There’s no love misplaced between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers. An enormous, multi-player combat broke out with beneath 9 minutes left within the third interval of Recreation 2, with all 10 skaters throwing haymakers from each angle.
It kicked off on account of two separate incidents on the identical play. The primary occurred within the slot, as Justin Brazeau of the Bruins cross checked Eetu Luostarinen within the again, earlier than the Panthers instigated their very own combat near the web when Oliver Ekman-Larsson shoved James van Riemsdyk.
Of the 2 incidents it was the meat with van Riemsdyk which caught essentially the most consideration, resulting in everybody getting concerned and swinging — earlier than refs finally separated the groups.
It is a case of oil meets water between these groups. Boston are the harder, extra bodily crew — whereas Florida is extra of a finesse, offensive crew who really feel the necessity to assert themselves in order that they don’t get run over. That is intensified by the actual fact these groups merely actually don’t like one another.
The Panthers eradicated the Bruins in a brutal seven sport collection throughout the 2022-23 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and dangerous will appears to be carrying over. With the collection now tied at 1-1 after Florida delivered the Bruins an embarrassing 6-1 loss in Recreation 2, it may result in extra fireworks when these groups take the ice once more.
