– Defenseman Andy Sutton and winger Bobby Ryan got into a heated scrum after Sutton took offense to Ryan hitting Jason Blake during a contact drill in response to a hit that Blake put on Ryan.

It isn’t unheard of for teammates to mix it up or occasionally drop the gloves but it had been a while since two were openly upset with each other on the ice. When asked if he was a combatant or a peacemaker, Sutton only offered up a “no comment.”

“I don’t mind it at all,” Carlyle said. “I just think they should do it in the game. Those things happen in competitive drills in competitive sports. It wasn’t anything that we haven’t saw before or anything you won’t see happen again at some point. I’m sure there’s events like that happen through the course of the season on numerous teams.”