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Metro to stay open later for Game 1 of Capitals-Penguins series

By Samantha Loss

WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins Thursday night in Game 1 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And Metro is doing its part to help out.

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Game 1 starts at 8 p.m. at the Verizon Center, which is a bit later than usual. And in the playoffs, overtime is always a possibility.

Metro will be staying open an extra hour to accommodate.

Fans will be able to enter the system from three stations:

  • Gallery Place (7th & F Street entrance only)
  • Metro Center (11th & G Street entrance only)
  • Jucidiary Square (F Street entrance only)

Entrances at all other Metro stations will close at their normal times, but customers will be able to exit at all stations.

It’s also recommended that riders be inside one of those stations by 12:45 a.m. to ensure they get the last train.

The Caps and Penguins are no strangers to playing longer than 60 minutes. The two teams had a game that went to four overtimes back in the 1990s — the fifth longest NHL playoff game ever played.

WTOP’s Meg Hasken contributed to this report.

Metro and IndyCar team up for a busy weekend of Freedom 250 Grand Prix events

By Alan Etter
No, you weren't hallucinating Thursday morning — that was an IndyCar being pulled along the Metro tracks through a portion of D.C. It was part of a promotion between the Freedom 250 Grand Prix and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to remind people that the best way to navigate the expected huge crowds this weekend is to take Metro. "Even IndyCar knows the fastest way to get around is actually on Metro," said Randy Clarke, the transit agency's general manager and CEO. "We're really excited about this, and this car was a really kind of fun way to show a different way that people can see the Metro system, and we're having a little fun." The IndyCar, described as a work car that will not run in any of the races scheduled over the weekend, was fastened aboard a flat-bed train car and pulled along the yellow line, beginning at the King Street station up to the Mount Vernon station then back south to the L'Enfant Plaza station. Metro riders gawked at the multicolored, low-profile racecar as the train paused at L'Enfant for a photo op.
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