Wednesday night, our Instagram account (@rmnb_blog) was tagged in a photo by readers Lara and Courtney. The two Caps fans’ shared their sign from pregame warmups and it was so fantastic I had to show you here.
Late in the first period, six-foot, 189-pound TJ Oshie reminded us why we should never just think of him as a tiny skill forward.
The Sochi hero sent Radko Gudas into the boards, shoving most of Gudas’s body into the Flyers bench.
The Flyers and Capitals hate each other. So of course there were some big hits during rivalry night.
Take for instance this crushing hit involving Tom Wilson during the second period. Two Flyers players, Taylor Leier and Brandon Manning, tried to vaporize Willy Baby along the boards at the same moment.
Except they crumpled to the ice instead.
Ladies and gentlemen, Andre Burakovsky scored a goal in an actual hockey game! This is big news because Burky has been goal-less in the last 26 games. After scoring two goals on opening night, Burakovsky was unable to dent the twine. In an effort to mentally reset his forward, Barry Trotzscratched Burakovsky for three games coming into tonight’s contest.
It worked.
With one simple flick of the wrists, Burakovsky felt joy again.
Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden was in attendance for the Caps-Flyers rivalry night game. Biden was first spotted by @TheOrangeNBlack on Twitter.
Biden did not sit in a suite. The popular VP was sitting in the lower bowl just a few rows back from the glass.
Over the course of the regular season, there are games that come along that you probably don’t care about very much. Some weeknight game against some team you are largely indifferent to. Well, tonight is not one of those games. Tonight we’ve got two of the top teams from the best division in hockey squaring off. On top of that, these two teams have a history of dislike that goes back decades. Tonight, my friends, is what we call a doozy. Buckle up, let’s go.
The game is at 8 pm on NBCSN. Yes, an actual rivalry on rivalry night.
| Team | Record | Possession | PDO | Power Play | Penalty Kill |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 19-11-4 | 50.6% | 99.0 | 22.8% | 82.8% |
| Washington Capitals | 19-8-3 | 53.6% | 101.5 | 19.6% | 84.0% |
By Patrick Holden 5 years ago
