A watch party has the feel of a home game.
At Capital One Arena, fans are cheering on the Washington Capitals — despite Game 7 being in Tampa. And they’re electric after the Capitals have taken a 3-0 lead through the second period.
Things got started when Alex Ovechkin scored just 1:02 into the game:
Here was the reaction inside Capital One Arena on that Ovechkin goal. Crazy pic.twitter.com/ThQD5EJ2LY
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) May 24, 2018
Later on, Andre Burakovsky caused the crowd to erupt after he scored on a Lightning turnover:
The reaction after Burakovsky’s goal. pic.twitter.com/qNFkfpHVZA
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) May 24, 2018
Then the Capitals took a 3-0 lead off another Burakovsky goal — with some fans even chanting “We want Vegas! We want Vegas!”
Fans are feeling good after the third goal pic.twitter.com/Q4AZ2bLXdg
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) May 24, 2018
Group of fans chanting “We want Vegas! We want Vegas!” pic.twitter.com/xONOiz4SLk
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) May 24, 2018
If the Capitals hold on, they’ll face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final.
• Matthew Paras can be reached at mparas@washingtontimes.com.
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