Sabres vs Senators rematch on Saturday

Saturday night had the rematch that everyone was looking forward to. Although it didn't have another line brawl, it had some more rough stuff including two spirited hockey fights. The first was between Andrew Peters and Brian McGrattan. Wade Redden put down a Sabres player with a good hit and Peters came over to Redden and they had some words. McGrattan came over to Peters and they dropped the gloves and had a heavyweight bout. I would give it a draw, Peters landed a big punch at the start of it and McGrattan came back at the end. Watch the video below of this fight. Later in the second period a Sabres player hit a Senators player. Chris Neil didn't like that and went at the Sabres player and pushed him. The Sabres player looked like he exaggerated the push as he threw his body backwards onto the ice, which brought Adam Mair over to Neil. Neil and Mair got a hold of each other and Neil dropped the gloves. Mair then dropped his gloves and they went at it. Not many punches landed by either guy and I gave that one a draw.

Andrew Peters vs Brian McGrattan

In the Sharks-Flames game, Mark Bell and Wayne Primeau had a fight where Bell landed a big punch that cut Primeau over his right eye. Win to Bell in that one. In the Capitals-Devils game, John Erskine and Cam Janssen had a long fight where both guys traded punches. I gave that one a draw because there was no clear winner. In the Avalanche-Kings game, Ian Laperriere and Tom Kostopoulos had a quick non-eventful fight where not many punches were thrown as they had balance issues. Laperriere now has 15 fighting majors and leads the NHL in that stat. As of right now Andrew Peters is second on that list with 14 fighting majors. Cam Janssen and George Parros are tied for third with 13 fighting majors.

In the Blue Jackets-Rangers game we had another heavyweight fight between Jody Shelley and Colton Orr. Shelley wanted to go as he gave Orr the stick so they dropped the gloves and right away Orr threw some big rights that looked to stun Shelley for a second. They exchanged punches, both getting shots in on each other, but Orr got the better as after the fight Shelley had blood on his nose. That fight was Orr's 12th fight was of the season and Shelley's 11th fight of the season. Watch the video of this heavyweight fight below.

Jody Shelley vs Colton Orr