The Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid set the tone for tonight's game against the Florida Panthers during a heated exchange with Matthew Tkachuk. The Stanley Cup Finals are fully underway as both teams are now in Edmonton for the third and fourth games of the series. Tonight's game could be the most intense we've seen in the Finals so far. While game two was filled with action, an incident between Connor McDavid and Matthew Tkachuk leads us to believe that more is coming. In the last half of the third period, after Aleksander Barkov retreated to the locker room following a hit from Leon Draisaitl, Tkachuk and McDavid started a conversation that ended with a referee between them and McDavid sucker-punching Tkachuk in the face. Check it out: <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1800361662421049847'> </a></blockquote></div> We often see such altercations in hockey, but during the playoffs, anger builds up between games and can create a big rivalry. Matthew Tkachuk always had a knack for getting inside his opopnents' heads during games, a useful tool in the playoffs. Seeing McDavid's reaction, it looks clear that Tkachuk is already playing with him. Tkachuk's interaction with McDavid truly set the stage for an action-packed game tonight. Who do you think will have the biggest impact for his team tonight in game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals between Connor McDavid and Matthew Tkachuk? Source: The Hockey News <a href='https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/edmonton-oilers/latest-news/connor-mcdavid-has-words-for-matthew-tkachuk?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR08oiN0GYS1LAq7uz-0gC7gXCkPAGSxCKI4Dtrp2k0aDPdBuDc9Lx3dn9k_aem_AfaqyOmmPQBmWXAF6mu-BvbIbndts02dHxFiwd_n-Oaxc1kgLXxD9lRxcPxJue4sur-TnqLItw0biPz_z_ngej2O' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>McDavid Has Words For Tkachuk</a>