Oilers Defenseman Hit With $10,000 Fine After Chaotic Stanley Cup Final Fight Night Led To 6 Ejections

After a number of fists and crippled misconducts successful Game 3 of nan Stanley Cup Final, a further reward has been handed down.

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman was fined a full of $10,000 for some punching Matthew Tkachuk of nan Florida Panthers successful nan face, and squirting h2o connected nan Florida bench.

Tkachuk was held down by John Klinberg while Walman wailed astatine him.

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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Jake Walman skates pinch nan puck against nan Buffalo Sabres astatine KeyBank Center. (Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images)

Tkachuk is nary alien to getting into bouts connected nan biggest stage. As a personnel of Team USA, he dropped nan gloves astatine nan opening faceoff of nan 4 Nations crippled against Canada (his brother, Brady, fought his ain Panthers teammate, Sam Bennett).

So, erstwhile things sewage chippy during nan Panthers' blowout of nan Oilers, Tkachuk was prepared.

"We talked astir it successful nan third. If you person to return a punch successful nan face, return a punch successful nan face. If you person to return a cross-check, return a cross-check. Spear, slash successful nan face, immoderate nan lawsuit is, you’ve sewage to return it," Tkachuk said aft nan contest.

There were 140 punishment minutes successful nan contest, nan fourth-most successful Stanley Cup Final history. Walman's good was nan only 1 handed out.

The crippled was already 5-1 successful favour of Florida erstwhile things were getting much fierce connected nan ice. It reached a different level erstwhile Edmonton guardant Trent Frederic started to prime connected Bennett to nan constituent wherever he cross-checked him down to nan ice. Bennett retaliated pinch immoderate punches arsenic he sewage connected apical of Frederic. 

Edmonton Oilers correct helping Kasperi Kapanen heads to nan punishment container aft a conflict during nan 2025 Stanley Cup Final against nan Florida Panthers astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

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That first conflict led each subordinate connected nan crystal to find a partner to duel with, and nan referees simply fto nan brawl play itself out. The Oilers’ Darnell Nurse and nan Panthers’ Jonah Gadjovich clutched each other’s sweaters and were throwing haymakers, while Florida’s A.J. Greer dueled pinch Edmonton’s Mattias Ekholm.

After nan fights fizzled out, Nurse, Godjovich, Bennett, Frederic, Greer and Ekholm were each called for crippled misconducts and sent disconnected nan crystal for nan remainder of nan game. 

However, pinch astir half of nan 3rd play still to play, nan hostility betwixt these 2 teams vying for nan Lord Stanley’s Cup did not stop. It chiefly came from nan Oilers, arsenic Evander Kane was sent disconnected nan crystal for nan nighttime aft slashing Carter Verhaeghe successful nan look while he was down connected nan ice. 

More penalties would beryllium had arsenic nan timepiece kept ticking down, and astatine that point, some teams were conscionable hoping nary 1 would get wounded pinch overmuch of this bid near to play. Even astatine nan last buzzer, Oilers prima Corey Perry started jousting pinch aggregate Panthers players, arsenic fans threw debris onto nan ice.

Edmonton Oilers' Darnell Nurse and Florida Panthers' Jonah Gadjovich conflict during nan Stanley Cup Finals successful Sunrise, Florida, Monday, June 9, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

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The Final continues connected Thursday, pinch Florida, nan reigning champs, hosting Game 4 and holding each nan momentum. After Edmonton won Game 1 successful overtime, Brad Marchand recovered nan backmost of nan nett successful double overtime successful Game 2 to moreover up nan series.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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