Anisimov scored his fifth goal of the season (35th of his career) against the Lightning at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, and after scoring the goal, the 23-year-old went to one knee and mimed shooting a gun. The “shots” were apparently aimed at Tampa Bay’s Vincent Lecavalier.
That did not go well.
What followed was a bit of on-ice brawl in which Tampa’s Steve Downie even came off the bench for.