DING DONG the streak is dead. The Blue Jackets came to town and were met very rudely by your Washington Capitals in their fancy home alternate jerseys. In a game that started with a playoff-like feel, your Caps had a chance to put an end to the biggest story of the NHL season so far. They did just that, stopping Columbus’ attempt to tie the NHL record of winning 17 games in a row set by the 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Caps came out strong, limiting the Blue Jackets to only one or two real chances and putting two goals past Sergei Bobrovsky. Daniel Winnik struck first, converging on a net front scramble and John Carlson deflected a Marcus Johansson pass off of his skate and past the Russian netminder to make the game 2-0.
In very Bachman–Turner Overdrive fashion, “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” the Caps followed up a strong first period with an even better second. They doubled their lead with strikes coming from Nate Schmidt and Andre Burakovsky. 4-0 after two.
The Caps weren’t done there. In the third, Justin Williams would continue his hot streak with a top shelf dart to make it 5-0 and remove Sergei Bobrovsky from the game. Braden Holtby with the shutout, ho-hum. BAILAMOS!
Caps beat Blue Jackets 5-0!
Best Bailamos game so far this year in my opinion.
welcoming the best team in the league to your arena like#CapsJackets pic.twitter.com/FuXMZTq7Sl
— Jason Rogers (@HeyJayJRogers) January 6, 2017
Joe B suit of the night
#JoeBSuitOfTheNight #CapsJackets Fuchsia for a streak-breaking night pic.twitter.com/SrujoQqItL
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 6, 2017
Well that was fun. See you on Saturday for Ottawa.
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