Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson was injured Tuesday night when he was sent to the ice on a late, crushing hit by the Vegas Golden Knights' Ryan Reeves.

Briefly Thursday, a photo of that incident, signed by Reaves, appeared on the website of the Las Vegas-based memorabilia dealer Inscriptagraphs. The item later was taken down on the website and on eBay.

A screen grab of the 16x20 photo sent to the Capitals blog Russian Machine Never Breaks showed Reaves' signature and the inscription: "He ran into a lion in the jungle."

"The photos were not distributed and they have been destroyed," Golden Knights spokesman Eric Tosi told USA TODAY Sports by email.

According to the blog, a caption touting the photo read: "This photo is a must have photo for all VGK fans as it is from when Ryan laid out Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson on December 4, 2018! In addition, Ryan hand inscribed this photo “he ran into a lion in the jungle”: which is the quote he said after the game about the incident in which Ryan was ejected out of the game for!"

The Athletic reported that Reaves did sign the photos and later called Inscriptagraphs to have them destroyed when he realized it was in bad taste.

Ryan Reaves says he did sign the pictures of his hit on Tom Wilson. He later realized it was in bad taste, so he called the memorabilia store back and told them to destroy them. None of the photos were sold. #VegasBorn⁠ ⁠

Wilson's helmet popped off and he fell face first on the ice after the hit. Reaves received an interference major and a game misconduct on the play, but didn't get any further discipline from the league.

Wilson, in his 11th game back from a 14-game suspension (his fourth suspension in the past two seasons) for a preseason head hit, was wobbly as he left the game, didn't return and missed Thursday's game with a concussion.