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There is no such thing as strength Stanley Cup playoffshowever, the heat of competition spills into a brawl between the Washington capital and the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night, to the point where players are fighting on the bench.
This period ended with Game 3 of this first round series. In this series, the capital rose 2-0. Capital Star Tom Wilson is known for being an offensive threat for being an attacker, and Canadian Josh Anderson was heading back and forth towards the locker room.
Things escalated very quickly as they began fighting on the bench of the capital while the linemen tried to get in between them. However, the judges pushed the road down the bench and got caught up in the fight, and in the end they fell to the floor, which was of no use.
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The referee (55) attempts to separate Montreal Canadiens’ Josh Anderson (17) and Washington Capitals’ Tom Wilson to the left to fight in the third season of the first round NHL Hockey Playoff Series held in Montreal on Friday, April 25th, 2025. (Canadian media via Christinne Muschi/AP)
As Wilson and Anderson continued to fight, including Lars Eller of Washington and Arbor Shekazi of Montreal, other players were involved and began chasing each other.
“I was on my way across the ice… So I had to reverse the course and go back. Spencer Carberry said About the argument after a 6-3 defeat to the Canadians.
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“It was just two competitive teams and two competitive people were going to it.”
“Things escalate and there’s a bit of a loss of control,” Anderson added. “At the end of the day, I’m just trying to stick with my teammates.”
The tastle between the Montreal Canadiens will advance Tom Wilson (43) ahead of the Washington Capitals and Pierre Look Dubois (80) ahead of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs at Bell Center, moving forward Cole Cowfield (13). (Eric Bolte-Immagn image)
After receiving 10 minutes of game cheating and the wilderness minors, who are the same discipline as Anderson, Wilson is seen oc-chuckling the Canadians after the fight was eventually disbanded.
Canadian They led after 3-2 in the second term and never looked back to gather much needed first victory in the Top 7 Series on Friday night.
As Wilson and Xhekaj were exchanging several words during the warm-up, tension was felt at Bell Centre Ice before the pack fell, and they started playing rounds on social media.
Again, these are two players known for not only sticking them on teammates, but also for disrupting the opponent’s feathers as much as possible.
Montreal Canadiens’ Josh Anderson (17) will fall on the Washington Capitals’ bench when he fights Capitals’ Tom Wilson (43) on Friday, April 25, 2025, following the second season of the third season of the first round NHL Hockey Playoff Series in Montreal. (Canadian media via Christinne Muschi/AP)
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While we’re watching Game 4 on Sunday watch Montreal watch it, Washington hopes to take command with the second round in mind, we may see more fireworks between these two teams.
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