Haven't watched it recently (but I did a few times last night), but I'd be forgiving of the first Kessel slash while Scott was moving towards him. The second one Scott was already tied up with another player and Kessel hacks him on the side to back of the leg with a pretty good two-hander. Kessel is then tied up with another player in his own scrap.
Much later, far longer than the 3 seconds you intimate, Scott is tied up with the linesman when Kessel skates by and spears him. Was it a vicious spear that could rupture his spleen... no. But it was still an intentional spear to a player already engaged with the linesman.
How Kessel doesn't get a suspension would be beyond me. 2 minutes for the first slash, 5 and a game and possibly a suspension for the second, and for sure a suspension for the spear. I'd probably give him 2 games to think about his idiocy.
Scott should get nothing extra. Ya, he tried to start a fight with another player who didn't want to go. That's 2 for unsportsmanlike, and if you want 2 for instigating and the game. Then he was jumped by multiple Leafs and fought his way out. 5 for fighting.
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