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Chaos Erupts in Bruins and Jets Game

Chaos erupted in a recent contest between the Boston Bruins and Winnipeg Jets.

Jacob Punturi

Dec 10, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry (17) fights Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov (91) during the third period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: Terrence Lee-Imagn Images
Dec 10, 2024; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry (17) fights Boston Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov (91) during the third period at Canada Life Centre. Mandatory Credit: Terrence Lee-Imagn Images / Terrence Lee-Imagn Images
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The Winnipeg Jets and Boston Bruins met in Winnipeg for an intra-conference matchup. Heading into the contest, the belief was that this would be a competitive and spirited tilt between two Stanley Cup hopefuls. But that game turned out to be anything but that.

The Jets and Bruins started their game playing hockey, but it eventually devolved into something closer to a beer league scrimmage by the midway point of the third period. The contest was close through the first two periods, but as the Jets pulled away and began their run of five unanswered goals in the final frame, chaos erupted.

After Jets forwards Alex Iafallo, Mark Scheifele, and Gabe Vilardi extended the team's lead to 6-1 with 12 minutes left in the third, it seemed to let the flood gates open. It started with Bruins' power forward Trent Frederic dropped the mitts with the Jets' David Gustafsson. The two squared off for a lightning quick bout, as Frederic landed a quick punch on Gustafsson's chin and dropped him to the ice.

As the officials and trainers tended to Gustafsson and got him off the ice safely, another fight broke out during the same stoppage. Bruins forward Marek Kastelic and Jets defenseman Logan Stanley dropped the gloves for what Bleacher Report Open Ice called a "spirited tilt." And that was an extremely accurate way of putting it, as each landed blows while spinning each other around.

On the ensuing face-off, both sides felt like there was unresolved physicality. In response, each team's largest player squared off for the main event of the evening. Jets' captain Adam Lowry and bruising Bruins defender Nikita Zadorov traded punches to finish up the third and final fight of the contest.

All in all, it was an absurd game in Winnipeg. The teams combined for nine goals, but the Jets dominated the Bruins by a score of 8-1. They also combined for 66 penalty minutes in what turned out to be one of the most chaotic games of the NHL season.

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