Igor Shesterkin goes after Brady Tkachuk during a scurm- Source: Imagn

Chaos ensued between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night after Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin went after Senators forward Brady Tkachuk in the third period.

The incident occurred after Tkachuk tried to score on a rebound from Ridly Greig’s shot, making contact with Shesterkin, who appeared to be in pain after the collision.

Immediately, Rangers players Matt Rempe and Ryan Lindgren surrounded Tkachuk, while Shane Pinto joined the scrum in defense of his teammate.

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As Shesterkin got up, seemingly injured from the contact, he skated toward Tkachuk looking to confront him before referees intervened to separate the two.

Igor Shesterkin received a penalty for leaving the crease as a goalie, while Tkachuk was called for interference. Both Tkachuk and Rempe received double roughing penalties for their roles in the scrum. Moreover, Pinto was called for roughing against Lindgren.

The Rangers went on to secure a 5-0 shutout victory over the Senators. Alexis Lafreniere, Will Cuylle, Arthur Kaliyev, Artemi Panarin and Matt Rempe scored for New York, while Shesterkin stopped all 20 shots he faced.

On the other side, Leevi Merilainen allowed three goals on 21 shots before being replaced by Anton Forsberg, who made six saves in relief.

Rangers Igor Shesterkin on his alterication with Brady Tkachuk

After the game, Igor Shesterkin discussed the incident with Brady Tkachuk. Igor Shesterkin explained that he took a couple of punches from Tkachuk and wasn’t happy about the hit.

“I got a couple of punches from Tkachuk. To be honest, it just was a hit on me and I don’t really enjoy that because I was between the pipe and him,” Shesterkin said. “I didn’t want to jump there, but I saw he got in between our guy and their guy, so I just tried to hold him, but he wanted to fight.”

Shesterkin added that he couldn’t drop his gloves to fight because it would send him to the locker room, joking that if he had allowed a goal, he might have gone for the fight instead.

When asked about Shesterkin entering the scrum, Rangers coach Peter Laviolette smiled and simply said, “That’s hockey, man.” The Rangers will quickly move on from the incident as they next face the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.