It did not take long to fly his fists in the battle of Ontario.
The Maple Leafs and the senators entered multiple remains at the end of the 6-2 house victory of Toronto game 1 on Sunday night in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
At the end of a ugly night in which Ottawa cools three goals of the power game, the senators and Leafs began to push and push themselves after a whistle with 43.7 seconds remaining in the game.
Max Domi de Toronto, son of Conforcer Tie, got an uppercut in the duration of Adam Gaudette de Ottawa.
A total of 12 penalties were delivered, six each, after the referees finally restored order.
The order did not last long, since striker Sens Shane Pinto began throwing blows to the defense of the leafs, Chris Tanev after the final horn.
“It was intense,” the Leafs star, John Tavares, told the journalists, whose power game put Toronto 3-1 early in the second, he told the journalists after the game. “The battle of Ontario is called for a reason. Hard game. But we know that we can still be much better.”
There were probably some nerves for the senators, who were playing in their first playoff game since game 7 of the final of the conference this 2017.
And although they will need to stay out of the penalty box, they will also need more of the goalkeeper Linus Ullmark, the winner from time to time, who did not observe to calm the concerns about his postseason struggles by allowing six goals in 24 shots.
“I really like our goalkeeper. He is a great goalkeeper,” said the chief coach of the senators, Travis Green.
Toronto will seek to take an advantage of 2-0 on Tuesday night before Ottawa organizes games 3 and 4 on Thursdays and Saturdays.
