With the winter storm, Blizzard Jonas, pounding the East Coast, three games on the NHL schedule were canceled and postponed.
The Washington Capitals received the worst of it: Friday’s home game versus the Anaheim Ducks and Sunday’s home game against the Pittsburgh Penguins were both taken off the docket.
Ditto for the New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers, who were scheduled to play a game Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Although Raleigh, N.C., was also experiencing rare snowfall, freezing rain and icy road conditions, the Calgary Flames on Saturday were fully preparing to play the Hurricanes on Sunday (4 p.