Same vibes, same squads, but the fire just keeps growing. Just a couple days back, Logan Thompson turned into a full-on brick wall—dropping 25 saves, with a whopping 14 coming in that nail-biter of a third period—leading the Capitals to a solid 3-1 dub over the Habs in Game 2. Connor McMichael went full beast mode with a two-goal night, and Dylan Strome came in clutch with the go-ahead score that flipped the game. But on the other side, Christian Dvorak gave Montreal a spark early in the second, while goalie Sam Montembeault stood tall with 29 stops. Still, Washington outshot the Canadiens 18-8 in that second frame alone, and once McMichael sealed it with an empty-netter, that was all she wrote.
But yo, not everything was chill on Montreal’s bench. Patrik Laine—who was solid in Game 1 with an assist and some spicy offense—completely vanished from the ice in the third. Like, zero shifts. Zip. Nada. Meanwhile, Jake Evans had a golden chance to tie it with Thompson down and out, but the puck smacked the post. Later, Thompson came through with a wild stick save to shut down Dvorak’s redirect. And now, just when the series was feeling locked, Montreal came back swinging in Game 3—and it’s got the benches heated, the fans louder than ever, and the Capitals feelin’ that pressure real quick.
Sportsnet hit X mid-game and dropped a video that instantly had hockey Twitter in a frenzy. Tom Wilson and Josh Anderson didn’t just square up on the ice—nah, they took the chaos right over to the Capitals’ bench, gloves off, full throttle. And then came the moment that had fans glued to their screens, with the commentator saying, “Anderson goes into the Washington bench, Wilson trying to get at him, and now they’re fighting in the bench. Anderson and Wilson have gone into the Capitals’ bench. There are a lot of guys on the ice here that shouldn’t be.” Yup. It was full-blown mayhem.
WE HAVE FIGHTS ON THE BENCH ???? pic.twitter.com/bq9FEKbpqU
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 26, 2025
It only got wilder from there. As fists flew and tempers hit boiling point, the rest of the squad decided, “Why not?”—and the rink turned into an all-out rumble. Like, we’re talking everybody wanted a dance partner. “Anderson and Wilson are now down on the ground as players are trying to reach over. Evans is getting in, trying to stop Duhaime from reaching over. The linesman is on top of both of them. And control has been lost here in Montreal. Everyone is on the ice, and everyone has a dance partner right now.” It was chaotic. It was electric. It was hockey drama at its absolute peak.
And what about the scores for now? Well, this time the tables have turned and the canadiens are ahead of capitals with 3-2
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