During the third period, Ryan Hartman made a pass to Kirill Kaprizov, and then proceeded to do a "reverse hit" on Nikolaj Ehlers, who was not expecting a hit at all, and was shaken up on the play:
Don't expect the Wild and Jets to make dinner plans.#mnwild pic.twitter.com/8a8QbwyAY4� Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) April 12, 2023
The Minnesota Wild then sent out enforcer Ryan Reaves the following shift to start some additional drama, which he did and ended up dropping the gloves with Adam Lowry.
#NHLJets coach Rick Bowness screaming at Dean Evason for sending out Ryan Reaves prior to the staged fight with Adam Lowry.
Again, Reaves should have been tossed from this game ages ago.
Incompetent Referees were complicit in the carnage that followed.� Mike McIntyre (@mikemcintyrewpg) April 12, 2023
Rick Bowness, the Winnipeg Jets head coach was not a fan of this, and challenged the Minnesota Wild's head coach Dean Evason to a fight, which Evason hilariously somewhat accepted.
Rick Bowness was looking for all the smoke and Dean Evason didn't seem opposed 👀#mnwild | #GoJetsGo pic.twitter.com/etHC2XKGrI� Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights (@HockeyDaily365) April 12, 2023
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Bowness | 31 | 44.9 % |
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