The best thing about playoff hockey is that players you may not expect to get into a heated exchange usually do.
Sure, there are the usual suspects like Ryan Kesler, but Phil Kessel and Jay Beagle getting into a war of words during the Penguins and Capitals second round series was unexpected.
In terms of on ice exchanges, hockey fans were treated to one Monday night during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final between the Sens and Pens.
Late in the third before a faceoff with Pittsburgh up 1-0, Evgeni Malkin and Kyle Turris got into it, and it ultimately ended with Malkin being kicked out of the circle.
The faceoff was pretty important considering it was a one-goal game and the Sens still had some time left, but in the end that obviously didn't matter as the Penguins held on to even the series.
Safe to say, though, that Malkin versus Turris as a matchup to keep an eye on as the series shifts back to Ottawa for the next two games of the series.
(H/T: Evgeni Malkin's Ego)
