The second period of the Minnesota Wild’s matchup with the Detroit Red Wings ended with a brawl on Thursday night, resulting in blood on the ice and a tease of a goalie fight.
The incident began as the clock winded down and the Wild pushed for a late goal. After Jonas Brodin’s last-second shot was stopped, both teams scuffled in front of the Red Wings net as Alex Nedeljkovic threw a head butt at Jordan Greenway.
Melee in Detroit, with Minnesota goalie Cam Talbot skating down the ice to join pic.twitter.com/LGX3qlKNVx
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 11, 2022
Replays showed Matt Dumba getting locked up with Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond. After being held down for several seconds, Dumba got up and took Raymond down again, smacking the back of his head on the ice and throwing several punches at Raymond.
Ugly stuff from Matt Dumba on rookie Lucas Raymond pic.twitter.com/e3MjfDC2PB
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 11, 2022
While Raymond’s blood formed a puddle outside of the crease, Cam Talbot raced down to defend his teammates. For a moment, it appeared that Talbot was ready to fight Alex Nedeljkovic but the two netminders were separated by the referees.
The incident resulted in multiple penalties which gave the Red Wings a two-minute power play to open the third period.
So far, Greenway and Dumba get two for roughing, Talbot two for leaving his crease.
Raymond two for roughing, Nedeljkovic two for headbutting
Nothing for NED leaving his crease and wailing on Greenway, which started that thing.
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) March 11, 2022
The Wild won the game 6-5 in a shootout.
