from Isabelle Khurshudyan of Capitals Insider,

With a massive snowstorm expected, the Washington Capitals moved up the puck drop for their game against the Anaheim Ducks to 5 p.m. after it was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. That time change would allow for fans attending the game to still use the Metrorail, which will stop service at 11 p.m. Friday.

But Chris T. Geldart, the director of the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, implored the Capitals and Wizards to cancel games scheduled for the weekend.

“We talked to all of these organizations and we told them, ‘We are telling our residents, the folks here in the city, to be off the streets by 3 o’clock,'” Geldart said. “If the Capitals decide to bring their players in and put them in danger like that, then the other folks do the same, I cannot tell the NHL or the NBA what to do … But I would highly encourage them, do not have those games.”

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