On Thursday night, the Nashville Predators hosted the Boston Bruins at Bridgestone Arena. The Bruins maintained their dominant style of play, defeating the Nashville Predators 5-0 on their home ice.
The Bruins are currently the best hockey team in the league, and they are also dominating the league, sitting atop the Atlantic Division. However, during the game's second period, hockey fans witnessed one of the strangest scenes on the ice.
A Predators fan sitting in the stands bizarrely tossed up the catfish on the ice as the Bruins moved the puck on their power play. Here's a video of the strange occurrence.
"You know this kid was holding this catfish for two periods waiting for a goal and it smelled so bad he just had to bail. Tough scene."- twitted Bill Ray
Following the incident, Bruins supporters were outraged by the Predators' behavior. Here's how they responded to the occurrence and expressed their thoughts about it.
"@lambillary Embarassing stuff folks, the nashville predators, I call them bashful predators, they're too scared to score goals but they'll throw fish all day its a mess. It really is its a mess down there"- @MUDM4NI4
"Jack edwards just said "what do the dead fish and the nashville predators have in common" and I'm pretty sure the answer is "a lot"- twitted ryan
The Nashville Predators have long been known for these kinds of occurrences during games. However, the incident had minimal impact on the Bruins' play as they were able to deny the Predators from scoring a single goal during the game.
Trent Frederic responded in the third period by converting Nick Foligno's spinning pass, putting it back in the net and scoring the Bruins' 5th goal.
The Boston Bruins dominated the Nashville Predators, winning 5-0 on their home ice
The Boston Bruins came into the game intending to dominate. Brad Marchand scored the Bruins' opening goal at 2:54 of the first period. Craig Smith, Patrice Bergeron, and Derek Forbort all scored in the second period to put the Bruins up by 4-0 before the third period.
Trent Frederic scored the 5th (winning) goal for the Bruins at 13:47 of the third period after converting a spinning pass from Foligno. Meanwhile, the Bruins' goaltender Jeremy Swayman was outstanding throughout the game, making 28 saves on the night.
The Boston Bruins won their 41st game of the season, putting them seven points ahead of the Carolina Hurricanes in the league standings.
The Boston Bruins will now welcome the New York Islanders at TD Garden on Saturday, February 18. The puck drop is scheduled for 5 p.m. ET.