Coming into the week the big worry about the Stadium Series matchup between the Capitals and the Maple Leafs in Annapolis, Md., was that weather could be a problem.

Turns out it was the stadium itself that caused a delay.

With 7:19 remaining in the third period and the Capitals holding a 5-2 lead, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium plunged into darkness.

Someone turned out the lights �� #StadiumSeries pic.twitter.com/peP8Dzfrvi
— Sporting News NHL (@sn_nhl) March 4, 2018

Some fans did their best to help out holding their cell phones in the air, but it barely made a dent on the stadium filled with the black of night.

Every light counts! #StadiumSeries #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/EzaI3ZSz6D
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 4, 2018

The lights officially went out at the stadium at 10:36 p.m. ET. The game was delayed 14 minutes 40 seconds. Washington then got back to its beatdown of Toronto. To make matters worse, NBC then dumped out of the game to send its affiliates to local news and switched the remainder of the game to NBC Sports Network.

Here's NBC kicking one of the NHL's signature events off NBC to NBCSN with 4 minutes left due to SNL pic.twitter.com/YUpROzINZg
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) March 4, 2018

The snafu comes one week after NBC concluded its exclusive broadcast coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The men's hockey tournament, one of the Games' premier events for television ratings, didn't include NHL players for the first time since 1994 when the league failed to agree on terms with the International Olympic Committee