Three in the West

A slow night in the East led to a semi-busy night in the West with three scraps on Tuesday. The easy pick for “Fight of the Night” (and possibly Fight of the Week) was Garth Murray and Eric Nystrom‘s toe-to-toe battle in Phoenix that also featured one of the weirdest starts to a fight in some time.

Following a faceoff at center ice late in the first period of Coyotes–Flames, Murray and Nystrom dropped the gloves at the same time Daniel Carcillo and Brandon Prust did. Murray and Nystrom wound up having a go, while Carcillo and Prust were separated after squaring off.

In other action, former Lightning teammates exchanged blows in Predators–Canucks as Nick Tarnasky took on Shane O’Brien and Ryane Clowe completed a Gordie Howe hat trick with a third period bout against Erik Reitz in Wild–Sharks.

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Erik Reitz vs Ryane Clowe Nov 4, 2008
Nick Tarnasky vs Shane O’Brien Nov 4, 2008
Garth Murray vs Eric Nystrom Nov 4, 2008
Stu Grimson vs Marty McSorley Nov 19, 1992
Stu Grimson vs Marty McSorley Nov 19, 1992

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