The Washington Nationals crashed the October 29, 2019, Capitals-Flames game one year ago today. And the game was epic not just because Jakub Vrana scored his first career hat trick.

The World Series-winning Nationals, who held their championship parade a day before, were in a partying mood and brought the Commissioner’s Trophy to Capital One Arena. The Nats started slow, but by the end of the night, it was a sloppy, wonderful mess.

Here’s our behind-the-scenes story about the night.

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The night started with Adam Eaton doing the Oshie chug inside the locker room and ended with the Nats inebriated on the ice. Inbetween, there was drinking, a shirtless Zamboni ride, more drinking, a conga line, even more drinking, and the singing of We Are The Champions inside the Capitals locker room.

The line of the night came from Evgeny Kuznetsov minutes before the Nationals rode half-naked around the ice on an ice resurfacer.

Evgeny Kuznetsov on the Nationals' partying: "They look pretty sober. When we was in their situation, I don’t remember anything."

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) November 4, 2019

Here’s RMNB’s full coverage from that game.

• Tom Wilson, Braden Holtby, and Evgeny Kuznetsov arrive to game wearing Washington Nationals jerseys
• Adam Eaton is doing TJ Oshie’s through-the-jersey beer chug at the Capitals game
• Capitals take team photo with World Series champion Nationals after pregame ceremony
• Jakub Vrana scores first career hat trick 🎩
• The Washington Nationals got shirtless on the Zamboni
• Recap: Caps beat Flames 4-2 as Vrana gets a hat trick and Nats get half-naked
• In epic video, Capitals and Nationals sing ‘We Are The Champions’ together in locker room
• The Washington Nationals played hockey out on the ice after the Capitals game ended
• TJ Oshie did his iconic beer chug again with the Washington Nationals in the locker room
• After Jakub Vrana’s hat trick, Adam Eaton kept throwing hats that had already been collected back onto the ice
• The Washington Nationals poured beer into Capitals fans’ mouths from their suite
• The Washington Nationals invited the World Series Dress Lady into their suite. They let her hold the Commissioner’s Trophy.
• Behind the scenes of the Washington Nationals’ World Series celebration and shirtless Zamboni ride at the Nov. 3 Capitals game

Forget the World Series. You’re looking at the greatest moment in @nationals history right here. (Video: @aplaxen) https://t.co/0ObjSgKoy5 pic.twitter.com/FT257VNbK2

— RMNB (@russianmachine) November 4, 2019