Lightning's Pat Maroon to have hearing with Department of Player Safety

With a first-round matchup between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers coming up shortly, there have been plenty of words between the two teams with Lightning forward Pat Maroon being one of the loudest. Before their two-game bout, the forward said that Tampa Bay wanted to make it clear who Florida would be playing in the first round. "Holy s---, we're playing the Tampa Bay Lightning," Maroon said.

That got things started in their first game on Saturday as Maroon and Florida’s Brandon Montour, once teammates together with the Anaheim Ducks, had words with 6:02 remaining in the third period. Following that, Maroon freed himself from referees who were escorting him off the ice and attacked Montour as the defenseman was also being led off ice.