It was rough, for a preseason game. In September, 2009, the Calgary Flames and the New York Islanders battled to a 4-4 tie in a game loaded with hits (one of which ended with an Islanders player wheeled off the ice in a stretcher) and fights. By the end of regulation, the score was 4-4. Overtime settled nothing.
Enter Theoren Fleury. The Flames former captain, and at that time all-time leading scorer, stepped onto the ice and absolutely undressed Islanders goaltender Martin Biron. It gave the Flames the win that night. But it did so much more.