{"id":124627,"date":"2026-01-20T07:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124627\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:27:14","slug":"goalie-fight-breaks-out-between-floridas-sergei-bobrovsky-and-san-joses-alex-nedeljkovic-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/124627\/","title":{"rendered":"Goalie fight breaks out between Florida\u2019s Sergei Bobrovsky and San Jose\u2019s Alex Nedeljkovic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA goalie fight broke out with 14 minutes left in a game Monday night between the Florida Panthers and San Jose Sharks that had gotten increasingly chippy with post-whistle pushing and shoving.Florida\u2019s Sergei Bobrovsky beelined from his crease to even things up after San Jose\u2019s Alex Nedeljkovic got involved in a scrum in the corner.The latest: Sports coverage from WPBF 25 NewsPanthers fans chanted, \u201cBobby! Bobby!\u201d after the two netminders were done tussling. Cheers followed when Bobrovsky returned from a brief trip to the locker room.Bobrovsky and Nedeljkovic each got a 5-minute major penalty for fighting and an additional 2-minute penalty for leaving the crease to take part in an altercation. They stayed in the game.The goalie nicknamed \u201cBob\u201d has backstopped the NHL\u2019s southernmost team to consecutive Stanley Cup championships.San Jose won the game 4-1.Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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A goalie fight broke out with 14 minutes left in a game Monday night between the Florida Panthers and San Jose Sharks that had gotten increasingly chippy with post-whistle pushing and shoving.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"SUNRISE,<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGetty ImagesBruce Bennett\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUNRISE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 19: Alex Nedeljkovic #33 of thea San Jose Sharks and Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers fight during the third period at Amerant Bank Arena on January 19, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s Sergei Bobrovsky beelined from his crease to even things up after San Jose\u2019s Alex Nedeljkovic got involved in a scrum in the corner.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"SUNRISE,<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGetty ImagesBruce Bennett\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUNRISE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 19: Alex Nedeljkovic #33 of thea San Jose Sharks and Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers fight during the third period at Amerant Bank Arena on January 19, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The latest: Sports coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\"SUNRISE,<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGetty ImagesEliot J. Schechter\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUNRISE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 19: Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers fights with Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic #33 of the San Jose Sharks at the Amerant Bank Arena on January 19, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter\/NHLI via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Panthers fans chanted, \u201cBobby! Bobby!\u201d after the two netminders were done tussling. Cheers followed when Bobrovsky returned from a brief trip to the locker room.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"SUNRISE,<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGetty ImagesEliot J. Schechter\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUNRISE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 19: Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers fights with Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic #33 of the San Jose Sharks at the Amerant Bank Arena on January 19, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter\/NHLI via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky and Nedeljkovic each got a 5-minute major penalty for fighting and an additional 2-minute penalty for leaving the crease to take part in an altercation. They stayed in the game.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"SUNRISE,<\/p>\n

\n\t\tGetty ImagesEliot J. Schechter\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUNRISE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 19: Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky #72 of the Florida Panthers fights with Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic #33 of the San Jose Sharks at the Amerant Bank Arena on January 19, 2026 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Eliot J. Schechter\/NHLI via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The goalie nicknamed \u201cBob\u201d has backstopped the NHL\u2019s southernmost team to consecutive Stanley Cup championships.<\/p>\n

San Jose won the game 4-1.<\/p>\n

Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A goalie fight broke out with 14 minutes left in a game Monday night between the Florida Panthers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61794,61856,61860,61854,28,30,29,916,61853,61852,60338,61855,61859,26780,53657,61857,61858,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-124627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-alex-nedeljkovic","9":"tag-bobby","10":"tag-consecutive-stanley-cup-championship","11":"tag-crease","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-florida-headlines","14":"tag-florida-news","15":"tag-game","16":"tag-goalie-fight","17":"tag-goalie-fight-breaks-out-between-floridas-sergei-bobrovsky-and-san-joses-alex-nedeljkovic","18":"tag-locker-room","19":"tag-major-penalty","20":"tag-newspanthers-fan","21":"tag-san-jose","22":"tag-sergei-bobrovsky","23":"tag-shoving","24":"tag-southernmost-team","25":"tag-wpbf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}