Late-night fire alarm at Caps hotel raises questions

WASHINGTON — Lack of shut-eye may be partially to blame for the Washington Capitals sleepy performance in Philadelphia, Sunday.

Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday someone pulled the fire alarm at the Philadelphia hotel where the team was staying, sending shirtless Caps spilling into the hotel hallway — an incident that was well-documented on social media.

Alex Ovechkin posted video on his Instagram.

Nice 1.35 am!!!!!

A video posted by Alexander Ovechkin (@aleksandrovechkinofficial) on Feb 21, 2015 at 10:36pm PST

Teammate Marcus Johansson tweeted his version of the early-morning wake-up call.

Well, this was just great!!

Do all the Capitals sleep shirtless? And who pulled the fire alarm?

Capitals coach Barry Trotz jokingly blamed Flyers fans, according to Comcast SportsNet.

“Flyers fans, they love their hockey, a passionate group,” Trotz said, before the Caps 3-2 loss to the Flyers. “You gotta love that about the hockey frenzy in Philadelphia.”