NHL: NOV 18 Capitals at Utah Hockey Club – Source: Getty

Heavyweight Tom Wilson was not going to let Jack McBain walk away without a fight after the latter’s knee-on-knee collision with Alex Ovechkin resulted in Ovi exiting the game. With just more than three minutes left in the game, Wilson and McBain dropped the gloves near center ice, prepped for a spirited tilt.

After squaring each other up for a couple of seconds, both players attempted to grab a hold of each other’s jerseys. Wilson landed a big first right hand, and McBain responded with short left jabs. Wilson continued to rain his heavy hits, but McBain did not back down either and answered back by landing some hits on Wilson.

Wilson drops McBain after he collided with Ovi and sent him to the locker room pic.twitter.com/zouwsQEfrN

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The spirited tilt was broken off by the officials on the ice, after Tom Wilson’s haymaker caught Jack McBain right in the face, forcing the Utah’s forward’s collapse onto the ice.

The Capitals have not yet announced Ovechkin’s status after he went to the locker room post the collision. Before the collision, Ovechkin was on a heater and scored two goals in the game, taking his total to 16 goals in the last 10 games, inching closer to breaking Wayne Gretzky’s record with a 27-goal difference.

Ovi needs help back to the bench after this collision 😳 pic.twitter.com/gJES90naMw

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