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There is nothing like the intensity of the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the heat of the competition spread to a fight between the Washington capitals and the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night to the point where the players fought in the bank.
The period was over in game 3 of this first round series, in which the capitals increased 2-0. The capital star, Tom Wilson, known for being an instigator as well as an offensive threat, and Josh Anderson de Canadiens was scaring from one side to another while heading towards the locker room.
Things intensified quite quickly, since they began to fight in the Bank of the capitals, while a line player tried to participate between them. But it was in vain, since the referee was only caught in the fight that opens up through the bank, and finally fell to the floor.
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A referee (55) tries to separate Josh Anderson from Montreal Canadiens (17) and Tom Wilson from Washington Capitals, on the left, while fighting after the second period of game 3 of a series of hockey playoffs of the first round in Montreal, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press through AP)
Other players began to get involved and chase each other while Wilson and Anderson continued to fight, including Lars Eller de Washington and Arred Xhekaj de Montreal.
“I was on its way to crossing the ice … so I had to reverse my course and return, because there were two great people who crossed the door that was trying to leave,” said the capital coach Spencer Carbertry, about the altercation after the loss of 6-3 against the Canadiens.
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“They were only two competitive teams, two competitive types that did.”
“Things intensified, they got out of control a bit,” Anderson added. “At the end of the day, you are just trying to defend your teammates.”
The fights between Montreal Canadiens striker Brendan Gallagher (11) and Washington Capitals, Tom Wilson (43) and striker Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) and Montreal Canadiens striker, Cole Caufield (13) during the second period in game three of the first round of the Playoffs of the Stanley Cup 2025 Bell Center. (Eric Bolte-Imagn images)
Wilson, who received misconduct from the 10 -minute game and a minor heartbreaking, the same discipline as Anderson, was seen mocking the Canadians after the fight finally broke.
The Canadiens led after the second period 3-2, and did not look back to collect their first very necessary victory in the best seven series on Friday night.
The tension was felt on the ice center before the fall of the album, since Wilson and Xhekaj exchanged some words during heating, which began to do their rounds on social networks.
Once again, these are two players known for not only defending teammates, but also to stir the feathers of the opponents whenever they can.
Josh Anderson (17) of Montreal Canadiens falls into the Bank of Washington Capitals while fighting with Tom Wilson (43) of Capitals after the second period of game 3 of a series of hockey playoffs of the first round in Montreal, on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press through AP)
We could see more fireworks between these two squads, since game 4 on Sunday sees Montreal seeking to do so, while Washington hopes to have a dominant advantage with the second round in mind.
