If you thought this tradition was dead after the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018, it’s not.
Sunday, after the Penguins beat the Capitals 4-3 at Capital One Arena, Pens fans walked across the street and stormed the steps of the National Portrait Gallery.
The mob’s chants included “Let’s Go Pens!”, “We Have 5 Cups”, and “This Is Our House.”
The Washington Capitals defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday to advance to the third round of the playoffs for the first time in 20 years. You would think that after watching their favorite team win back-to-back Stanley Cups, Penguins fans would take the loss with humility and good sportsmanship. NOPE.
Instead, our Twitter mentions have been filled up with chirps, wishes of failure, and memes like this.
Evgeny Kuznetsov’s Game Six OTGWG set off a raucous celebration on the ice and on the Capitals bench.
We’re now learning, via a snippet of the Capitals’ video recap, that the onslaught of celebrating Caps players accidentally knocked over a Penguins fans as he stood by the glass.
Wednesday night, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety suspended Tom Wilson three games for his illegal check to the head of Zach Aston-Reese. Despite Wilson not playing in Game Four, the Caps forward did not stray far from Penguins fans’ minds.
During warmups, several Pens supporters brought signs, including this fan who claimed Wilson was a puppy hater.
Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored one of the biggest goals of his career Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena.
With 67 seconds remaining in the third period, the Russian machine batted a rebound out of the air past Penguins goaltender Matt Murray to give the Caps a 4-3 win in Game Three. The victory also gave the Caps a 2-1 series lead over the Penguins.
As Ovechkin skated over to the glass to celebrate his league-leading eighth playoff goal, Penguins fans gave one of the greatest players of all-time a classless salute.
As has become tradition during the Ovechkin/Crosby Era, visiting Pittsburgh Penguins fans claimed the steps of the National Portrait Gallery after the Pens were victorious in Game One 3-2.
Hundreds of Pens fans gathered across the street of Capital One Arena cheering as Caps fans made their way home.
Pittsburgh Penguins fans are a, uh, different breed and Sunday night they showed their class during Alex Ovechkin’s milestone 1,000th career game.
One fan even made Alex Ovechkin a sign, which he appears to have made in 2 minutes using a sharpie.
After falling into a 3-1 series hole last season, the Capitals lost in Game Six. This year, the Capitals have defiantly revised that script, scoring five goals on the Penguins in Game Six and forcing a Game Seven.
Capitals defenseman John Carlson and forward Andre Burakovsky scored goals one minute and twelve seconds apart to dispatch the Penguins.
The Caps will play the deciding game Wednesday at Verizon Center.
From top to bottom, we hate the Penguins franchise. From their obnoxious banners to their entitled players, the Penguins annoy us.
But today, one Yinzer did something so compassionate and sweet, we had to highlight it here on RMNB.
By Cara Bahniuk 5 years ago
This season, Alex Ovechkin’s first game in Pittsburgh won’t be in a Capitals uniform. Instead, he’ll be playing for Team Russia in a World Cup of Hockey pre-tournament game at CONSOL Energy Center.
Although Ovi won’t be donning Caps red, his Team Russia teammate (and Penguins center) Evgeni Malkin expects Ovi to be booed.
By Margaret Stuart 5 years ago
