WASHINGTON — There is a sequence in the movie “Beverly Hills Cop” in which three men carry a protesting Eddie Murphy across the lobby of a building and fling him through a window. Glass scatters everywhere, and within seconds, a police car pulls up.
When the officers tell him to stand and put his hands on the hood, an incredulous Murphy asks what he is being charged with.
Disturbing the peace, he is told.
That scene came to mind 4 minutes 13 seconds into the first period Saturday night at Verizon Center, where whatever sliver of peace that existed during the Washington Capitals’ playoff series with the Pittsburgh Penguins vanished.