Malkin and Dillon trade blows after time expires in the 1st period.

The Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins have had a long standing rivalry and as a result it comes as no surprise that when these two teams face off things tend to get a little heated, but on Sunday it was the newest member of the Washington Capitals that was bringing the heat to this particular rivalry. 

The Capitals acquired veteran defenseman Brendan Dillon from the San Jose Sharks in a trade just a few short days ago, but on Sunday Dillon officially became a member of the Washington Capitals when he likely won over every single fan in Washington by going after Pittsburgh Penguins star forward Evgeni Malkin. As I stated there is no love lost between these two squads and although Dillon has only been a member of the Capitals for a few short days he did an excellent job of integrating himself into the rivalry and looked like a guy that genuinely hated the Pittsburgh Penguins. 

Following the final whistle at the end of the first period Dillon was involved in a rather physical altercation with the aforementioned Malkin, one that saw both guys pushing and shoving before eventually throwing much more serious blows at one another. Although both men traded punches here I think it is safe to suggest that Malkin was badly outmatched here and once the two men were able to get some separation from the National Hockey League officials that were trying to split them apart, it was clear that Dillon was in full control of the situation. Malkin landed some shots of his own but Dillon had a firm grip on the jersey of the Penguins forward and the uppercuts that he hammered Malkin with from that position had far more pepper on them than any of the blows that Malkin was throwing and seemed to be thrown with ill intent on the part of Dillon.

Unfortunately we did not get to see these two guys drop the gloves without interference from the officials so it is impossible to declare a winner here, for all we know the intervention of the officials on the ice may have hampered Malkin's efforts to get any offense in.

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