Chaos ensued after Florida Panthers pest Matthew Tkachuk leveled Vegas Golden Knights star Jack Eichel with a big hit near the end of the second period of Monday night's Game 2.
Eichel appeared to be falling down in the lead-up to the hit. He went down the tunnel immediately afterward but was back on the bench for the third period.
In his first shift back from his brief exit, Eichel set up Jonathan Marchessault to restore the Golden Knights' four-goal lead less than two minutes after Anton Lundell got the Panthers on the board.
Jonathan Marchessault takes Eichel's pass to the net and fires one home to put Vegas back up by 4!#VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/w5TLmG0G75
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Tkachuk received a 10-minute misconduct, as well as two minutes for roughing Vegas forward Ivan Barbashev in the aftermath of the hit.
Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo and Panthers blue-liner Gustav Forsling were given minors for roughing as well.
Barbashev was also handed a 10-minute misconduct.
Heading into Monday's contest, Eichel led the Golden Knights with 20 points in 18 games this spring.
Tkachuk was assessed a 10-minute misconduct near the end of Game 1 after throwing punches in a scrum.
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