Caps Do Their Part to Fatten Fans

You should already know by now, five goals equals 10 free wings at Glory Days. And with a league-leading 239 goals, you have to imagine the Caps are doing their part to ruin everyone's diet plan. The Caps' gluttonous campaign has featured 11 wing tricks this season (and counting), but if you want a refresher, here's where they came from.

October featured one wing game, the Caps' home-opening 6-4 trouncing of the Maple Leafs Oct. 3.

November was a bit more filling (ba dum ching) with two wing nights. The Caps scored seven goals in their Nov. 7 trouncing of the Panthers and a shootout goal turned the deep fryers on after a 5-4 victory over the Islanders Nov. 11.

There were two wing nights for devoted Caps fans in December. Once again, the Florida Panthers provided the fodder for some chicken as the Caps won 6-2 Dec. 3. Even the creators of the legendary Buffalo Wing got in on the action as the Sabres lost 5-2 Dec. 23.

Belts across the district were loosened by at least one notch in January as the Caps put together four wing nights, starting with a 5-2 win over the Senators Jan. 7. The Maple Leafs provided yet another wing night Jan. 15 in a 6-1 game and Anaheim rounded it out with their 5-1 loss Jan. 27.

So far in February the Caps have two wing nights with a 5-2 win Feb. 2 over the Thrashers and perhaps the best-tasting wings of all courtesy of the 5-4 overtime victory against the Pens Feb. 7.

Time for some simple math. Say the average "group" is two fans. That's 220 wings-per-fan consumed at Glory Days this season. In 29 home games this season, fans were gifted wings 11 times. I like those odds and consider this: the Caps missed a wing trick by one goal in eight games this season.

Let's re-cap, 11 wing nights and six of those on Alex Ovechkin's watch as captain. Perhaps the next time the Caps score five goals, fans should hail the ice with chicken wings ala the rat trick...or not.