"Montreal Canadiens winger Josh Anderson is one of the most sandpapery players in the NHL. During the playoffs, he irritated Tom Wilson so much that the ice couldn't contain the pair's brawl, and the two power forwards tried to fight each other on the Capitals bench as a referee hung on for dear life. In the Capitals and Candiens' first meeting of the 2025-26 regular season, Anderson may have bit off more than he could chew with Alex Ovechkin,"
"Anderson shoved Ovechkin three times before going to the next level and trying to break his right arm with a cross-check. As we know, steel doesn't break 99.9 percent of the time, so a starting-to-get-more-and-more irate Ovechkin returned fire with a spear to the abdomen that may have missed its lower and more intended target. Anderson, though, wasn't done and cross-checked"
Josh Anderson has a reputation as one of the NHL's most sandpapery players and previously provoked Tom Wilson into a brawl during the playoffs. In the Capitals and Canadiens' 2025–26 meeting, Anderson shoved Alex Ovechkin multiple times, attempted a cross-check to break Ovechkin's right arm, and later cross-checked him in the stomach. Ovechkin retaliated with a spear to the abdomen and appeared ready to fight before teammate Dylan Strome intervened at high speed. Strome aggressively hugged Anderson and removed him from the situation, preventing further escalation and possibly saving Anderson from a more dangerous confrontation. Teammate TJ Oshie responded to a social-media post calling Strome's action lifesaving by replying "Truth."
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