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Watch Jonathan Toews fight Joe Thornton

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The Chicago Blackhawks handled the San Jose Sharks pretty easily on Friday night, beating them 4-1 to improve their record to 11-0-3. With that in mind, the most surprising moment of the game probably came when Jonathan Toews dropped the gloves with Joe Thornton in a rare captain vs. captain fight:

As of this writing, a whopping 91.8 percent of Hockey Fights’ voters gave Jumbo Joe the win.

That’s just the third fight of Toews’ career; his other two scuffles came against David Backes and Martin Hanzal. (Apparently he likes taking on rugged centers.)

The 24-year-old forward seemed pretty happy to come out of the fight in one piece, according to what he said to NHL.com’s Brian Hedger.

“I’m still here and still standing, so that’s a good thing, right?” Toews said. “I felt it was something I needed to do to stand up for myself and I did it and I’m glad I did.”

Thornton has more fights on his resume, although he’s mellowed out since being shipped from Boston to San Jose.

Even if fights can give a team a boost, chances are high that the Sharks and Blackhawks would prefer their big-money leaders will avoid squabbles on most nights.