Vegas and Utah got into it along the boards on Thursday night, and Jack Eichel put up three points in a 5-4 overtime win.
Some WWE in Vegas tonight, Cole Bagley posted along with the clip.
The penalty sheet came out tamer than the footage. Sixteen penalty minutes between the two clubs.
Dmitry Simashev and Gabe Smith took 4 apiece for Utah. Nobody on either side picked up a fighting major.
Eichel scored and added two assists. That's the part that actually decided the night.
Shea Theodore handed out three helpers of his own. Mark Stone finished with a goal and an assist.
Tomas Hertl, Victor Olofsson and Jeremy Lauzon got the rest of the Vegas goals.
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Wild WWE-style scrum breaks out in Vegas-Utah thriller
Kevin Stenlund put up three assists for Utah in the loss.
Artyom Duda, Zachary Jones, Tomas Lavoie and Liam O'Brien scored the Utah goals.
Sebastian Cossa faced 35 shots in that net and stopped 30 of them.
Adin Hill took the win at the other end with 17 saves on 21.
Mitch Marner picked up an assist and 2 penalty minutes across 19:27.
Vegas is 3-0 through the exhibition schedule. Utah sits at 1-1-1.
San Jose visits Vegas on Saturday. Colorado heads to Utah the same afternoon.
Ryan Craig has his group unbeaten so far. Andre Tourigny is still sorting his.
That's the last week of September in a nutshell. Rosters get cut, tempers run short, and the officials put most of it away quietly.
Cossa's 35 shots tell you more about that game than any of the shoving did.
Utah pushed a team that hasn't lost yet to overtime on the road.
So what was any of it worth? A scrum that ends in roughing minors works like an argument that never leaves the raised-voice stage. Loud for the room, finished before it becomes anything.
Vegas got two points that don't count. Both clubs have a roster due Monday, which is the only scoreboard left this week.
Do preseason scrums like that one actually mean anything?
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