Brady Tkachuk slash sparks massive brawl leading to 10-player penalties

Video: Brady Tkachuk sparks massive brawl between Senators and Panthers resulting in 10-player suspension

Modified Nov 28, 2023 17:07 GMT

Chaos erupted during the Ottawa Senators' clash with the Florida Panthers on Monday night when Brady Tkachuk came out of the penalty box, around the seven-minute mark in the third period, received a puck from a Sens clearance and shot it right at Panthers' goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.

Tkachuk then slashed his stick at the skates of goalie Bobrovsky as he was skating away. Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov took exception to Brady's sticking and slashed the Sens captain with his stick to the boards.

Ryan Lomberg and Jonah Gadkovich then attacked Tkachuk on the boards in retaliation to his stick on Bobrovsky. This incited all the remaining players on the ice into a massive brawl, with each player taking on a different opponent:

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Tkachuk held his own against Panthers' Gadjovich and even landed fast right punches on him as the referees and linesmen tired to stop the fight. Meanwhile, the other four players from each team were holding each other off to let Tkachuk and Gadjovich go at each other.

As the two hotheads were chirping at each other, Tkachuk landed an unexpected right hook on Gadjovich, which angered the group again and led to more pushing and shoving.

Matthew Tkachuk was already serving his penalty for his fight with Jake Sanderson, a couple minutes ago.

The referee penalized Brady Tkachuk for two 2-minute penalties for goalie interference and roughing. In addition, all five players on both teams were handed game penalties:

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The Panthers led 4-0 in the third quarter when it all kicked off.