Can we put a cap on this playoff series so the Washington Capitals​ can just win the dang Stanley Cup?

It’s that glorious time of year when lawmakers and lobbyists bring their rivalry to the ice at the annual Congressional Hockey Challenge. Though the charity-driven game is all in fun, tensions are sure to run high when dueling teams step into the rink. NHL celebrities are known to make an …

Props to The Lead for writing the best headlines so far about the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup. HOW ABOOT THAT? BLACKHAWKS WIN THIRD STANLEY CUP IN SIX YEARS  

All the latest links from the District and beyond. Here’s who is headlining the next WHCA dinner: [Cecily Strong] Can the Caps be fixed enough to consistently [play good hockey?] People got stuck in snow on a NY highway [nightmare commute] Goodbye Arlington [streetcar proposal] A rockstar wants to bury …

#NATIONAL Always get the bigger pizza; Or maybe never get the pizza; We found the best ever House of Cards tumblr; Bitcoin: nice while it lasted; Lebron-man; Seaworld still pissed about “Blackfish;” where’s our American flag tee shirt?; what’s going on with the Tea Party?; Oscars Sunday; Anchorman 3: ain’t …

Most everyone in DC loves the CAPS, but did you know that hockey can also tear down partisan lines? John Kerry, a former Democratic candidate for President, and Gerrit Lansing, a former Heritage Foundation blogger, celebrate together:

Is this Alex Ovechkin commercial the best ESPN one ever? C-A-P-S!

Damn it Washington sports. We’re good people. We deserve better. We need something.

Tickle fights and naked shower run-ins became part of the beltway lexicon, don’t be boring,scoop your poop, Chris Paulitz dropped his publicist Mark Pfeifle, Shamrock Fest is rocking RFK tomorrow, Marion Barry kicked it at Matt Labash’s book party, the free DC hedge-clipping service is still open for business, DC …

It was all fun and games until a hill staffer puts a bounty on the head of a gun lobbyist … BDayspring: Placing a $500 bounty on the head of @goody37 for tonight’s game. RELATED: Not Your Normal Hockey Game [Lawmakers vs. Lobbyists] RELATED: Flickr photoset from last night’s hockey …

Appropriately timed and very funny. [at least we have health care]

USA! USA! USA! Deadspin’s Dashiell Bennett: Boorish Americans Win The Weekend In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like obnoxious United Statesians who are now free to gloat over their nation’s Olympic triumphs as exultant underdogs instead of domineering bullies. Suck it, Earth!

Alexander Ovechkin could be Mayor of DC by this time next week if he keeps this up. [C-A-P-S]

Who can leave a Mercedes unattended and running for 7 hours at a Metro and not have it stolen? Chris Cooley: Hockey Even more car craziness. When we got back to the Vienna stop and walked to the parking lot I found that somehow I had left the Mercedes running …

Ovechkin isn’t polling very well in Pennsylvania. Alexander Ovechkin scored two third period goals to keep the Washington Capitals’ playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. Game 7 is tonight in Washington! … Meanwhile, Washington’s other playoff team, the Wizards, are paying the price …