Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final was a lopsided affair in terms of the score, but it was a different story on the penalty sheet.
Things got out of hand in the third period of Thursday night’s contest, a 6-0 Pittsburgh win over the Nashville Predators that gave the Penguins a 3-2 series lead and an opportunity to hoist the Cup with a win in Sunday night’s Game 6.
Long before the third-period wildness even began, though, there was this scuffle between Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Predators defenceman P.K. Subban.
Then, in the second, there was the now-infamous bottle toss by Sid the Kid.
With the Predators already down 6-0 heading into the third, the powder keg was firmly in place, leading to this Royal Rumble:
Here’s a final tally of the damage, with the Predators amassing 52 PIMs in the third period, while the Penguins had 38.
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