After an eight-day break, the Washington Capitals officially returned to the ice at Capital One Arena Friday to take on the Calgary Flames.

For some Capitals fans, it was a soggy experience trying to enter the arena.

According to RMNB’s Cara Bahniuk, only half the ticket entrances at F Street were open shortly before game time due to water flooding the entrances.

“The line was really long outside,” Bahniuk said. “As I walked to my section, I saw a bunch of commotion. There was water on the on the floor. When I went to get a drink with my father, the cashier said a pipe burst and that the same thing happened Thursday. People underneath the pipe got wet. The crowd ran in different directions when the water started spraying.”

Pipe burst Capital One Arena. @WTOP @russianmachine @CapsOutsider @NBCSCapitals pic.twitter.com/jlMinH4F5b

— Jeremy Mishler (@mishlerjm) February 1, 2019

A mish-mash of Capital One Arena employees quickly descended on the area and soaked up the water with mops.

I reached out to the Capitals to clarify what happened.

“Due to the extreme cold temperatures, a sprinkler in close proximity to the F street box office lobby windows was, unfortunately, triggered at 6:45,” a Capitals representative said. “The lobby and entrances were quickly reopened after deemed safe.”

Washington DC has been mired in sub-freezing temperatures in the teens and single digits as several cold fronts have dumped snow on the area.

By the first intermission, the water had been cleared.

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Headline photo: Cara Bahniuk