Weather forces NHL to postpone game in Washington

The league was also forced to cancel Friday’s game in Washington D.C., where the Capitals’ elite offense would take on the stout defense of the Anaheim Ducks.

The NBA said Boston’s game at Philadelphia scheduled for Saturday night will be made up on Sunday at 7 p.m. The Utah Jazz’s game at Washington, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, will be reset at a later date.

A makeup date for the game will be announced as soon as it can be confirmed, the National Hockey League said in a statement. Said Pittsburgh’s Eric Fehr, who previously played for the Capitals: “With the Metro being shut down there for all of Sunday I find it really hard to believe people would be able to get to the game, including people who work in the rink”.

In Washington, the George Washington’s women’s basketball game against visiting George Mason has been rescheduled for Friday at noon instead of Saturday, while the George Mason’s men’s basketball game against Duquesne in Fairfax, Virginia, has been moved up from Saturday to Friday afternoon in the hopes of avoiding the storm. We will provide related updates as they are shared with us. The Capitals won 5-2. A new date for that contest has yet to be announced.

The last time a Wizards home game was postponed was a matchup against the Atlanta Hawks on February 7, 2010, also because of severe winter weather conditions. The three-time Hart Trophy victor scored two goals and set up two others in Washington’s 5-3 triumph over Anaheim on February 15.OVERTIME1.

Neither the Penguins nor Ducks games have been rescheduled; the latter being a bit trickier to manage. Regardless, he views having at least one additional day off as a positive given the injury troubles that have plagued the Wizards. [John Wall is] nicked up a bit.