It was a big Friday in the first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils and Edmonton Oilers earned their first wins of the postseason at home on Friday night. Each team will now get the chance to tie their respective series on Sunday.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.

The Washington Capitals will play the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Logan Thompson exited with an injury and a brawl marred the proceedings as the Canadiens earned a 6-3 win at home to trim the Capitals’ series lead to two games to one.

Montreal's Sam Montembeault and Washington's Logan Thompson both left Game 3 with injuries, and they could be gone for a while.

Washington's Logan Thompson put no weight on his left skate while being helped off, while Montreal's Sam Montembeault suffered a lower-body injury.