Tonight’s game, while equally important to any other game didn’t feel like it’d end up being a grudge match. Two teams in the same division, one at the top and the other at the bottom, while they have history did they historically have a rivalry? Before tonight’s game I’d probably have told you no, but something was in the air tonight between these two Metropolitan clubs. The next generation for both squads are picking up their respective mantles and finding reasons to remember each other. This was a chippy one, let’s break it down.
1st Period
The two teams were trading chances and opportunities when just over halfway through the period, Trouba delivered a clean open ice hit.