NHL goaltenders get into rare fight during Sharks' win over Panthers

Two NHL goalies dropped their gloves and swung their fists connected Monday night.

The brawl occurred successful the 3rd play of a crippled betwixt the San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers with the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions trailing 3-1.

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Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) and San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (33) propulsion down successful the 3rd play during a NHL crippled betwixt the San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers connected Jan. 19, 2026 astatine Amerant Bank Arena successful Sunrise, Florida. (Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Florida’s Sergei Bobrovsky saw a combat betwixt his teammates and Sharks players processing connected the different broadside of the crystal and skated down to propulsion hands with San Jose’s Alex Nedeljkovic. Fans successful Sunrise, Florida, changed "Bobby! Bobby!" arsenic the combat started to travel together.

The spot went wild. It didn’t look immoderate of the punches that were thrown landed. Bobrovsky yet fell to the crystal arsenic Nedeljkovic pinned him down.

San Jose yet wrapped up a 4-1 win. Nedeljkovic made 35 saves successful the victory.

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San Jose Sharks halfway Will Smith (2) celebrates with teammates aft scoring against the Detroit Red Wings during the archetypal play of an NHL hockey crippled Jan. 16, 2026, successful Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson, File)

"We’re starting to larn however we request to play," Sharks caput manager Ryan Warsofsky said, via NHL.com. "We’re not going to tiptoe into a game. We person to get onto the attack, we person to propulsion forward, and we’re a bully hockey team. That was truly the message, and the guys did that from the driblet of the puck."

Will Smith, Vincent Desharnais and Mario Ferraro each scored successful the 2nd play to get the Sharks implicit the top.

San Jose’s triumph spoiled the instrumentality of Matthew Tkachuk, who had been retired of enactment since Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final. He skated for astir 21 minutes and had 3 shots connected goal.

San Jose Sharks near helping William Eklund (72) looks connected successful the 2nd play during a NHL crippled betwixt the San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers connected Jan. 19, 2026 astatine Amerant Bank Arena successful Sunrise, Florida. (Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Eetu Luostarinen scored Florida’s lone goal.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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