# Jacob Chychrun's vicious hit on Nick Cousins was somehow legal

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 11, 2026, 8:25 AM · Read it: <https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jacob-chychruns-vicious-hit-nick-142532485.html>

The Capitals defenseman hit the Senators forward so hard, but was it clean?

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- Nov 11, 2026, 8:25 AM: [Jacob Chychrun's vicious hit on Nick Cousins was somehow legal](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jacob-chychruns-vicious-hit-nick-142532485.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  The Capitals defenseman hit the Senators forward so hard, but was it clean?
- Nov 11, 2026, 9:18 AM: [Sens' Cousins out 7-10 days after legal hit from Caps' Chychrun](<https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/50452880/hit-capitals-chychrun-senators-cousins-deemed-clean>) — ESPN (Sports, United States)
  Senators forward Nick Cousins will be out for a week to 10 days following a thunderous hit by Capitals defenseman Jakob Chychrun that was ruled as legal during Tuesday night's game.