Washington Capitals fans celebrated well into the night after their team on Thursday captured their first Stanley Cup.
Thanks to a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5, the Capitals hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Alexander Ovechkin celebrated in an inappropriate but awesome fashion. Back in D.C., the scene was bedlam.
Thousands of fans took to the city’s streets to celebrate. Here’s a sample of what it looked like in the nation’s capital.
As Ovechkin lifts the Stanley Cup high over all his DC fans! #ALLCAPS #CHAMPIONS pic.twitter.com/JVDT8CKRm9
— Becca McDevitt (@ABC7Becca) June 8, 2018
Bedlam in Chinatown. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/6BAHE0GTdt
— WAMU 88.5 IS #ALLCAPS (@wamu885) June 8, 2018
WHAT. A. GAME. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/o5BbuG2m5d
— Grace King (@gracelking) June 8, 2018
.@washingtonpost already out here in Chinatown tonight pic.twitter.com/pTKfD9CsXh
— Dave Jorgenson (@davejorgenson) June 8, 2018
DC!! SEE YOU FOR THE PARADE!! #ALLCAPS #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/tGov0fMXCq
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) June 8, 2018
What a scene outside Capital One Arena tonight! #ALLCAPS #RockTheRed #StanleyCupChampions @DarrenMHaynes pic.twitter.com/9GFKyK7OmT
— T M (@reshmanuel) June 8, 2018
The Capitals’ victory marks the first championship for a sports team in the Washington D.C. area since the Washington Redskins won Super Bowl Super Bowl XXVI in 1992.
