After Game 1, it was evident that this series --like several others-- would be a testy affair to say the least. There were several scrums & dust-ups, as per usual. Matthew Tkachuk dumped John Klingberg:
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John Klingberg called Rasmus Andersson out personally after this fight:
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Then Johnny Gaudreau failed to hear the ref's whistle & shot the puck in the net while the play was dead. Stars players naturally took issue & let it be known. Rather than let Klingberg get the first lick, Matthew Tkachuk made sure to lock him up first:
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This series was always going to get nasty & it hasn't disappointed.