Heading into Thursday night, the Capitals were having a grand time on their annual western Canadian roadtrip. As the Washington Horse Show temporarily took over the Caps’ home confines of Capital One Arena, the team was looking to remove the sour taste in the mouth from last week’s befuddling home shootout loss to the Florida Panthers.
Things got off to a promising start with a 5-2 triumph over a solid Vancouver Canucks team. Then the Caps all got dressed up in matching flannel and threw some deadly weapons at a wall.