{"id":356497,"date":"2025-11-05T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356497\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T03:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:17:14","slug":"islanders-get-into-heated-scuffle-with-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/356497\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders get into heated scuffle with Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Islanders want to put the rest of the league on notice:<\/p>\n<p>Do. Not. Touch. The. Kid.<\/p>\n<p>Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov learned the lesson to his chagrin on Tuesday night at UBS Arena, when he knocked down rookie defenseman Matthew Schaefer behind Boston\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n<p>He was promptly greeted by Anders Lee, Anthony Duclair and Jean-Gabriel Pageau, all of whom attempted to tackle him at once.<\/p>\n<p>Once the fracas was sorted out, Lee and Duclair had taken roughing penalties, but the Islanders ended up on the power\u00a0play, with Zadorov being handed an interference and a double-minor for roughing.<\/p>\n<p>More important to the Isles, though, is protecting the 18-year-old rookie, who is the franchise\u2019s crown jewel.<\/p>\n<p>Boston is not the first team to try and put a target on Schaefer\u2019s back, nor is this the first time the Islanders have responded in\u00a0such a way, though this was perhaps the most enthusiastic instance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.36715621;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37577576\" width=\"807\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2245055435.jpg\" alt=\"Nikita Zadorov #91 of the Boston Bruins checks Matthew Schaefer #48 of the New York Islanders in the second period during their game at UBS Arena on November 04, 2025 in Elmont, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-37577576\"  \/>Nikita Zadorov of the Boston Bruins checks Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders in the second period during their game at UBS Arena on November 4, 2025 in Elmont, New York. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50588235;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37577577\" width=\"888\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251104NYIVBBR0694RS.jpg\" alt=\"New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) gets some attention and rough play that ended in a fight when his teammates came to his defense during the second period when the New York Islanders played the Boston Bruins Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at UBS Arena in Elmont, NY. \" class=\"wp-image-37577577\"  \/>New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) gets some attention and rough play that ended in a fight when his teammates came to his defense during the second period. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Given the prodigious skill Schaefer has shown through the season\u2019s first 13 games, it is to be expected that teams try to intimidate him, and the defenseman has shrugged it off when asked.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this is unlikely to be the last such instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Islanders want to put the rest of the league on notice: Do. Not. Touch. The. Kid. 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