Detroit — Anthony Mantha’s season ended, and perhaps the only disappointing thing about his performance is the busted finger he picked up in a fight with the Lightning’s Luke Witkowski Thursday means bidding an early adieu.
It halts his request for 20 goals and keeps him out of the last game at Joe Louis Arena, including a Saturday night game against his hometown team, the Canadiens.
For Witkowski, fisticuffs are an essential attribute, as 24 fights in three seasons in the AHL suggest.
Mantha does not do it much, but more this season than ever before, going back to juniors.