GIF: Canadiens' Prust sends Henrik Lundqvist tumbling in open-ice collision

by Justin Cuthbert
James Guillory / USA TODAY Sports

Brandon Prust was always going to win this one. 

The sandpapered Montreal Canadiens forward renewed acquaintances with a former mate in open ice Sunday, standing up Henrik Lundqvist and sending the New York Rangers goaltender tumbling backwards. 

(Courtesy: City)

The contact was incidental, but the response, of course, was fixed. Prust immediately had to drop the gloves with Kevin Klein to atone for his bump. 

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