Rookie Liam O'Brien Is Pretty Awesome

Caps rookie center Liam O'Brien has only played 3 NHL games but he's already starting to get some notice from fans. O'Brien got into a fight in his first career NHL game (and the Caps opening game of the season) and during Tuesday's shootout loss to the Sharks had a rather interesting game in the 6 minutes he was on the ice.

Check out these two GIFs including a very funny tongue sticking out move:

Matt Hendricks Scores, Matt Hendricks Smashes, Matt Hendricks Shimmies

The Caps got off to a good start in the biggest game of the lockout shortened season.  Matt Hendrix (I call him that cuz he Rocks) scored a goal early in the first period to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 lead over the Winnipeg Jets.

After the goal, Hendricks absolutely laid out the Jets Paul Potsma and then did a little Hendy Dance!  I'm gonna call that the "Hendy Shuffle" Check out the GIFs.

Ovechkin Breakaway Score And Celebration

It was an exciting first period for the Washington Capitals on Saturday evening at Verizon Center.  In their matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Alex Ovechkin scored a breakaway goal to take the temporary goal scoring lead over opponent Steven Stamkos.  What he did after the goal was vintage Ovechkin.