During the first half of the second period, Pezzetta delivered a nasty hit against the Leafs' David Kampf. This hit resulted in Reaves challenging Pezzetta to a fight to pay for what he did to his teammate.
When the fight started, things seemed to be pretty equal between the two, until Reaves' superior strength took over, causing him to end the fight rather quickly.
Take a look at the replay of the fight:
It seems that Reaves wasn't finished after the fight, here is footage of him chirping Pezzetta from the penalty box after McMann scored:
Auston Matthews can be seen reacting to the fight in the following clip, it appears that he found the fight entertaining:
It is clear from watching the replays that Reaves did not hold back during the fight, delivering punch after punch once he realized that he outmatched his opponent. He was even taunting the Canadiens bench as he was escorted to the penalty box. Would he have been so bold if the Sherrif, Xhekaj, was around and not injured?
POLL | ||
AVRIL 6 | 100 ANSWERS Ryan Reaves fights and destroys Michael Pezzetta Do you think Reaves would have been less bold in fighting Pezzetta if Xhekaj was around? | ||
Yes | 49 | 49 % |
No | 51 | 51 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Zachary Werenski | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Sean Monahan | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Jesper Bratt | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Jack Hughes | - | 3 | 3 | |
Nikita Kucherov | - | 3 | 3 | |
Mackenzie Weegar | - | 3 | 3 | |
Kent Johnson | 2 | - | 2 | |
Alexander Wennberg | 2 | - | 2 | |
Mitchell Chaffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Matthew Coronato | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Marcus Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Nick Foligno | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Conor Geekie | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Brandon Hagel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Stefan Noesen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Igor Sharangovich | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Dmitry Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 19 | 16 | 3 | - | 32 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |