Lindgren’s Big Hit On Bouchard Turns USA-Canada Into a Bad Mood Game

Ryan Lindgren’s hit on Evan Bouchard is the kind of moment that instantly changes a game’s temperature and gets everybody in the building talking. In a USA-Canada matchup, every collision gets replayed about 47 times, and this one lands with the kind of force that makes coaches wince and fans lean forward. The story is less about one blow than what it says about the tone both teams are trying to set when the stakes are this loud.