Three days removed from scoring his second goal of his NHL career, Capitals forward Jakub Vrana attended the Wizards-Magic game for Czech Heritage Night.
The Prague, Czech Republic native watched as the Wizards narrowly defeated Orlando 115-114. Bradley Beal had 32 points while Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic became the fifth player in Wizards franchise history to hit eight or more three-pointers in a game.
Czech native @JVranaa of your @Capitals in the house for Czech Heritage Night! #WizMagic #DCFamily pic.twitter.com/eJiaPCLCeX
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 5, 2017
The Wizards feature one Czech on their team: Tomas Satoransky, a 25-year-old point guard from Prague. Sunday night, Satoransky scored five points – all consecutively – in the fourth quarter to help push the Wizards to victory.
5 straight points for Sato on Czech Night! 🇨🇿#WizMagic pic.twitter.com/AwYyMEc0db
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 5, 2017
The Wizards gave a shoutout to a group in the Czech Republic who organized a viewing party.
Viewing party in Prague for Czech Heritage Night! #WizMagic #DCFamily pic.twitter.com/cEsgxvNJHq
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 5, 2017
As the game approached, the Wizards promoted the evening by publishing a video of the players trying to speak Czech.
In honor of Czech Heritage Night tonight, watch the guys try to learn how to speak Czech 😂 pic.twitter.com/L69VBJZoYr
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 5, 2017
The Wizards also created this video focused on Satoransky’s background before landing in the NBA.
Czech Heritage Night is tomorrow at #WizMagic and we love the support for Sato and the squad from the Czech Republic! #DCFamily pic.twitter.com/k4ehYuv2jK
— Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) March 4, 2017
Headline photo: @WashWizards
