Head coach John Tortorella was ejected in the first period, and multiple Flyers dropped the gloves as they fell to the Lightning.
The Lightning struck multiple times — four, to be exact — on their way to a 7-0 win against the Flyers. There was also a heavyweight bout between Nic Deslauriers and Austin Watson.
But then Ronnie Attard was called for tripping on a questionable call — so questionable that one of the referees originally called it a penalty on Lightning forward Mikey Eyssimont. During the Flyers penalty kill, Garnet Hathaway got a 10 minute misconduct for shoving Anthony Cirelli during a stoppage of play while headed to a defensive zone face-off.John Tortorella
, who many have commented has seemed to soften a tad this season, went off on referee Wes McCauley. Tortorella could be seen yelling after the goal, seeming to blame the referee.was pulled for Felix Sandström. Tortorella then appeared to say, “I’m not going. I’m staying right here,” as he pointed to the bench.
Tortorella finally left, after much consternation and expletives, and the game continued. But things didn’t get any better for the Flyers. Although they mustered 25 shots, only a handful were quality scoring chances. They were dominated by a team that was coming off a 6-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Thursday and were surely looking for a little revenge after a 6-2 loss to the Orange and Black at the Wells Fargo Center on Feb. 27.
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