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Posts by Brian McNally
To @washingtonpost.com ownership and executives: If you see a great newspaper as simply a vehicle to reach temporary power brokers at each end of Pennsylvania Avenue, move on. You're not worthy of the reporters whose work has informed generations of readers in the District and beyond.
Beltway Football Live is set to go from MetLife Stadium. Join JP Finlay + Mitch Tischler to recap Commanders win over Giants on Monumental Sports Network's YouTube channel. bit.ly/3N0f9Cv
Congrats to Notre Dame, the NEW 1993 NCAA college football champions. Well done. My dad lobbied for this until the day he died. Big day for the McNally family. We did it old man😂
real ones know there is only one correct way to travel from NYC to DC (Amtrak northeast regional cafe car)
Catch our Beltway Football postgame pod all year long on YouTube. JP and Mitch broke down Commanders' ugly loss to Ravens ... but also what's ahead. The real games are almost here. bit.ly/4n1H6XC
Caps and Canes get Round 2 started!
Sure looks like Aliaksei Protas will return from injury tonight. If the Habs thought the Caps were a big team before ...
You are all very, very welcome
Anthony Beauvillier has a track record in the postseason. It's why they got him. Went to the front of the net and was there when Ovechkin's shot made it through
Ovechkin was held without a point in first round last season vs, Rangers. First time in his career he didn't get a point.
Spencer Carbery said "it bothered him."
Ovechkin gets first goal of playoff for Caps this time.
Ovi is on the BOARD. Great look from Tom Wilson. Looked a bit like 895. A feisty first period goes to the Caps.
Canadiens feel like they're just surviving these first 10, which is a win sometimes. Caps knocking everyone over. Multiple good chances. But still 0-0.
Game on!
Prediction time: I'll go Caps in a tough 6. Injury status for a host of guys makes things a little uneasy. Habs have young talent. A lot. Nothing really to lose. And an unrivaled home atmosphere. Maybe akin to the Leafs series in '17.
Canadiens warmup lines ahead of Game 1 in Washington:
Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovský
Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher
Laine-Newhook-Demidov
Heineman-Evans-Armia
Matheson-Carrier
Guhle-Hutson
Struble-Savard
Montembeault
Dobeš
Lines for the Caps in Game 1 vs. Montreal:
Ovechkin-Strome-Beauvillier
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Mangiapane-Eller-Leonard
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh
Chychrun-Carlson
Sandin-Roy
Alexeyev-TvR
Logan Thompson leads Caps onto the ice here for warmups before Game 1 vs. Habs at Capital One Arena. Last played April 2 vs. Carolina. Right back into the fire.
I'm 99% sure Scott Van Pelt just did a Tone Loc / Chris Berman bit on the late SportsCenter that like 11 people will get but deserves some kind of award or trophy ... or at least a trinket. Something.
Caps clinch the top seed in the East. As everyone predicted especially me. 👀 Last check mark - their first-round Stanley Cup playoff opponent. Soon.
Celebrating 895
2010 vibes as Caps are preparing to win the East and the Canadiens are pulling away for the final playoff spot with another win tonight. For now, that's the first round matchup. Habs about to go up 8 points.
Caps clinch the Metropolitan Division just by sitting at home and watching TV. Carolina loses to Buffalo. Impressive. First time winning Metro since 2020. 2nd round playoff preview vs. Canes on Thursday?
This is a hell of a front for the Monumental Sports Network
website and Monumental+ app. Iconic.
Good man. Good trouble. 25 hours of fighting back. John Lewis would be proud. Strom Thurmond can kick rocks.
Fab 5 did it in ‘93 at least. UCLA was a 9 seed in the second round. Kentucky was a 1 seed in Final 4. Both games in OT.
Alex Ovechkin now has 7 assists in his past 6 games as he channels his inner Nick Backstrom. Good times.