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Spencer Carbery gave his tired players an early Christmas present after they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-0 at Capital One Arena, Sunday.<\/p>\n
After giving shoutouts to the penalty killers; Rasmus Sandin and Connor McMichael for their huge shot blocks; Jakob Chychrun for scoring the game-winning goal; and Logan Thompson for reaching 100 victories<\/a> \u2014 \u201cTheir guy was f***ing good, but our guy was f***ing better\u201d<\/a> \u2014 Carbery ended his speech with a reward that made the players absolutely lose their minds.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd this group coming together, you can see our identity every f***ing night how we come together all four lines, all six D, both of our goaltenders playing the right way,\u201d Carbery said. \u201cEnjoy your two days off!\u201d<\/p>\n He then walked out of the room.<\/p>\n Excited Capitals players got up out of their stalls \u2014 some shirtless and screaming while others were fully clothed and in disbelief \u2014 and came together in the middle of the locker room. They then began jumping in a happy group huddle, as if school had just been canceled due to snow.<\/p>\n \u201cHey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!\u201d they chanted together.<\/p>\n As the excitement began to dissipate somewhat, someone started singing the soccer chant \u00a1Ol\u00e9! \u00a1Ol\u00e9! \u00a1Ol\u00e9! \u00a1Ol\u00e9! \u00a1Ol\u00e9! \u00a1Ol\u00e9! and the rest of the players joined along, clapping in unison.<\/p>\n