If the answer is “no,” that’s OK. Montreal nearly backed its way into the playoffs and the Washington Capitals hit a rough patch of their own. Still, this matchup brings a whole bunch of juice — the most prolific goal scorer of all time, the East’s top team and the return of postseason hockey to one of the sport’s true epicenters.

Tom Wilson and Josh Anderson ended up on the player benches fighting as the Capitals and Canadiens were making their way off the ice for the second intermission during Friday’s Game 3 between the