Thursday night's Arizona Coyotes-Tampa Bay Lightning game at Amalie Arena began with punches being thrown, the Coyotes' main fighter Liam O'Brien going toe-to-toe with the Lighting's Pat Maroon.
Surely O'Brien was only trying to do his part to energize his teammates into better play, and ultimately the Coyotes' first win. It didn't fully work out that way in the Coyotes' 5-1 loss the defending Stanley Cup champions.
"We're a proud group. We want to win. I think we started the game well," Coyotes head coach André Tourigny said. "We need to find a way to get our groove from the get-go, right from the first shift.