The Washington Capitals were an excited bunch after their 6-5 overtime victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night.
Avenging their Home Opening 5-3 loss to the Devils, the Capitals won via a Tom Wilson goal in the extra session, giving the alternate captain his second goal of the night.
Notably, Alex Ovechkin lit the lamp for the first time this season — career goal number 854 — while Andrew Mangiapane scored for the first time as a Capital. Brandon Duhaime also fought Stefan Noesen to avenge some cross-checks to Trevor van Riemsdyk.
And, of course, how could we forget Logan Thompson making two game-saving stops in overtime?
Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery had much to choose from in his post-game locker room speech, which was electric from start to end. I suppose you know your speech has connected with your coworkers when they begin barking like a dog. Well, actually, maybe not. But in this context, YES.
Transcript
Spencer Carbery: …But we find a way to get that game into overtime and then LT bails us out with a few (big saves).
(Loud cheers.)
(Players begin barking.)
Spencer Carbery: And Willy steps up. F***ing SNIPER WILLY!!
(Loud cheering including some Willy chants)
Spencer Carbery: How ‘bout this guy’s f***ing scrap????
(Players cheer even louder for Brandon Duhaime.)
(Duhaime starts barking like a dog as Nic Dowd puts his arm around him.)
(Nic Dowd then barks back into Duhaime’s face.)
(And now the whole locker room is barking.)
Spencer Carbery: And also, we got a guy that broke the seal tonight. Andrew Mangiapane. First goal as a Washington Capital.
(Locker room erupts for Mangiapane.)
(Players start yelling “speech.”)
Alex Ovechkin: Heinz 57, baby! Heinz 57.
Andrew Mangiapane: Heinz 57, boys. That’s the trick. Good game tonight, boys.
Spencer Carbery: O’s on the f***ing board, too!!!!!!
(Insane cheering.)
Spencer Carbery: Alright, let’s f***ing get outta here.
Not only is this Capitals team pretty dang good, but they’re also fun. Keep it up, boys.
