And Reaves? He signed 16-by-20 inch copies of a photograph that show Wilson dazed on the ice as Reaves is escorted away, posts on social media indicated. On each picture, Reaves wrote the message he gave reporters after Tuesday’s game: “He ran into a lion in the jungle.”

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Inscriptagraphs, a Las Vegas-based memorabilia dealer, called the photos the “must have Christmas Gift of the Year” in a since-deleted tweet and Instagram post. Though apparently, no one will be getting them.

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Vegas Golden Knights spokesman Eric Tosi said in an email the photos “were not distributed and they have been destroyed.”

Inscriptagraphs removed the signed photographs from its website and eBay on Thursday evening. Representatives from the company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reaves’s agent also could not be reached.

Wilson and Reaves, both physical players, have a history with one another. The pair have fought twice in their careers, both times when Reaves played for St. Louis.

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Reaves was assessed a five-minute major for interference Tuesday and was ejected for the hit on Wilson, but was not suspended.

“Reaves targeted him the entire game,” Reirden said Tuesday. “You could hear it on every faceoff. You could hear the things that were being said. It’s a blind-side hit where an unsuspecting player hits his head on the ice. That’s disappointing. You could put two and two together, but he targeted him the entire game, so you can figure that out from there.”

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The Capitals face the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night and visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Staff writer Isabelle Khurshudyan contributed to this report.