Brady Tkachuk gets slashing penalty while sitting on bench

Brady Tkachuk sure had himself an eventful night.

The Ottawa Senators captain was given a two-minute minor for slashing Beck Malenstyn in the first period. On first glance, there’s nothing wild about that — Tkachuk likes to play on the edge.

What was unusual, however, was that Tkachuk was still on the bench when he tangled with the Buffalo Sabres winger. 

Tkachuk, while sitting near the middle of the bench, moved the butt-end of his stick and caught Malenstyn in the face, with an official witnessing the event just a few feet away.

Tkachuk was handed a two-minute minor on the play, and would later take a second trip to the box after getting into a fight with Sabres defenseman Logan Stanley, giving him seven penalty minutes in the opening period of play.