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Videos- Nastiness On Display Between The Calgary Flames And San Jose Sharks

01/01/2019 at 6:48am EST

from Eric Francis of Sportsnet,

The Sharks were angry Tkachuk hit Erik Karlsson high late in the night, causing bleeding.

Sam Bennett was steamed he’d been hit in the groin by goalie Aaron Dell.

It was a late hit in the final minute by an emotional Bennett on an unsuspecting Radim Simek, followed immediately by a Bennett-Barclay Goodrow fight, that had the Sharks really simmering. And the crowd rockin’.

“Predatory,” said Sharks coach Pete DeBoer of a clean, hard hit that will be looked at by the league as it was clearly late.

“It’s kind of gutless at the end,” added Joe Pavelski....

Evander Kane tried ringing the bell first, by jumping Tkachuk late in a frustrating loss that ended his night.

“He hits our best defenceman high in the face, Erik Karlsson’s bleeding,” said Kane of a game that was 5-4 Flames early in the third.

“At that point in the game it was close. And then there’s a lot of chatter. The game’s changed a lot from when I came in 10 years ago. There wouldn’t be as much talk. There’d be a little more action. I wanted to kind of make sure there was a little bit more action than just talk.

“I saw the replay (of the Bennett hit). Boy, it’s funny. Like I said, there’s a lot of talk and then I leave the game and guys get a little taller out there.”

more and below, videos of the action plus game highlights of Calgry's 8-5 win over San Jose...

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