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The 6-foot-7-inch, 255-pounder is rarely given the benefit of the doubt from referees when collisions, contact, and confrontations happen.

"Get out of my DMs and go to the rink to cheer for your team," the burly Bruins defenseman posted on his verified Instagram account. "That place was a library tonight."

Peace, love and hockey brawls. What can only be described as an all-out war ensued between the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders as the result of controversi

Things aren’t going well in Toronto. I don’t know if the club misses Mitch Marner (it wasn’t November when people were bitching about him), but right now, Craig Berube’s men have lost their bearings.

Domi was called for roughing, while Zadorov, who didn’t engage, went unpenalized. The Bruins scored on the ensuing power play, sparking Zadorov to chirp. “That felt good,” he said. “I let him know for sure.” Domi declined to engage the media.

Nikita Zadorov, a Russian defender of the Boston Bruins, became involved in a brawl in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 12, which broke out after his forceful reception against the opposing captain,