The Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals benches emptied during a recent brawl.

Washington Capitals defenseman Rasmus Sandin spoke about the crazy fights from Game 4 of their first-round series against ...

The brawl that broke out between the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens caught the attention of the NHL.

The NHL has punished the main combatants in a bench-clearing altercation in Friday night’s playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals.

Game 3 of the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens series erupted into chaos when Tom Wilson and Josh Anderson took their fight off the ice and to the benches.

The game featured a major brawl and both starting goalies leaving with injuries in playoff hockey's return to Montreal.

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) hits Montreal Canadiens center Alex Newhook (15) into the bench area in the second period of Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series ...

The New York Rangers won the Presidents' Trophy two seasons ago, then plummeted to 11th in the Eastern Conference last year.