Often times when a team is getting its butt collectively kicked, teams will lash out to try and motivate their teammates. In this case it was the other way around.
Mark Scheifele skates through the offensive zone and is more or less mauled by Ryan Ellis. Everyone wants to get in on the fracas including Pekka Rinne, who didn’t have too much action on the evening.
After the initial melee is over with, the referee’s decide to put almost all of the players involved in the penalty box, an untraditional move but an effective tactic to make sure the teams calm down. The Predators ended up winning 7-0 and the Jets should immediately burn the tape of this game and promptly move on.
