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There is nothing like the intensity of the Stanley Cup qualifiers, but the heat of the competition has spread in a fight between the capital of Washington and the Montreal Canadians on Friday evening to the point where the players fought on the bench.
The period had ended in match 3 of this first round series, in which the capitals were up 2-0. The capital star, Tom Wilson, known to be an instigator as much as an offensive threat, and Josh Anderson of the Canadians went back and forth as they headed for the locker room.
Things degenerated fairly quickly, when they started to fight on the capital of capital, while a man of line tried to put themselves between them. But it was not in vain, because the referee was only taken in the fight by pushing the bench, and they finally fell on the ground.
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A referee (55) tries to separate Josh Anderson (17) from the Montreal Canadians and Tom Wilson from Washington Capitals, before on the left, while they were fighting after the second period of match 3 in a series of NHL hockey playoff series in the first round in Montreal, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)
Other players have started to get involved and continue with each other while Wilson and Anderson continued to fight, including Lars Eller from Washington and Arber Xhekaj from Montreal.
“I was on the way to cross the ice … So I had to reverse my lesson and return, because two big people passing through the door I was trying to leave,” said Capitals Spencer Carbery about the altercation after the 6-3 defeat against the Canadians.
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“It is only two competitive teams, two competitive guys who went there.”
“Things have degenerated, have become uncontrollable there,” added Anderson. “At the end of the day, you just try to stand for your teammates.”
The fights between the Montreal Canadiens striker Brendan Gallagher (11) and the Washington capital striker, Tom Wilson (43) and striker Pierre-Luc Dubois (80) and the Montreal Canadiens striker, Cole Caufield (13) during the second period of the third match of the first round of the Stanley 2025 Stanley Cup of 2025 Bell playoffs. (Images Eric Bolte-Imagn)
Wilson, who received a 10 -minute game fault and a firing minor, the same discipline as Anderson, was seen mocking Canadians after the fight was finally interrupted.
The Canadians led after the second period 3-2, and they did not look back to perceive their first very necessary victory in the seven best series on Friday evening.
The tension was felt on the ice of the Bell Center before the washer fell, while Wilson and Xhekaj exchanged words during the heating, which began to make its rounds on social networks.
Again, these are two known players not only to stand up for teammates, but also rush the feathers of opponents each time they can.
Josh Anderson (17 years old) of Montreal Canadians falls into the Washington capital bench while he fights with Tom Wilson (43) from the capital after the second period of match 3 in a series of NHL hockey playoff series in the first round in Montreal, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)
We could see more fireworks between these two teams, while match 4 on Sunday, Montreal, even searches, while Washington hopes to have a dominant advance with the second round in mind.
