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Watch Senators, Canadiens Game 3 line brawl a.k.a ‘center ice war’ (Fight Video)

The nasty, tense series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators – from gruesome injuries to zoological taunts – finally exploded in the third period of Game 3, right after the host Senators took a 4-1 lead.

Ladies and gents, we give you a Stanley Cup Playoffs line brawl:

Yeah, not exactly unpredictable this would happen given the personnel on the ice after Kyle Turris’s goal. Lots of waves to the crowd and victory laps from the Senators, given the score.

As the video shows, Zack Smith of Ottawa gave Ryan White a cross-check off the faceoff, which prompted White to give him a two-handed slash to the thigh. Jared Cowan skated over to take on White and then everyone started to dance.

The penalty fallout from the brawl; the names in parentheses are the players that were fouled or fought:

07:04 OTT Jared Cowen : Fighting - 5 min (Ryan White)
07:04 OTT Jared Cowen : Fighting - 5 min (Ryan White)
07:04 MTL Ryan White : Fighting - 5 min (Jared Cowen)
07:04 MTL Francis Bouillon : Fighting - 5 min (Zack Smith)
07:04 OTT Zack Smith : Fighting - 5 min (Francis Bouillon)
07:04 OTT Chris Neil : Fighting - 5 min (Travis Moen)
07:04 MTL Travis Moen : Fighting - 5 min (Chris Neil)
07:04 OTT Chris Phillips : Fighting - 5 min (Jarred Tinordi)
07:04 MTL Jarred Tinordi : Fighting - 5 min (Chris Phillips)
07:04 OTT Matt Kassian : Fighting - 5 min (Colby Armstrong)
07:04 MTL Colby Armstrong : Fighting - 5 min (Matt Kassian)
07:04 MTL Ryan White served by Michael Ryder : Slashing - 2 min (Zack Smith)
07:04 MTL Francis Bouillon : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 MTL Ryan White : Misconduct - 10 min
07:04 MTL Travis Moen : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 OTT Zack Smith : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 OTT Chris Neil : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 OTT Jared Cowen : Misconduct - 10 min
07:04 OTT Chris Phillips : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 MTL Jarred Tinordi : Game misconduct - 10 min
07:04 MTL Colby Armstrong : Game misconduct - 10 min

We have but one regret: That we didn’t get to see the Chris Neil vs. Brandon Prust fight that seems to be simmering through three games.

Moments later, P.K. Subban jumped Turris for a fight, leading to some very short benches:

08:31 MTL Rene Bourque : Roughing - 2 min (Cory Conacher)
08:31 OTT Cory Conacher : Roughing - 2 min (Rene Bourque)
08:31 MTL P.K. Subban : Instigator - 2 min (Kyle Turris)
08:31 OTT Kyle Turris : Fighting - 5 min (P.K. Subban)
08:31 MTL P.K. Subban : Fighting - 5 min
08:31 MTL P.K. Subban : Game misconduct - 10 min

Old time hockey!