After blanking the Bolts and celebrating TJ Oshie’s Dirty 30 Friday night, the Capitals dispersed across the country to celebrate the NHL’s three-day holiday break. Here’s what your favorite past, current, and future Caps were up to for Christmas.
Alex Ovechkin and his wife Nastya flew to Miami Beach and stayed at a beachside resort. Unfortunately, Andre Burakovsky did not join Ovi this year on the trip.
The Oshies appear to have stayed at home to celebrate Christmas. TJ’s wife Lauren posted two adorable photos of her children Lyla and Leni.
Dmitry Orlov and his lovely wife Varvara traveled to Columbus, Ohio to spend time with Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Red Wings defenseman Alexey Marchenko. Orlov and Bobrovsky are longtime friends from their playing together on Metallurg Novokuznetsk. They appeared to have a bunch of fun at Bob’s house.
It looks like Dima and Varvara would have made a great figure-skating pair!
Marcus Johansson instagrammed a photo of his wife Amelia holding his daughter Mila. “Merry Christmas from the Johansson family 🙈😍🎄🎁🎅,” Johansson said.
Jakub Vrana’s mother Jana saw her son play in his first NHL game on Friday.
Capitals rookie Jakub Vrana's mother Jana is visiting from Czech and will see him play live in NHL for first time tonight.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) December 23, 2016
Afterwards, mom and son visited New York City together.
John Carlson posted this adorable photo with his son Lucca.
Daniel Winnik and his beautiful wife Taylor vacationed at the Hyatt High Sierra Lodge on Lake Tahoe. “What's Christmas without and overly posed photo with a snowy mountain backdrop? Happy holidays from the Winnik's ☺️,” wrote Taylor.
Of course the professional photographer in the family took a bunch of stunning photos.
I’m not sure of Wilson’s whereabouts, but Caps forward Brett Connolly shared the above photo and wished Tom Wilson a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas from us to you!!!🎄 @tom_wilso pic.twitter.com/N08O8Eg8yj
— Brett Connolly (@bconnolly8) December 25, 2016
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!! 🎄🎄
— Tom Wilson (@tom_wilso) December 26, 2016
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday. Got to play some outdoor hockey with family & friends in Slovakia. #childhood #gamewinner 🏒❄️🚨 pic.twitter.com/DmotiZaxlC
— Peter Bondra (@PeterBondra12) December 25, 2016
Bonzai returned home to Slovakia to play some pond hockey with family and friends.
A photo posted by Riley Barber (@riley_barber_) on
Riley Barber returned home to his native Pittsburgh and took a photo with his two other brothers after dinner. “Merry Christmas from the Barber boys ✔️🐦🐦🐦✔️,” he wrote on Instagram.
Gally visited New York City with his wife Olya. He also dressed up like Santa Clause.
Connor Carrick and his longtime girlfriend Lexi met Santa (not Stan Galiev) in Toronto.
Former Capital Michael Latta shared this photo with his two brothers. “One bite everybody knows the rules. Happy holidays from the latta brothers,” he wrote on Instagram.
The Caps prospect returned home and played some Christmas Eve pond hockey in Saskatoon.
Former Capitals forward Brooks Laich spent Christmas in Sandy, Utah, with his fiancee Julianne Hough, their two dogs Lexi and Harley, and the entire Hough family.
The Hough family also filmed this choreographed Christmas video.
A video posted by Julianne Hough (@juleshough) on
Big John snapped this photo of this three kids from his Canadian home.
Finally, I have no idea where the Big Cheese spent Christmas, but he got this amazing t-shirt. This was also one of my favorite games to play growing up as a kid.
What you know bout this? #1Skinny3Fat pic.twitter.com/W1I96RD6qX
— Joel Ward (@JRandalWard42) December 26, 2016
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