Fansided · May 7, 2019
Washington Capitals: One Year Ago, Demons were Exorcised
Every sport has their great story of finally beating their biggest rivals en route to a historical run. Hockey had theirs last year with the Washington Capitals.
On May 7, 2018 the Washington Capitals had another-but-past-elusive opportunity to knock off their big dragon in the form of a flightless bird: the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In the grand scheme of things, what happened a month later was even bigger but one moment doesn’t lead to the other. Even though the Capitals had a 3-2 series advantage they were still a couple men down.
Despite that, the Capitals showed that they were a championship team that spring because guys like Alex Chiasson and Nathan Walker had impacts in that game.