(Nick Wass/Associated Press)
The usually slow-starting Capitals built a 3-0 lead after one period in Ottawa on Tuesday and held off the Senators for a 4-2 win that clinched the top spot in the Eastern Conference and the Metropolitan Division title.
Washington players were frustrated by their performance in the second and third periods, but those first 20 minutes, which featured three goals on eight shots, sure were fun. During a break in the action, Comcast SportsNet captured Capitals forward Justin Williams dancing (okay, moving his shoulders up and down) on the bench to Rednex’s “Cotton Eye Joe” like nobody was watching.