Tom Wilson and Josh Anderson are paying the price for their roles in a post-second-period fracas that extended onto the Capitals’ bench inside Bell Centre.
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Saturday morning that each player has been fined $5,000, the “maximum allowable under the CBA,” for unsportsmanlike conduct. The supplemental discipline for the two comes in addition to their 24 combined penalty minutes from Game 3 in Montreal: matching minors for roughing and 10-minute misconducts.
Washington’s Tom Wilson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for unsportsmanlike conduct during last night’s game against Montreal.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 26, 2025
Montreal’s Josh Anderson has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for unsportsmanlike conduct during last night’s game against Washington.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 26, 2025
Wilson is no stranger to supplemental discipline as he has been fined or suspended nine times during his 12-year NHL career. He made it through the entire 2024-25 regular season without any intervention from Player Safety, with his last punishment a six-game sentence for high-sticking then-Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor in March of 2024.
Anderson has also been suspended by the league before, sitting out two games for boarding Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo near the start of the 2022-23 campaign.
The two will meet again for Game 4 on Sunday, with puck drop set for 6:30 pm in Montreal.
Here’s the full press release from the NHL:
NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens forward Josh Anderson and Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson each have been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for unsportsmanlike conduct during Game 3 of the teams’ First Round series in Montreal on Friday, April 25, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 20:00 of the second period. Both players were assessed a minor penalty for roughing and a 10-minute misconduct.
The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
