The Columbus Blue Jackets will beat you up on the ice and in the alley these days.

The club picked up their eighth straight victory on Friday against the Calgary Flames, but much of the talk post game was of Alexander Wennberg's successful first fight in the league against Flames' rookie Matthew Tkachuk.

"Great left," Tortorella said, according to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. "Great left, and then he switched to a right. I loved what I saw out of Wenny there. Hit him on the button, too. I thought Wenny was probably one of our best players."

As for Wennberg, the fight wasn't something he thought too much of, he was just simply sticking up for teammate Brandon Saad.

"It’s not really my role to be fighting, but Saader took a big hit," Wennberg said. "I felt like I needed to step up. It didn’t make me uncomfortable. It felt like the right thing for me to do. It was a great experience for me to get involved a little bit.

"It was right in front of our bench. The guys enjoyed it and I think it fired them up a little bit. It was perfect. Couldn’t get any better than that, right?"

Here's a look at the fight in case you missed it.

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