Game Seven | RMNB

The last time the Capitals played in Tampa, they won the Prince of Wales Trophy. We recapped the best moments.

Tonight, the Washington Capitals will play in Tampa Bay’s Amalie Arena for the first time since becoming Eastern Conference champions on May 23, 2018.

After taking a commanding 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Final, the Caps lost the next three games to the NHL’s best team, looking vulnerable and likely to lose. Instead, Washington shutout the Lightning in the final two games to win the series 4-3 and advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 1998. The celebration was raucous.

That night was beautiful and inspired some of the best content in RMNB history. It also led to change. Behind the scenes, our database was getting pummeled by web traffic and we couldn’t publish to our site after the game, leading to a front-page story in our hometown paper Stanley Cup-sized technical difficulties for Russian Machine Never Breaks.

Since then, the Capitals raised the Stanley Cup for the first time and we got a new website. I also had one of my most memorable moments as a fan after the game.

Let’s recap.

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Braden Holtby cried as the Capitals took their Eastern Conference Champions team photo

Heading into Wednesday night’s Game Seven, the Washington Capitals had not made the Stanley Cup Final in 20 years, spanning the entire Alex Ovechkin Era in DC. Caps goaltender Braden Holtby, who has backstopped the team during many of its second round exits, shut out the Tampa Bay Lightning in Games Six and Seven to push the team to the championship round.

He cried while posing for a team photo with the Prince of Wales Trophy.

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By Cara Bahniuk 10 months ago

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The best moments from the Capitals Game Seven victory video

Throughout the 2018 postseason, the Capitals media team has been producing videos documenting every game. Well, the Game Seven behind-the-scenes video is here and you absolutely need to see this.

From the goals to the happy hockey hugs, we’ve documented our favorite moments. We promise you will feel many feels.

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By Cara Bahniuk 10 months ago

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Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals were not scared to touch the Prince of Wales Trophy

During an interview with NBC Sports’ Pierre McGuire, Alex Ovechkin was asked if he ever thought about touching the Prince of Wales Trophy after becoming Eastern Conference Champions.

“You’re going to see right now,” Ovechkin said wryly, obfuscating his next move.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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GIFs of Alex Ovechkin celebrating on the bench before earning a trip to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time

Late in the second period when Andre Burakovsky gave the Caps a 3-0 lead, the team’s captain Alex Ovechkin began a celebration that would continue off and on throughout the third period of Game Seven.

Riding two goals from Burky and a second consecutive shutout from Braden Holtby, the Capitals eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0. The team is now going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in the Ovechkin Era.

The Great 8’s happiness was palpable.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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Andre Burakovsky’s two-goal second period gives Caps 3-0 lead in Game Seven

What in the hell is going on? Everything in Game Seven is coming up… #ALLCAPS.

7:42 after scoring his first goal of the postseason, Andre Burakovsky scored again. He is having the biggest game of his life in one of the Capitals biggest games in its franchise’s history.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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Perfect child Andre Burakovsky puts the Caps up 2-0 in Game Seven

The Caps lead has grown from the unlikeliest of places. Oft-injured and recently-scratched infant child Andre Burakovsky has put the Caps up 2-0 with a solo effort beat Dan Girardi and score.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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Alex Ovechkin scores sixty-two seconds into Game Seven

Game Seven. Sixty-two seconds. Alex Ovechkin. Ovi Spot.

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By Ian Oland 10 months ago

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10 years later, Alex Ovechkin is still sour at referees for the Caps’ Game Seven loss to the Flyers

The Caps are in a familiar position. Wednesday, Washington will play its 10th Game Seven in the Alex Ovechkin era.

It’s been 10 years since the first Game Seven Ovechkin played. Tuesday, he was asked if he remembered the game. And, boy, did he.

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By Brendan Doyle 10 months ago

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Barry Trotz’s priceless response to what he learned from the Caps’ Game Seven loss to the Penguins last season

Today being a travel day for the Capitals, the media caught up to coach Barry Trotz at the team hotel in Tampa Bay. There, most of the questions surrounded Wednesday’s imminent Game Seven against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Final.

The deciding game of this series will be Washington’s first Game Seven since last year’s heart-wrenching loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 2-0 defeat ended the season and closed the two-year window that many around the team had admitted was their best shot at competing for a Stanley Cup. It would be human nature to go back and analyze the game’s minutia to look for anything to carry into the future.

Trotz, however, seems to be focusing big-picture. When asked if he learned a lesson from last year’s Game Seven against the Penguins, Trotz had a sassy response.

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By Brendan Doyle 10 months ago

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