Huge scrum breaks out during Panthers-Senators game as referee issues misconducts to 'every player on the ice'

Things got chippy in the third period of Monday's contest

By Chris Bengel Nov 28, 2023 at 11:29 am ET• 2 min read

Game misconducts are a fairly common occurrence during an NHL game, but every player on the ice receiving one is a completely different story. During the third period of Monday's game between the Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators, referee Garrett Rank revealed that "every player on the ice has a 10-minute misconduct among other penalties."

Midway through the third period, a scrum occurred when Senators star Brady Tkachuk barreled into Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. After Tkachuk made contact with Bobrovsky, several Panthers went after Tkachuk behind the net.

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The game had been a powder keg prior to this scrum. There was nearly a benches-clearing brawl toward the end of the second period. Early in the third period, Senators forward Zack MacEwen was ejected for delivering a hit to the head of Panthers star forward Matthew Tkachuk. Tkachuk even got into a fight with Senators defenseman Jake Sanderson prior to that.

With eight minutes remaining in the game, those 10 players receiving their walking papers. The Panthers lost Jonah Gadjovich, Kevin Stenlund, Ryan Lomberg, Dmitry Kulikov and Oliver Ekman-Larsson, while the Senators were without Tkachuk, Erik Brannstrom, Rourke Chartier, Travis Hamonic and Drake Batherson.

"Just a hockey game," Panthers coach Paul Maurice said regarding the abundance of misconducts. "You can't play light in the game. Both teams want to win. You get a little snarly. That was fun. It's good."