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Former Ottawa Senator Unleashes Beatdown On Red Wings Star Defenseman

Former Ottawa Senator Mark Kastelic reminded fans on Saturday night why he’s a player most NHL players don't look forward to tangling with. Now with the Boston Bruins, Kastelic got into a brawl on Saturday night with Detroit Red Wings star defenseman Moritz Seider, and the results were predictable.

This was only Seider's second NHL fight, and it represented a huge jump in skill and weight class compared to his first career scrap. According to HockeyFights.com, that one was against Nashville Predators' star forward Filip Forsberg two years ago.

The incident came in the final seconds of the first period. Kastelic collided hard with Seider in the Detroit corner. The two began with some squawking and shoving, but them things quickly escalated from there.

Moritz Seider vs Mark Kastelic Nov 29, 2025Moritz Seider vs Mark Kastelic Nov 29, 2025Moritz Seider vs Mark Kastelic from the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins game on Nov 29, 2025. via https://www.hockeyfights.com

It was a little surprising to see the Wings' prized defenseman being allowed to freely square off against one of the league’s tougher hombres with zero intervention from teammates.

Kastelic, a veteran of 38 pro fights, stands 6’4” and 234 pounds. Seider, while physically imposing at 6’2” and 210 pounds, is the smaller man and certainly not known for dropping the gloves. The mismatch was apparent almost immediately. Kastelic landed several powerful right-hand haymakers, leaving Seider on the defensive and ultimately overwhelmed.

Seider is a summer training partner and close friend of Senators' star Tim Stützle. Kastelic was drafted by the Senators 125th overall in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He spent four seasons in the Sens' organization, two of them in Ottawa. He was dealt two summers ago as part of the deal that saw Linus Ullmark traded by Boston to Ottawa.

This article was originally published at The Hockey News Ottawa. Read more:

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Knicks improve to 10-1 at home with 116-94 win over Raptors

The Knicks built an early 24-point lead, and after a rough second quarter, bounced back to pull away for a 116-94 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

Here are some takeaways...

-- Making his seventh start of the season, Miles McBride hit four three-pointers in the first five minutes of the game to put the Knicks up on the Raptors. Following his fourth three, McBride had made 14 of his last 17 attempts from beyond the arc (h/t Fred Katz). The hot hand started to spread as Jalen Brunson hit his first three-pointer of the night, scored inside, and hit a baseline jump shot. 

Josh Hart was then left unguarded at the three-point line and took it in for an easy two-hand slam as New York took a 32-17 lead and Toronto called a timeout with just under three minutes left in the first quarter. Clarkson hit two straight three-pointers and forced another timeout, but it didn't help, as Guerschon Yabusele buried the Knicks' ninth three of the first quarter. They led 41-22 thanks to shooting 64 percent from deep (9-for-14) compared to the Raptors' 13 percent (1-for-8).

-- Tyler Kolek was all over the place to start the second quarter, grabbing an offensive rebound, scoring inside, and getting a steal. Hart kept the impressive shooting going with the team's tenth three of the game, but Scottie Barnes made three straight three-pointers of his own, causing Mike Brown to talk things over with his group. The Raptors continued on a 14-0 run to cut the lead to 10 points before McBride hit a jumper.

After Sandro Mamukelashvili and Toronto made it a five-point game, the Knicks grabbed three consecutive offensive rebounds and finally capitalized with Mikal Bridges hitting his second three-pointer of the game. Brunson shook off a cold quarter with an and-one jumper and then got a steal, leading to a Hart bucket inside to push the lead back to double digits.

-- Barnes dunked it with a second left as the Raptors won the second quarter, 30-18, and trailed by just seven points, 59-52, at halftime. The Knicks' hot three-point shooting disappeared in the second quarter, going 2-for-14 from deep. McBride still led the team with 14 points, while Brunson had 10 and Barnes paced Toronto with 16 points, including a perfect 4-for-4 from three.

-- Former Knick Immanuel Quickly scored five straight for the Raptors in the third quarter before Brunson countered with a scoop, and-one layup. Quickly then started chirping at Brunson and hit two more three-pointers to cut New York's lead to five points. He finished with 19 points for the game.

-- Hart stepped up in the third and scored eight straight points, including back-to-back threes. Bridges dunked it on the fastbreak to ignite the team and go up 84-68 with four minutes left in the quarter as New York continued on a 16-1 run to grow their lead back. Hart made another three-pointer with under a minute remaining to give him 20 points and the Knicks led 93-77 after three quarters.

-- Kolek connected with Clarkson and Karl-Anthony Towns for big dunks early on in the fourth quarter, while Brandon Ingram made back-to-back threes to keep the Raptors close. Mitchell Robinson showed hustle and grabbed multiple offensive rebounds, but missed his foul shot and Towns recorded an O-board of his own and scored inside. KAT then made his first three-pointer of the game to push the NY lead to 23 points, 106-83, with seven minutes left in the contest.

The Knicks were able to empty the bench for the final 3:37 and held on to win, 116-94. Towns shook off early shooting struggles to lead the team in scoring with 22 points, while Brunson finished with 18 points on 6-for-19 shooting. New York dominated the rebounding battle, 61-40, including 25 offensive rebounds (seven from Robinson) -- their most in a game since 2019.

Game MVP: Josh Hart

Hart was all over the place against the Raptors, giving the Knicks much-needed energy in the third quarter after a bad end to the first half. He finished with 20 points, including four three-pointers, 12 rebounds, seven assists, and three steals.

Highlights

What's next

The Knicks travel up to Boston to face the Celtics on Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m.

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Todd McLellan Calls Out "Disconnect" Between Red Wings' Position Groups

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While the Detroit Red Wings were able to salvage a point in the standings during Saturday evening's 3-2 shootout setback against the Boston Bruins, it was the fourth straight game in which they were unable to pick up a win. 

During their losing skid, the Red Wings have allowed a total of 19 goals, including a worrying six goals against on Nov. 26 against the NHL-worst Nashville Predators, who hadn't scored more than five goals in a single game all season long. 

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It continues a concerning trend for the Red Wings which has seen them dip to a -13 goal differential, which is ranked 28th overall in the NHL. For a team that wants to be better defensively, that kind of statistic needs fixing. 

After surrendering six goals against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday afternoon, many of which were the result of defensive miscues, head coach Todd McLellan acknowledged that while the team has shown they can play well, there's a disconnect between the forwards and defensemen. 

"We don't get 13 wins 25 games in without having a team that can play well enough," McLellan said. "Are we playing well enough? No, we're not. Why aren't we? There's a little bit of disconnect between forwards and (defensemen) right now.

"Then in a team game, you sometimes get punished as a team, score-wise, momentum-wise, win-loss wise, for individual mistakes," he continued. "That happens. Team breakdowns are much more repairable than just an individual faux pas." 

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The losses against the Lightning and Predators were the reverse kind of performance the Red Wings showed in victories over the New York Rangers and Seattle Kraken, during both of which they were defensively responsible. 

McLellan laid out the facts plainly - until the Red Wings decide to improve their game management, these kinds of issues will continue to persist at an uncomfortable rate. 

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Blackhawks Score 5 Unanswered, End Losing Streak With Comeback WIn

The Chicago Blackhawks took on the Anaheim Ducks at the United Center on Sunday afternoon. After losing five in a row, the Blackhawks were looking for a big performance to get out of their funk. 

This plan did not get off to a good start, however, as the Ducks had a 3-0 lead about halfway through the first period. It was as sloppy a start as the Blackhawks have had this season. 

At 17:57 of the opening period, on the power play, Connor Bedard hit Frank Nazar for a shot that was deflected in by Tyler Bertuzzi to get the Blackhawks on the board. That 3-1 Ducks lead bled into the first intermission. 

In the second period, which has been the bad period for Chicago this year, they were magnificent. It could be their best middle frame of the season. While outplaying Anaheim, they scored two goals compliments of Ryan Greene and Colton Dach to tie the game. At the second break, the game was tied 3-3.

Early in the third period, the Blackhawks were awarded a power play thanks to some good work by Artyom Levshunov, but Alex Killorn scored a short-handed goal for the Ducks. Jeff Blashill then successfully challenged the play for offside, so the goal did not count, and the game remained tied. 

Ducks goalie and former Blackhawks Petr Mrazek left the game with an injury midway through the third, which forced them to put in Ville Husso. 

Quickly after that, Connor Bedard made a magical play to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead. He found the puck all alone in front of Husso and put a brilliant move on him to score. It’s a tough break for Husso, fresh in the game, but Bedard alone with the puck is difficult for any goalie. 

Bedard wasn't done there. He made it a four-point game with his empty net goal. Now, Bedard has 37 points in 25 games played. 

That 5-3 score stood as the final. They scored five unanswered goals to earn the comeback win and end their five-game losing streak. 

Teuvo Teravainen Update

Ahead of the game, the Blackhawks had Teuvo Teravainen listed as a game-time decision. He needed to take warmups to decide if he was good to go. It turned out that he was fine, and he had an assist in the win. 

Watch Every Blackhawks Goal

What's Next For Chicago? 

Up next for the Blackhawks is a long road trip. That will begin on Tuesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights. 

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Total Recall: What Defenseman Dennis Gilbert Can Bring To The Ottawa Senators

When the Ottawa Senators re-acquired Dennis Gilbert from Philadelphia straight up for Max Guenette earlier this month, it satisfied several needs.

It ended the team's RFA contract stalemate with Guenette, who has since signed in Philly's organization. And by adding Gilbert, it also beefed up the left side of Ottawa's blue line. With Jake Sanderson, Thomas Chabot, and Tyler Kleven, the Senators are in good shape, but the drop-off after those three is steep. So much so that they've been using a right-shot defenseman to fill in on the left side.

With Chabot's comeback from injury lasting less than one game, he's now been placed on injured reserve. The Sens' solution for that has mainly been right-shot defenseman Nikolas Matinpalo, who was expected to skate on the left side again on Sunday in Dallas, just as he did on Friday in St. Louis.

But the Sens have called up Gilbert from AHL Belleville on Saturday, suggesting one of two things:

  • Head coach Travis Green wants to get back to having guys play on their natural side, so maybe Gilbert takes Matinpalo's spot in the bottom pairing.
  • Or perhaps Kleven isn't right after blocking a shot with his hand on Friday. He left the game but quickly returned. As is sometimes the case, perhaps the injury felt worse a day later. So it's possible Gilbert is up to replace Kleven outright or just act as a seventh-man insurance policy.

Gilbert is coming off a knee injury suffered in a game between Lehigh Valley and Laval on October 29. He left that game after a hit by Xavier Simoneau, who was called for kneeing. When Gilbert was traded to Ottawa, he finally returned to action with Belleville on Nov. 22 and had three assists over the next three games before Saturday's recall.

In parts of six NHL seasons, Gilbert has appeared in 111 games, scoring three goals and 20 points. Gilbert was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks, 90th overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, and has also played for the Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, and Buffalo Sabres.

The 29-year-old fits nicely with the club's general desire for size on the blue line, checking in at 6-foot-3, 216 pounds. And he doesn't mind the odd fight, which satisfies another need in Ottawa – an extra option to take some pressure off Brady Tkachuk. The last thing the Senators want is to see Tkachuk ramming his surgically repaired right fist into someone's face anytime soon.

Steve Warne
The Hockey News

This article was originally published at The Hockey News Ottawa. Read more:

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Assessing Life Without The Tkaptain: What Do We Know Now About The Senators?
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Former Senators Prospect Finally Finds NHL Home With Rival Boston Bruins
NHL Insider Says Senators Are 'Looking To Hit A Home Run' On The Trade Market
Senators Have Big UFA Contract Decisions In Next Few Years (Who Stays And Who Goes?)