"During the final few minutes of the first period, McCabe saw Sabres blueliner Bowen Byram come right into the slot to get a prime scoring chance and blew him up so bad the young defenseman basically did a cartwheel. And then Alex Tuch came in to maybe not make Byram look absolutely ridiculous for doing that, and then he got dropped by a couple punches."
"It wasn't even just a normal fight, either. Tuch went to go grab McCabe and the Leafs defenseman fully committed to dropping the gloves immediately. And before Tuch could even get a grip on McCabe's sweater, he got a couple punches straight to the nose. He for some reason then get turned around, went to go back to facing McCabe and the Toronto blueliner just straight up clotheslined him and dropped the Sabres forward."
The Toronto Maple Leafs staged a comeback win over the Buffalo Sabres with John Tavares scoring the overtime winner. Late in the first period, defenseman Jake McCabe leveled Sabres blueliner Bowen Byram with a hit that sent the young defenseman tumbling like a cartwheel. Moments later Alex Tuch intervened and attempted to confront McCabe but was met with immediate punches to the nose. McCabe then clotheslined Tuch, dropping the Sabres power forward to the ice. The sequence combined physicality and instant retaliation that energized the home crowd. The hits overshadowed individual skills and became the defining moment of the game.
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