Capitals right winger Tom Wilson found Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj in the large crowd before Josh Anderson pulled him away from the group. Wilson and Anderson eventually fell into the Capitals' bench and continued to throw punches at each other while a linesman tried to break them up.

At the center of the melee between the Canadiens and Capitals was, of course, Tom Wilson and Josh Anderson. The Canadiens scored the go-ahead goal with less than 10 seconds remain