John Klingberg threatens Rasmus Andersson after Game 1 chaotic fight

It did not take long for the series between the Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars to heat up.

After the first period, it started to get real ugly when Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk levied a clean hit on Stars defenseman John Klingberg. His Dallas teammate Michael Raffl confronted Tkachuk after the hit and the two fought. But then chaos ensued as Klingberg then decided to drop the gloves with Flames blue liner Rasmus Andersson.

Klingberg and Andersson were ejected from the game shortly after, and each team had to play with five defensemen. That’s of course because of the rule on secondary fights. Rule 46.7 in the NHL rulebook states: “A game misconduct shall be imposed on any player who is assessed a major penalty for fighting after the original altercation has started.”

The Flames managed to get the 1-0 victory, and after the game Klingberg foreshadowed what might develop in the series with a threat towards Andersson, thanks to who he missed the rest of the game.

“I’m not saying I’m a tough guy, but he’s acting tougher than he is,” he said.

“I feel like he’s the one guy there in the scrum. He doesn’t have a guy. I’m standing there with [Blake] Coleman and he’s standing there shaking his gloves to me like, ‘You want to go against me?’… I’m skating over to him, I’m dropping my gloves and he’s just standing there for like two seconds and all of a sudden he drops his gloves. He’s acting tougher than he is. We’re going to go after him.”

You heard it. We cannot wait for Thursday’s Game 1 in Calgary.