Burakovsky gets free ride after mistaking car for Uber

A diminished Uber passenger rating is a small price to pay for a free lift - and a chance to make new fans.

Curbside on Sunday as the Washington Capitals enjoy their bye week, forward Andre Burakovsky hopped inside the wrong vehicle, mistaking it for the Uber he'd scheduled to drive him to a local Top Golf.

A name drop and a selfie later, and off they went. Free of charge.

The forward from the Capitals @andreburakovsky thought my car was Uber. You know I had to drop him off #epicnight #thecapitals #NHL

A photo posted by Emmanuel Nicolas (@manny4prez) on Feb 12, 2017 at 12:13pm PST

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