LOVERRO: Skate, score, hit or spit, these Capitals do whatever it takes

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

It was a Monday night in November at Capital One Arena, a contest on the ice between the Washington Capitals and Anaheim Ducks — not exactly the ingredients for a dramatic evening.

But at the end of the second period, those in attendance were treated to wild scene that included a sighting of that rarest of sports phenomena — the magic loogie.

The score was 2-0 in a hard-fought game between the Capitals and the Ducks when Anaheim’s Brendan Guhle tripped up Washington’s Brendan Leipsic.

Leipsic — a human bowling bowl — was not going to let this aggression stand. So he went flying through the air behind the Ducks’ net and nailed whoever was in the way — which happened to be…