Matt Martin is usually willing to drop his gloves and rarely crosses the etiquette line that exists among enforcers. He delivered a handful of extra punches to the back of Oilers defenseman Eric Gryba’s head in a third-period bout on Sunday, sending a not-so-subtle message that the rules must be followed, even in an 8-1 rout.
A period earlier Zack Kassian had been looking for a fight and decided that Thomas Hickey, a 5-10 non-fighting defenseman, was a good target for the 6-3 Kassian. Brian Strait, another non-fighter, stepped in and took some lumps from Kassian, who earned 19 penalty minutes.