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Misc. you missed: Chippiness, chirping, and Czech bongos

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The Capitals beat the Islanders 3-1 in a game that was very important in the Metro playoff race. Here is Mr. Cerullo’s excellent recap of the game in full, and the numbers for your morning after.

For everything else, here’s the miscellaneous you may have missed!

Pregame

Ovi got a new ‘do. Looks like a subtle undercut. Very nice.

Carl Hagelin did not cut his hair but it still looked nice. It’s a shame Hagelin doesn’t warm up without his helmet. Imagine that luscious lettuce flapping in the wind unhampered.

During the “Game”

This game got CHIPPY. (note to self: look up what that means. is it about fritos. i hope it’s fritos & now i also want fritos.)

This particular chippiness was relatively unsalted. Ovi checked Adam Pelech roughly into the boards, no hard feelings, but then Cal Clutterbuck came in and Ovechkin had some salty sailor words for him.

So! Tom Wilson and Alex Ovechkin, the team’s biggest guns and heaviest hitters, were going to the Capitals bench. They relatively ignored the Islanders bench, which was fine, because the chirping duties were being covered by…Jakub Vrana?

Newly Noted Goon Nicklas Backstrom joined Vrana in mouthing off at the opposite bench.

Fun.

#1 – The “…archery? monkey?” Hug

Vrana opened the scoring for the Caps, with this game-tying goal.

Literally still not sure what this celly is. Was he loading a bow and then just…threw the arrow? That’s not how archery works, bud.

Perhaps he was throwing an imaginary monkey off his back? Vrana’s goal may have been extra-satisfying for him as it came against the coach who once benched him for being in “participation mode.”

Whatever it was, after he was done with it, he fist-bumped a Caps fan while bouncing off the glass. And then he got his group hugs!

The “Ovi Broke a Record but not a Ref” Hug

Ovi scores! But watch him have the presence of mind not to completely bulldoze the ref signaling the goal.

Same goal hug, second angle!

This marks his 45th of the season, making him the only player in NHL history to record that many goals in their career for ten seasons. We are truly in the presence of gr8ness.

The “Not Our Own Goal” Hug

The Isles scored on themselves, but credit for the goal had to go to someone. And that someone was TJ Oshie!

The “HOLTBY!!!!!!” Hug Line

(Holtby deserved his hugs extra because this happened earlier and yes it was upsetting but also yes he seems to be okay.)

Very good hugs for Holtz.

Kempny really does like to play bongos on his teammates’ heads. Twitter user @MurphyOConnor2 (aka Trusted Hockey Man Murphy O’Connor) has made an excellent petition that we should all sign:

Dmitry Orlov may also be a head-bopper. More defenseman patterns will be under investigation.

Okay. Get ready for some sadness. After wins, Holtby used to get one more goalie hug right before exiting the ice: from Madison Bowey.

No extra defender hug this time though.

Postgame

Ovi did a little dance! Tom did an even littler one!

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Islanders

And that’s all for this game! You can follow Brennin on Twitter @youripides for more content and live updates during games.

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