Whether you're for it or against it, we all knew this was coming.

As is tradition in hockey circles, the Los Angeles Kings sought retribution versus Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk in their first meeting since the rookie earned a two-game suspension for an elbow to the head of defenseman Drew Doughty.

After a small fracas in warmup and one failed fight attempt, Kings blue-liner Brayden McNabb dropped the gloves with Tkachuk early in the first period in an effort to put the feud to rest.

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