Ryan Reaves had the best reaction to Vladimir Tarasenko dropping the gloves against the Oilers

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The St. Louis Blues are rolling right now. They've got the best record in the league (unless the Lightning win Wednesday night) and they've scored the most goals in the West.

Vladimir Tarasenko is third on the Blues in the points department, but the 25-year-old is the face of the St. Louis franchise in our opinion, and on Tuesday night he dominated against the Oilers with two goals and two assists in an 8-3 win.

Tarasenko on his line's success: "We play for each other without the jealous part. We try to create chances for each other, too." #stlblues
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) November 22, 2017

Tarasenko also did something in the win he doesn't normally do, fight.

The Blues star took on Matt Benning and when he was asked about the fight after the game, his quote couldn't have been better:

Tarasenko: “I don’t fight really often, you know this. (But) I think it was on purpose, like knee on knee, and this kind of stuff I don’t like in hockey. It’s emotions, too. I don’t want to look like a good fighter, but it happens sometimes.”
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) November 22, 2017

According to hockeyfights.com, Tarasenko had just two previous fights to his name before dropping the gloves against the Oilers, so clearly you have to really do something he doesn't like in order to get him to fight.

His fight, though, caught the attention of a former teammate who had a wonderful reaction to it:

Former Blues enforcer Ryan Reaves called Tarasenko after his bout with Benning last night and jokingly said “stop fighting or you’ll have hands like mine.” #stlblues
— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) November 22, 2017

(H/T: /r/hockey)