]

For the first time in his career, Tom Wilson did absolutely nothing wrong

[@skurfja36]

ahahahahaha im dying 🤣

[@audibletapehiss3764]

Still waiting for him to do something right.

[@petrsafranek5725]

Yeah, but he deserves punch in the face every game he starts

[@brianhildreth9099]

Except playing keep away with Elvis's stick.

[@iceinmyveins8]

@@brianhildreth9099 1:10 Wilson was literally pretty much out of the net then Elvis pushed him back in and holds him there and it’s in overtime and blue jackets had the puck getting ready to shoot so why would Wilson do that he’s trying to get back in the play cause it was going to be a 3 on 2

[@h8stupidppl]

There was more action in this short sequence than in the entirety of soccer history

[@cycloneranger7927]

You taking shots at other sports doesn’t make your tiny penis any larger.

[@TTWGD3]

This is the dumbest shite I’ve ever seen on KZbin

[@Bdubsky]

Common Elvis W as far as I’m concerned

[@mike8099m]

Two minutes well worth it😂😂

[@evandymon]

seems worth it, except for the fact that washington scored and won off this power play lol

[@mike8099m]

@@evandymon neither team is winning anything this year . So a loss is better for the draft pick

[@SmartDew]

Caps are in WC1 a single point behind the 2nd and 3rd teams in the metro with 2 games in hand

[@jakenbake9878]

@@mike8099m Losing doesn't guarantee anything except a higher chance at a top pick. Could very well lose, get the 16th pick in the draft and get the coach and GM fired all in one season

[@chasemorgan6400]

@@mike8099m and how is that been working out for those blue jackets every year?

[@Deebz87-]

Don't Like Cheap shots when you're on the other end of it hey Wilson

[@Dtown3]

Goalie was in trouble the sec Wilson got up

[@SamyDLuffy-bh6ui]

That was too hilarious man, one of the funny moments of the nhl lol

[@benderbear762]

Everyone is missing the fact that Wilson just took Merzlikins stick to the face before the fight.

[@victorpirik6938]

And it's not like Tom Wilson has ever taken a cheap shot at anybody before. RIGHT 🤣 Cry me a river dude 😭

[@SmartDew]

​@@victorpirik6938yeah I'll tell you right now Tom Wilson has never taken a run at someone that's stuck in the back of the net in his career. Hop off the internet little guy

[@RabidGoldfish]

Oh good Lord, I just pray Tom Wilson is OK. That had to be a very traumatic experience for him. It's almost like Tom Wilson is the forever innocent guy who just gets pulled into scrums, because his team are a bunch of inbred assholes. I will also guarantee Wilson didn't say anything derogatory towards the goalie. He's just not like that. I spoke to his mother recently, after a few sessions of extracurricular activities, and she told me Tom was raised to be honest and respectful both on the ice AND in the bedroom.....or kitchen, or hallway, or whatever. She also told me that whenever her pride and joy scores, he dedicates his celly to his mom, his sister, his aunt, and his eldest female cousin. I guess it's a pole thing among them.

[@victorpirik6938]

@@SmartDew Stuck in the back of the net. That's a good one 😅 Tommy boy had ample opportunity to get to his skates and get back in the play. Instead of laying there like a lump on top of the goalie's stick. And BTW Don't tell me WTF to do dip💩

[@BPhillips2000]

@@RabidGoldfish may Tom Wilson ever continue to live rent-free in your head 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wanderingwarrior5626]

Visions of me in goal!

[@conorwreckoner]

This is just beautiful 😂😂

[@goCAPS26]

Shoutout Elvis for stopping his own teams odd man rush and getting us the OT winner lol

[@tujaunevaretu3154]

It was 2 vs 2, wasnt ods man rush

[@dennisc3904]

Still a dumb penalty to take

[@shadowdog200]

@@tujaunevaretu3154 did you not see the guy who pushed wilson into the net skating up as the camera panned to the other end? it was gonna be 3v2 at the caps end for a good 15 seconds.

[@marios2150]

Heard bout the drama. Didn't see it. Saw it. Tom Wilson didn't do anything wrong.

[@jshmeek5900]

Elvis with the net-napping, Wilson wasn't going anywhere!

[@sambeast13]

Elvis is everyone's new favorite goalie

[@Hfamjam]

Good call

[@canadianheathen4111]

Wilson was in the right on this one. He's hilarious

[@MessiRonaldoandaviationfan909]

I was heading home from the airport with my dad and was listening to the capitals radio network and listened to the moment the penalty was called and John’s call on the radio was hilarious I’m glad the boys won in overtime and Ovi finally scored a goal 🤣

[@Mr.Be93]

Wilson was holding his face after he went into the net, not when Mer went after him.

[@HighKage97]

Elvis has left the building

[@obiwan7174]

Lol I love the look on Elvis Merzlikins face when he tries to go after Wilson again but the ref stops him.

[@mamagne800]

Elvis to Wilson: Don't step on my blue suede shoes!

[@CapsBrotha]

Wilson FTW in a fight that started with him down on the ice, in the net, taking multiple strikes. Gets up and 1 right hook KO’s Merzlikins

[@Beanie-38]

Couldn’t happened to a better guy 😂

[@AV57]

I love feisty goaltenders.

[@HOCKEYDIVA]

IKR....ELVIS was amazing 👏

[@williammontroy9024]

Lol that was funny … but man Wilson was about to come up beating Elvis’s ass I’d say he was quite Lucky he wasn’t able to get to swinging lol

[@audibletapehiss3764]

No he wasn't. He could have, but he knew what he did. And for all the smug bs he's gonna spout, you know he respects Elvis for giving it to him. If Wilson had some legit reason to be mad, he would've gone right after him as soon as Elvis let him up. He didn't. More interested in faking injury.

[@thomasvanburen9452]

@@audibletapehiss3764 what a stupid comment. Wilson was clearly already holding his face (1:10) before elvis started punching him from behind. He probably hit it on the net or the ice after the columbus player threw him into the net after the play. Terrifying acts of violence out of columbus...

[@chasemorgan6400]

@@audibletapehiss3764 Merkin couldn’t even hurt a guy using a blocker while he was down on the ice wrapped up in a net. Tommy stood up like it was nothing. Embarrassing. There is a reason none of Columbus backed up their goalie. Merkin acted a fool.

[@rickh9693]

He definitely got lucky wilson got up for 2 seconds and dropped elvis anymore time and elvis would have had his ass handed to him

[@canadianheathen4111]

​@@audibletapehiss3764 Wilson didn't do anything wrong. Flames fan, not taking sides

[@willsk7068]

Thats the goalie Leafs need.

[@savjakob7838]

Another mediocre goalie?

[@willsk7068]

@@savjakob7838 I think hes on a crap team and he has character. But the core 4 will kill that now I think on it.

[@Briangoinpostal]

Hockey is the greatest sport ever.

[@Carolinafan85]

I dont blame him, comes back to find Tom Wilson just hanging out in his net , I would have also been pissed

[@aryan-ud1lw]

Very smart play to just take your time to get out of the net during play.

[@justinpoovathingal]

He was pushed face first into the back of the net and was about to whole seconds away from being up

[@enchanted2k797]

How clueless are you 😂😂😂😂

[@GregSchmidt711]

Merzlikins cow belled Wilson earlier and no call. He high sticker him on his way in the net. Merz had it in bad for Tom all night. Caps PR had the best tweet.

[@DDrums-Uroki-Po-Skype]

Не дал человеку из ворот вылезти)

[@d.b.q.p.1540]

клюшкой Вилсона отправил в сетку, и давай мутузить в ловушке, со стороны треш полный

[@frankcastle10]

ELVIS W-ERZLIKINS🥇 Put him in the HOF already, guy earned it. 🥵 The 2 most worth it minutes in history.

[@brookeg8774]

Kind of funny considering he didn't win

[@abefehr8892]

I laughed when I saw wilson acting hurt after the scrum 😂

[@coreywalters2265]

Dude took a stick to the face. Watch it again.

[@abefehr8892]

@@coreywalters2265 he looked just fine when he was going back and forth with Elvis. He was selling it

[@TheJaguarGod]

I suspect that was the adreneneline rush. If you were in pain, but someone started to punch you, the pain would be gone, and you would probably forget about the pain@@abefehr8892

[@bbmtge]

​@@abefehr8892A great kindergarten oriented reply.

[@soia421]

Damn that goalie was two seconds away from going to sleep and he could have brought his blocker

[@416Rival]

Wilson getting the beat down by a goalie is just way too good of content, not gonna live that one down buddy.

[@user-ci4si1sc4r]

Thanks from Alex Ovechkin:)

[@aleksandrshirk7882]

Такой хоккей нам нужен! 💯 👌🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@joeyo691]

This is the only kind of

[@Winged_Wagon_Nation]

Merzlikins for president

[@ryanbeatty3022]

The fact wilson didn’t get anything when he started that garbage by shoving him away from grabbing his stick in his net

[@brokl26]

100%

[@jeffhembd9471]

Feels like it was Elvis against the Capitals, against Wilson, against Vincent...basically Elvis against everyone. No one on the Blue Jackets have their goalies back?

[@brodi5367]

Elvis caused half his team to get their asses handed to them. Grats.

[@ErikZarins]

Paldies Elvis 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@williamnowacki]

About time a goaltender stands up to Wilson. Personally Wilson is still a goon

[@wedigleer3400]

Мерзликинс сам себя наказал.. парни выходили на голевую, он взял всё испортил. Ну хоть насмешил!

[@markus-fo2op]

give wilson 10 more seconds after he ripped his helmet off and merzlikins wouldve had to go back on the IR

[@user-bm6cm4ii3m]

1000%... Only before IR it will be the ER

[@droogiesouls8635]

Merzlikins was lucky Wilson didn’t get angry, just ask Panarin about jumping Wilson.

[@tonydesimone60]

Wilson is twice the size of Panarin, not a big deal

[@henryl5174]

Wilson’s not going to go full swings with a goalie; not necessary and silly. Willy learning to draw penalties is more valuable.

[@brianknocik]

What does the fox say?!

[@alexcarter5645]

Just pushed him back in the net lol 😭😭 bully style. Elvis had no chill

[@drewkoslow7754]

Wilson living rent free in the head of Elvis Merzlikens.

[@mikeyt3784]

To be fair, Wilson is truly one of the biggest douchebags in recent NHL history...

[@juckoosaurus]

the one time wilson is the innocent party

[@patrickdepew4976]

I'm shocked that Wilson would be involved in something like this. But it actually wasn't his fault this time. The Rangers still owe him a few receipts.

[@jenmareck8669]

TOM WILSON OWNS THE NY RANGERS.

[@nateputerbaugh5709]

Technically it wasn't his fault, but it was a response to Wilson running him over previously

[@Yyzg8716]

Good on Elvis gettin his shots in

[@conorcahill5422]

How can you praise a moment of sheer stupidity? He ended up costing his team a powerplay in OT, and it also resulted in his team LOSING to the Capitals.

[@Yyzg8716]

@@conorcahill5422 it’s Columbus lol there tanking so a loss is a win for them and it’s Tom Wilson any punch on him is a good one

[@gabrielrockman]

I don't know how Merzlikins didn't get a game misconduct for that...

[@patientmental875]

Because it was Wilson

[@chamakese55]

Interference by Wilson all day. He gets away with lots. Been getting away with late or dirty hits his whole career

[@mike8099m]

Wilson hit him first. And why is Wilson always in goalies nets anyways 😂😂😂😂

[@vedantbhalla2571]

@@mike8099m He got shoved watch the vid.

[@radiantpup5867]

@@chamakese55how is that interference? He’s going hard to the net gets pushed and merzlinkins won’t let him out of the net 😂

[@Eam55479]

Can we all agree Wilson was 3 seconds away from actually ripping Merzks head off and kicking it to the top deck

[@beerleagueeverything8030]

Worth it

[@tylerp4130]

Dumb way to lose a game. You take a penalty like that you better play otherworldly on the PK and stop everything.

[@riff5fki]

Elvis takes a stupid penalty because Wilson gets shoved into the net, costs the team the game. People still think Wilson plays the same as he did in 2015 when he holds back here to let Elvis sink the team on his own

[@trombaba]

💯💯 agreed. He is such a different player these last couple of seasons.

[@jeffstauffer34]

The Caps staring the losers down at the end - PRICELESS!

[@garymuhlenforth7251]

Very soft response from Columbus player's very soft that wilson is put his leg out into goalies rt pad while he was stretching out to make save could end his season and they just let him skate away

[@twinturbostang]

Wilson got tripped and shoved into the net. Merzlikins went nuts on him, and ultimately paid the price. Another win for the good guys!

[@pennythedog6605]

Goalie was having a great game too. What a bonehead move. This is why the blue jackets always miss the playoffs.

[@mike8099m]

This is actually the opposite reason of why they loose 😂😂

[@vedantbhalla2571]

@@mike8099m this cost them the game tho

[@alaindisk9704]

Wilson give him one punch and Merzlikins almost go to sleep 😂😂😂

[@leafsfanforever2896]

Dirty play until you realize that the player in question was *_Tom Wilson_*

[@HOLDFASTBEAR]

Wilson's an a-hole but he got shoved and punched twice before retaliating 💁🏼‍♂️ the whole thing was nonsense and Tom didn't necessarily start it for a change 😅

[@Rihardololz]

Hextall energy.

[@anoobis555]

Спасибо поржал😂

[@Doug-zl8nb]

Wilson didn't do anything It was their own player that pushed wilson in

[@Quad038]

Thanks Elvis. Gwg ovi

[@dornishraven1628]

They should have to put the goalie in the box and make the backup play if he does something stupid and gets a penalty like that.

[@patrickpghfan]

Well it is what it is. If it's bad enough the goalie gets the gate. It's the same for all and there's a scenario where you'd hate it if your teams goalie did something stupid but only a minor... Especially in an important game. But I'd agree in this case Wilson wasn't the jackass

[@mychannelstowatch9553]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Amsalja12]

So when is he becoming an oiler?

[@strim0387]

Gotta love the imagined offences Wilson haters are creating in the comments like we can't all see what actually happened in the video. Elvis flipped out over nothing and cost his team with a selfish penalty, which was arguably lenient for what he did. End of story.

[@SmartDew]

​@@randychase305yeah it should have been a misconduct and they should have been forced to put the backup in. But we'll take our Ovi game winner goal shoved up his rattled ass thank you

[@strim0387]

@@randychase305 Using the blocker to punch someone can be ruled a match penalty per the discretion of the referee. Therefore he got a lenient penalty in this case. Sorry you don’t like the rules tough guy.

[@joeyo691]

You’re silly for thinking anyone feels the need to justify enjoying seeing Tom Wilson get roughed up. Who cares what happened lol

[@jkliao6486]

@@joeyo691 That's why you lot are just haters. The more you lot exist, the more it shows why Wilson is a great player and deserves to wear that A on his jersey.

[@RabidGoldfish]

​@jkliao6486 you should use another word instead of lot. It's really designed to be used only once. More than that, the average person might deem you to be simple minded. And we wouldn't want that, would we?

[@v1oneshot69]

Probably got fined for that because he used his blocker to hit Tom

[@stephenchristian5739]

G D IT! REFS DECIDE GAME AGAIN! It happen the kings flyers bolts ..calling penalty in ot on 1 guy must b clear & absolute wilson shoved him 'didnt he was getting stick' but u hav to ask or look b 4 u call that sh*t

[@joestrunk9663]

Elvis is my hero Wilson had every intention of running into Elvis. We have had it with players like Wilson doing cheap shots his whole career .and when other players get fed up with it and react the get the penalty .games look fixed or rigged

[@brianschlaf7007]

The rare time when Tom Wilson isn’t in the wrong

[@georgerockwell3142]

Refs always doing what’s best protecting their favorite goon after when other players retaliate.

[@crunchycucumber7850]

I know there's lots of people glad to see Wilson get roughed up a bit, but seriously, what the heck????

[@curtiswhite6662]

lol for all his cheap stuff karma came back a smidge

[@gabrielrockman]

I'm a Caps fan, and I know that he deserves to get roughed up. But to give it to him in overtime and put your team shorthanded was really foolish. And to do it on a play where he didn't do anything dirty is also a bit foolish.

[@justusnixx]

@@gabrielrockman no caps fan wishes harm on Willy

[@joesavary6081]

Player safety / muck up will have a look at it, and probably wish they could get away with that aggravated assault

[@PinkHitMe]

This is the same team that had no problem with what gubradnson did

[@kevinblakeney8177]

Should be suspended. Hit him with the blocker tried to keep him pinned in the net to protect himself from getting a beat down. Lucky it’s a professional hockey game. Outside that or any arena that’s assault with a deadly weapon along with a few other charges the cops will put on paper to try and get a guy to plea.

[@rachelleehrman3703]

Maybe Wilson should have stayed in his side of the blue line.

[@dansteinbrook2687]

Binnington would have been raked through the coals for this…. 😂

[@robertlawson7329]

Merz gives him a hove and then goes to get his stick. Wilson give a couple of shots to Merz head instead of tryin to get up. 1:29 Just Wilson being Wilson Wilson has been a douche for a long time and has many many cheap shots to his name.

[@Descan26]

Im no Wilson fan but merk is lucky the refs got there when they did. The bear was about to come out.

[@tujaunevaretu3154]

Merk??

[@chasemorgan6400]

@@tujaunevaretu3154 Ole Gerkhin Merkin came out swinging in heavy pads to a guy wrapped up in a fishnet on the ground. Tom stood up like gherkin was made of toilet paper lol

[@PatHouseworth]

Sure Snowflake...let me guess, Biden Voter? @@chasemorgan6400