{"id":910087,"date":"2026-11-08T10:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910087\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T10:26:10","slug":"islanders-matthew-schaefer-gets-into-fight-with-luke-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/910087\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders&#8217; Matthew Schaefer gets into fight with Luke Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Schaefer got himself in a tussle during the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/11\/07\/sports\/islanders-blow-late-lead-and-fall-to-devils-on-jack-hughes-ot-goal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Islanders\u2019 5-4 overtime loss to the Devils<\/a> on Saturday night at UBS Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Late in the second period, Schaefer, 19, got into it with Luke Hughes, the Devils\u2019 23-year-old defenseman, in a wild scene.<\/p>\n<p>During a break in the action, Islanders defenseman Logan Stanley and New Jersey\u2019s Brett Pesce got into it, which then sparked a team-wide fight between the two clubs.<\/p>\n<p>As the majority of the players were starting to break the initial fight up, however, the broadcast camera quickly panned to Schaefer and Hughes duking it out towards the glass.<\/p>\n<p>In front of a roaring UBS Arena crowd, the two threw multiple punches at each other before their respective teammates hopped in.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41732258\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/43-new-jersey-devils-matthew-147937511.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Hughes #43 of the New Jersey Devils and Matthew Schaefer #48 of the New York Islanders fight along the boards.\" class=\"wp-image-41732258\"\/>Luke Hughes and Matthew Schaefer fight during the second period of the Islanders\u2019 5-4 loss to the Devils on Nov. 7, 2026, at UBS Arena. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Schaefer was able to knock Hughes to the ground amid all the chaos, but that didn\u2019t stop the 23-year-old from throwing shots from the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Referees were eventually able to stop the fight and get Schaefer to skate off before the second period came to a close.<\/p>\n<p>The brawl ultimately resulted in just one penalty from Stanley, as all other Islanders penalties were countered by corresponding infractions from the Devils.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54916793;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41732271\" width=\"914\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/looks-rebound-second-period-new-147937673.jpg\" alt=\"New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) looks for the rebound against the New Jersey Devils.\" class=\"wp-image-41732271\"\/>Matthew Schaefer (48) looks for the rebound during the Islanders\u2019 overtime loss to the Devils.  Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Hughes perhaps got the last laugh, however, as the defenseman stripped Schaefer of the puck in overtime before passing it to his brother, Jack, for the game-winning goal for New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the ice from Long Island\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Islanders by Ethan Sears, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The tough loss now gives the Islanders a 7-6-3 record on the season, and they currently sit fifth in the Metropolitan Division with 17 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders are set to face off against the Sharks in San Jose on Monday at 10 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matthew Schaefer got himself in a tussle during the Islanders\u2019 5-4 overtime loss to the Devils on Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[356649,52351,38006,4822,394,385,99],"class_list":["post-910087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-hockey-fights","tag-luke-hughes","tag-matthew-schaefer","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}