The Washington Capitals are on the verge of winning the Stanley Cup against the Vegas Golden Knights. Plenty of people in Pittsburgh are rooting for Las Vegas because of Marc-Andre Fleury and the Penguins’ rivalry with the Capitals. Penguins fans like to hold the Capitals’ lack of playoff success over their heads, but if they win they will have bragging rights as Stanley Cup champions for at least a year.
There is also a faction of fans that doesn’t want Capitals star Alex Ovechkin to win a Stanley Cup because it will validate him as a superstar in the category of Sidney Crosby.