As soon as the opening puck dropped San Jose's Doe Thorton and Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf dropped their gloves and went at it. The respective star centers of these in-state inter-divisional rivals pummeled one another with Thorton ultimately getting Getzlaf down to the ice. Getzlaf's Ducks though would go on to win the game 4-1 and the Western conference quarterfinal series 4 games to 2.