The Washington Capitals are in the driving seat again. Four games into the 2025 playoffs, and the Caps lead the seven-game series against the Montreal Canadiens 3-1. What’s more, today’s major victory came Washington’s way even though star forward Alex Ovechkin didn’t get on the scoresheet. Instead, it was Tom Wilson who played a major role in breaking the Habs’ momentum.
Wilson was at the center of things in Game 3 between the Eastern Conference Goliaths last Friday when a fight broke out at the Capitals’ bench. At tonight’s match, too, the 31-year-old Canadian was instrumental in getting the squad back on level terms and subsequently running away with the game. But not everyone was on board with his tactics or how the NHL officials turned a blind eye to the same.
Well into the third period, the visitors trailed 2-1. However, at 13:20, Brandon Duhaime‘s poaching skill sent the puck past the Canadiens’ goalie, Jakub Dobes, to tie the score. Seconds before that, however, the Habs were on the attack until a huge hit on Alexander Carrier by Tom Wilson forced a turnover in play that ultimately led to the Capitals’ third goal of the night. In a YouTube upload by the official Canadiens account, Dobes talked about Wilson laying out Carrier should have resulted in a Caps penalty, and how the match officials shouldn’t have let the incident slide.
“I guess, I felt like it’s going to be a whistle. Because they were in their defensive zone and far away. But I guess, as I said, I don’t really know the rules,” Dobes said how he thought Tom Wilson’s hit was going to get flagged, but was surprised that it wasn’t. With that, he also took a sly potshot at the NHL for letting the Caps carry on with their game despite Carrier reeling from Tom’s hit. “I mean it was kind of a scary hit. But I guess the rules don’t apply for everyone in this league,” Jakub could hardly keep his disappointment hidden.
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