While engaged in a scuffle with Florida Panthers winger Evan Rodrigues, Jones accidentally slashed his hockey stick at a referee’s arm. You could see the look on both of the players’ faces after Jones made accidental contact with the official instead of Rodrigues’ stick. Another referee quickly called a foul on Jones for the incident.

You certainly can’t do that, Max Jones. Boston’s left winger was engaged in a post-whistle scuffle when he accidentally cracked down on the arm of referee Devin Burg while attempting to chop at the stick of Florida’s Evan Rodrigues during the Bruins’ 6-4 loss to the Panthers in Tuesday’s season opener.

Unfortunately, this led new Bruins forward Max Jones to take an ugly penalty against the Cats. While in a scrum with Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues, Jones went to slash the Panthers forward's stick.

Late in the second period, Bruins forward Max Jones was jawing at Panthers forward Evan Rodrigues when Jones went to slash Rodrigues after a play. As Jones is swinging his stick t

Things escalated a couple of times during Tuesday's season opener in Florida, and one altercation resulted in Bruins forward Max Jones accidentally slashing a linesman.

Without much surprise, the bad blood between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers has translated over to this season. In the first period of their opening night matchup, the Bruins and Panthers were incredibly chippy.