Tom Wilson poked the bear.
With a 1-0 lead late over the Washington Capitals in the first period, the Boston Bruins witnessed Wilson’s cheap shot on Brandon Carlo. Boston’s fifth-year defenseman exited the game with an upper-body injury. The enigmatic Wilson didn’t receive any discipline from the on-ice officials.
The Bruins took matters into their own hands. Captain Patrice Bergeron exchanged a few words with Wilson before the start of the second period. Fellow linemate Brad Marchand sounded off in an expletive interview with NESN’s Sophia Jurksztowicz during the first intermission.
“That was a bull[expletive] there,” Marchand said to Jurkstsztowicz.