[Watch] Bruins' Nikita Zadorov lands heavy blows on Mitchell Chaffee in heated scrap with official sandwiched in between

In a heated clash between the Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night, Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov found himself embroiled in a physical altercation with Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee.

The incident occurred 5:02 into the second period near the Bruins' net as the two players began to push and shove each other with their sticks.

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As the shoving escalated, referees tried to intervene but the two players continued exchanging blows as the official got sandwiched between them. Zadorov attempted to grab Chaffee's helmet as the referee struggled to separate them. Both received roughing penalties for the altercation.

Just minutes later, another fight broke out at center ice between Bruins forward Trent Frederic and Lightning defenseman Emil Lilleberg.

Frederic landed several heavy right-handed blows to Lilleberg's head and got in a few solid uppercuts. Though Lilleberg got some shots in as well, Frederic seemingly got the better of the exchange. Both received five minute fighting majors.

Boston went on to win 6-2 over Tampa Bay. David Pastrnak, Trent Frederic, Brad Marchand, Parker Wotherspoon, Pavel Zacha and Andrew Peeke scored for Boston. Tampa Bay's goals came from Victor Hedman and Conor Geekie.

Jeremy Swayman made 43 saves while Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 18 shots in the loss.

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Game Recap: Bruins 6-2 win over Lightning

Trent Frederic opened the scoring for Boston early in the first period on a 2-on-1 rush, on a pass from Matthew Poitras. Parker Wotherspoon scored at 9:30 to double the Bruins' lead, scoring on a feed from David Pastrnak.

In the second period, Bruins captain Brad Marchand extended the lead to 3-0 just 1:13 in, scoring from the left circle. Pastrnak tallied his third point with a goal at 6:05 off a rebound.

Tampa got on the board at 8:50 when Conor Geekie redirected Victor Hedman's point shot. Then, Hedman scored to cut the deficit to two goals in the final minute of the period, burying a feed from Nikita Kucherov.

In the third, Andrew Peeke and Pavel Zacha added empty-net shorthanded goals in the final four minutes to seal the 6-2 victory for Boston.

The Bruins dominated the Lightning and got multi-point efforts from Pastrnak, Marchand and Zacha. Boston next faces the Senators on Saturday.