Jeannot pumps up his Lightning after feeding the smaller Friedman his lunch in fight

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Matt Garland
October 20, 2023 (10:47)

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The fans in attendance at the Amalie Arena in Tampa were treated to a very physical game with a total of 32 hits thrown between the Lightning and Vancouver Canucks.

With the score 2-1 Canucks in the second period, Lightning winger Tanner Jeannot crashed the front of the net looking for a rebound leading to a scrum in front of the goal. Canucks defenceman Mark Friedman and Jeannot end up dropping the gloves.

The 6'2 220lb Jeannot landed a nice uppercut on the 5'11 185 lb Friedman to start things off, rag dolling the smaller man. Jeannot ended it with a shot to the back of the Friedman's head causing him to collapse to the ice.

Jeannot feeding Friedman his lunch in the fight has energized Tampa. The Lightning bounced back to score two goals to take the lead 3-2 before the end of the second.

Tampa didn't give up the lead from that point on, finishing the game with a 4-3 victory. The Lightning move to a record of 2-2-1 on the season without their backbone Andrei Vasilevskiy. The star netminder's replacement Jonas Johansson haven't been great in his four starts, posting a 3.53 GAA and .894 save percentage but the team is still managing to remain .500 to begin the new campaign.