A watch party has the feel of a home game.
At Capital One Arena, fans are cheering on the Washington Capitals — despite Game 7 being in Tampa. And they’re electric after the Capitals have taken a 3-0 lead through the second period.
Things got started when Alex Ovechkin scored just 1:02 into the game:
Here was the reaction inside Capital One Arena on that Ovechkin goal. Crazy pic.twitter.com/ThQD5EJ2LY
— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) May 24, 2018
Later on, Andre Burakovsky caused the crowd to erupt after he scored on a Lightning turnover:
Then the Capitals took a 3-0 lead off another Burakovsky goal — with some fans even chanting “We want Vegas!