The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals combined for 72 penalty minutes in the first 4:14 of their game on Wednesday night, their first meeting after Capitals forward Tom Wilson injured Rangers star Artemi Panarin earlier this week.
There were six separate fights to start the game, including a line brawl one second after the opening faceoff. Both teams put out forwards from their bottom six to open the game. For the Capitals, it was Nic Dowd, Carl Hagelin and Garnet Hathaway fighting the Rangers' Kevin Rooney, Colin Blackwell and Phillip Di Giuseppe respectively.