Playoff Rivalries – Western Conference Round 1

To help you get into the spirit of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs we thought we’d put together a little list of the top three fights ever (thankfully the Sharks and Golden Knights have fought at least once) on Hockeyfights.com (rated by you the fans) between the two teams. PLUS this season’s top 5 fights from each team based on how many fights they had.

Who do you have taking each matchup?

Calgary Flames vs Colorado Avalanche

Top Fights ever:

3. Patrick Bordeleau vs Brian McGrattan

2. David Koci vs Brian McGrattan

1. Francois Leroux vs Sandy McCarthy

Top Fighters:

Calgary	Colorado
Sam Bennett – 5	Matt Calvert – 6
Garnet Hathaway – 2	Ian Cole – 4
Matthew Tkachuk – 2	Nikita Zadorov – 3
Travis Hamonic – 1	Patrik Nemeth – 1
Rasmus Andersson – 1	Marko Dano – 1

San Jose Sharks vs Las Vegas Golden Knights

Top Fights ever:

1. Will Carrier vs Barclay Goodrow

Top Fighters:

San Jose	Vegas
Barclay Goodrow – 6	Ryan Reaves – 3
Micheal Haley – 3	Mark Stone – 1
Evander Kane – 3	Jon Merrill – 1
Marcus Sorensen – 1	Will Carrier – 1
Brenden Dillon – 1

Nashville Predators vs Dallas Stars

Top Fights ever:

3. Darcy Hordichuk vs Brad Winchester

2. Paul Gaustad vs Jamie Benn

1. Kevin Klein vs Antoine Roussel

Top Fighters:

Predators	Dallas
Austin Watson – 5	Brett Ritchie – 2
Zac Rinaldo – 2	Jamie Benn – 2
Ryan Hartman – 2	Radek Faksa – 2
Brian Boyle – 1	Jason Spezza – 1
Matt Irwin – 1	Jason Dickinson – 1

Winnipeg Jets vs St. Louis Blues

Top Fights ever:

3. Ryan Reaves vs Chris Thorburn

2. Troy Brouwer vs Jacob Trouba

1. Ryan Reaves vs Anthony Peluso

Top Fighters:

Winnipeg	St. Louis
Brendan Lemieux – 4	Patrick Maroon – 6
Adam Lowry – 3	Brayden Schenn – 2
Joe Morrow – 2	Joel Edmundson – 2
Brandon Tanev – 2	Robert Bortuzzo – 1
Blake Wheeler – 2	Vince Dunn – 1