Capitals and Rangers waste no time, drop the gloves early and often

Three simultaneous bouts broke out at center ice one second after the opening faceoff, with Carl Hagelin taking on Colin Blackwell, Nic Dowd battling Kevin Rooney and Garnet Hathaway trading blows with Phillip Di Giuseppe. Less than a minute of game time after that line brawl, which resulted in six major penalties, Rangers defenseman Brendan Smith instigated a fight with Wilson, who was booed as he jumped onto the ice for his first shift.