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The NHL has fined Florida's Anton Lundell and Tampa Bay's Scott Sabourin for their actions during Saturday night's game between the Panthers and Lightning.
In the third period, the Lightning crossed the line once again when Scott Sabourin, who seems to always get called up from the AHL to face the Panthers, unleashed an egregious slash on Niko Mikkola before trying to throw down with Forsling.
The Tampa Bay Lightning visited the Florida Panthers for their final trip to Sunrise of the season (the regular season at least), on Saturday night.
The NHL fined Florida's Anton Lundell and Tampa Bay's Scott Sabourin for their actions in Saturday's game between the Panthers and Lightning, one where the teams combined for the highest penalty total the league has seen since 2011.
The Lightning fell behind at 5:37 of the first when the Panthers benefited from two fortunate bounces around the Tampa Bay net. The puck twice caromed off Lightning players before ending up on the stick of Eetu Luostarinen in the slot. He swatted it in to open the scoring.
The Bolts come out of the holiday break with their third straight victory and second of the season vs. their state rival.
Tampa Bay Lightning forward Scott Sabourin and Florida Panthers forward Anton Lundell both received fines from the NHL's department of player safety on Sunday.
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Hagel hasn’t played since the Lightning’s last game against Florida on Dec. 15, when he was knocked out of the matchup by an uncalled high elbow to the head area from Panthers defenseman Seth Jones. That marked the third time since April Hagel had been knocked out of a game by a Panthers player.