For those who missed it, here is video of the altercations (to say the least) between Steve Downie, Alex Ovechkin and Matt Bradley from tonights Tampa Bay Lightning / Washington Capitals matchup.
A solid hit turns into bad blood… And then bad blood boils over… That’s all I can say about this.
We’ll be looking for the entire incident in a better video through the day, but let me give you the video from the NHL on the initial hit that started the entire Ovie/Downie affair:
Another Update: The Sun Sports video of what happened after Downie and Ovie left the box (basically a continuation of what you saw above in the NHL.com video). Hat tip to Taiter in comments and Hockeyfights.com:
