OREANDA-NEWS  Nikita Zadorov, a Russian defender of the Boston Bruins National Hockey League (NHL), staged a mass brawl in the away match of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season against the New York Islanders.

The match took place on the night of November 5 and ended with a score of 4:3 in favor of the guests. Victor Arvidsson, Pavel Zaha, and Russian striker Marat Khusnutdinov scored goals for the winners.

In the second period, the Russian forward pushed Islanders defender Matthew Schaefer against the board, after which he fell to his knees. Zadorov then punched him in the face and knocked him onto the ice, which led to a mass brawl.

As a result, the hockey player received six minutes of penalty time. Of these, two minutes are for attacking a player who does not own the puck, and four minutes are for unsportsmanlike behavior.

Earlier, Zadorov became the leader of the National NHL regular season in the number of penalty time. The player earned 145 penalty minutes in 81 regular season matches.