Overview
- The confrontation began when Detroit’s Mason Appleton flipped the puck toward an empty net as time expired.
- Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick left the bench to confront Appleton and threw punches with his blocker and glove, according to reports.
- Both benches emptied into a sprawling scrum involving roughly 50 players that engulfed the Rangers’ end before tempers cooled.
- No league discipline or follow-up action had been announced at the time of publication.
- Detroit won 2-1 at Madison Square Garden on goals by Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond, with Cam Talbot stopping 18 shots and Jonathan Quick making 40 saves.