Historic goalie brawl erupts as Swayman and Vasilevskiy drop gloves in Stadium Series
In the Stadium Series at Raymond James Stadium, Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman and Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy dropped their masks and fought after a skirmish sparked when Swayman punched a Lightning forward following a poke on a covered puck. The bout, the first goalie fight in an NHL outdoor game, occurred with 8:59 left in the second period as Boston led 5-2, with Vasilevskiy responding and the two goalies exchanging punches at center ice. The incident came amid a recent uptick in goalie confrontations, following a Panthers-Sharks feud earlier in January and recalling the 2020 Talbot-Smith Battle of Alberta moment.