After his penalty, Wilson was challenged at his own bench, verbally being confronted by Wayne Simmonds and Kyle Clifford, for hitting their goaltender. Wilson was enfaged on the bench would yell saying:
Wilson is one of, if not the toughest guy in the NHL. He would later drop the gloves with Kyle Clifford in the 3rd period but after the game Jack Campbell came to Tom Wilson's defense, stating that: