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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 rapidly, since they were to fight at 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 makes its way through the bank, and possible fell to the floor.
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A referee (55) tries to separate Josh Anderson (17) from Montreal Canadiens (17) and Tom Wilson from Washington Capitals, on the left, since they followed the second period of game 3 or a first series NHl Hockey Playoft Series (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 one who was trying to leave,” said the capital coach Spencer Carbery, the altercation said the altercation.
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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 resorted to a misconduct of the 10 -minute game and a minor heartbreaking, the same discipline as Anderson, was seen mocking the Canadians after the fight was possible.
The Canadiens led after the second period 3-2, and did not look back to collect their first victory of very trapped in the best seven series on Friday night.
It felt tension in the ice of the center of Bell before the fall of the album, since Wilson and Xhekaj exchanged some warming words, which has done its 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, April 2525. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press through AP)
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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.
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