Malkin and Stamkos drop the gloves and go at it!

Early in the third period of tonight’s lopsided game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning tempers began to flare and, as tends to happen in a pro hockey game, a fight broke out… except this time it was between two combatants you might not expect: Evgeni Malkin and Steven Stamkos.

Say what!?

Check it out:

Malkin scores the takedown, but Stamkos appears to get a a couple rabbit punches in on Malkin. In any case, it’s not much of a tilt but it’s always fun to see the superstars go at it like they’re fourth line grinders.