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Capitals: Rating the player’s goal songs

By Michael Marzzacco

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period at Capital One Arena on February 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. The goal was Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals 699th career goal. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 20: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens during the first period at Capital One Arena on February 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. The goal was Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals 699th career goal. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 04: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring his second goal of the game against the Los Angeles Kings in the third period at Capital One Arena on February 04, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Do you miss that horn sound Washington Capitals fans?

The one that goes off at Capital One Arena every time a Washington Capitals player scores a goal. New this season, the team allowed players to pick a song of their choice that plays every time that particular player scores a goal.

Some of the songs have fans signing along right out of their seats. Others are guaranteed to be stuck in your head for the foreseeable future even without hockey.

Let’s take a look at each player’s goal song and rate it out of five stars.

Nick Jensen

Nick of Time by AC/DC: This song is a good pun off of his first name. We haven’t heard this song play over the Capital One Arena speakers yet as Nick Jensen is still searching for his first goal. 3/5

Michal Kempny

Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind: Michal Kempny‘s original song was Mic Check by Rage Against the Machine but he recently changed it. He has three goals on the season so far. 4/5

Alex Ovechkin

Shake, Rattle, and Roll by Big Joe Turner: The oldest player on the team needs a song from back in the day, right? Alex Ovechkin‘s goal song was originally Still D.R.E. by Dr. Dre but a scoring slump caused Ovechkin to change it up in late December. Encouraged by the team’s senior writer Mike Vogel, Ovechkin picked “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” and we haven’t gotten it out of our head ever since. With 48 goals on the season, it’s a good reason why. 5/5

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