WASHINGTON — It’s been a 20-year wait and Capitals fans are ready to “Rock the Red” against the first-year wunderkind Golden Knights.
There is no shortage of enthusiastic support from local fans who crave a world title from the city’s professional sports teams and are cheering the Capitals’ return to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1998.
Restaurants, shops and stores have signs blaring loyalty to the hockey franchise, a team built around captain Alex Ovechkin, who scored in a 3-2 win over the Golden Knights in Las Vegas in Game 2.