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Washington Capitals
2021–22 Washington Capitals flavor
Conference	Eastern
Division	Metropolitan
Founded	1974
History	Washington Capitals 1974–present
Home arena	Upper-case letter One Loonshit
City	Washington, D.C.
Colors	Blood-red, white, blue[1] [2]
Media	NBC Sports Washington WRC (NBC 4) Federal News Radio (1500 AM) The Fan (106.vii FM)
Owner(s)	Awe-inspiring Sports & Amusement (Ted Leonsis, chairman)
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Caput autobus	Peter Laviolette
Helm	Alexander Ovechkin
Modest league affiliates	Hershey Bears (AHL) Due south Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	1 (2017–xviii)
Briefing championships	2 (1997–98, 2017–18)
Presidents' Trophy	3 (2009–x, 2015–xvi, 2016–17)
Sectionalisation championships	xiii (1988–89, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–ten, 2010–11, 2012–xiii, 2015–xvi, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–xix, 2019–twenty)
Official website	nhl.com/capitals

The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a fellow member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Briefing, and is endemic past Monumental Sports & Entertainment, headed past Ted Leonsis. The Capitals initially played their dwelling games at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, before moving to the arena now known as Capital 1 Arena in Washington, D.C. in 1997.

The Capitals were founded in 1974 equally an expansion franchise, aslope the Kansas Metropolis Scouts, and struggled throughout its first 8 years of existence. In 1982, David Poile was hired every bit general manager, helping to turn the franchise's fortunes around. With a core of players such as Mike Gartner, Rod Langway, Larry Murphy, and Scott Stevens, the Capitals became a regular playoff contender for the side by side xiv seasons. After purchasing the team in 1999, Leonsis revitalized the franchise by drafting star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, and Braden Holtby. The 2009–10 Capitals won the franchise'southward first Presidents' Trophy for being the squad with the most points at the terminate of the regular season. They won it a second time in 2015–16, and for a third time the following season in 2016–17. In addition to 12 division titles and 3 Presidents' Trophies, the Capitals have reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998 and 2018, winning in the latter.

The Capitals have retired the employ of four numbers in accolade of 4 players. In addition, the team holds an association with a number of individuals inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Capitals are presently affiliated with 2 minor league teams: the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League and the Southward Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.

History [edit]

Early years (1974–1982) [edit]

The NHL awarded an expansion franchise to the city of Washington on July 8, 1972, and the Capitals joined the NHL as an expansion team for the 1974–75 flavour along with the Kansas Urban center Scouts. The Capitals were owned by Abe Pollin (besides owner of the National Basketball Clan'southward Washington Bullets/Wizards). Pollin had built the Capital letter Centre in suburban Landover, Maryland, to firm both the Bullets (who formerly played in Baltimore) and the Capitals. His showtime act every bit owner was to hire Hall of Famer Milt Schmidt every bit full general managing director.

With a combined xxx teams betwixt the NHL and the Earth Hockey Association (WHA), the available talent was stretched thin. The Capitals had few players with professional feel and were at a disadvantage against the long-standing teams that were stocked with veteran players. Similar the other three teams who joined the league during the WHA era—the Scouts (later the Colorado Rockies and now the New Jersey Devils), Atlanta Flames (at present playing in Calgary), and New York Islanders—the Capitals did non factor the survival of the rival league into their plans.

The Capitals' inaugural season was dreadful, even by expansion standards. They finished with far and abroad the worst record in the league at 8–67–5; their 21 points were one-half that of their expansion brethren, the Scouts. The eight wins are the fewest for an NHL squad playing at least seventy games, and the .131 winning percentage is still the worst in NHL history. They also gear up records for virtually road losses (39 out of 40), most sequent road losses (37), and most consecutive losses (17). Head autobus Jim Anderson said, "I'd rather observe out my wife was adulterous on me than keep losing like this. At to the lowest degree I could tell my wife to cut it out." Schmidt himself had to take over the coaching reins tardily in the flavor.

In 1975–76, Washington went 25 straight games without a win and allowed 394 goals en route to another horrendous record: 11–59–10 (32 points). In the middle of the season, Schmidt was replaced as general manager past Max McNab and as head coach by Tom McVie. For the residual of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Capitals alternated between dreadful seasons and finishing only a few points out of the Stanley Loving cup playoffs; in 1980 and 1981, for instance, they were in playoff contention until the last day of the season. The one bright spot during these years of futility was that many of McNab'south typhoon picks (e.g., Rick Greenish, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner, Bengt Gustafsson, Gaetan Duchesne, and Bobby Carpenter) would impact the team for years to come, either equally important members of the roster or as crucial pieces in major trades.

Pollin stuck it out through the Capitals' first decade, even though they were commonly barely competitive. This stood in contrast to the Scouts; they were forced to motion to Denver after only two years because their original owners did non have the resources or patience to withstand the struggles of an expansion squad. By the summertime of 1982, however, at that place was serious talk of the team moving out of the U.S. capital, and a "Salvage the Caps" campaign was underway. Then, two significant events took place to revive the franchise.

Gartner–Langway era (1982–1993) [edit]

Beginning, the squad hired David Poile as general manager. 2nd, equally his outset move, Poile pulled off 1 of the largest trades in franchise history on September 9, 1982, when he dealt longtime regulars Ryan Walter and Rick Green to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Rod Langway (named captain only a few weeks later), Brian Engblom, Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin. This move turned the franchise around, every bit Langway's solid defense helped the team to dramatically reduce its goals-confronting, and the explosive goal-scoring of Dennis Maruk, Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter fueled the offensive set on. Some other pregnant motility was the drafting of defenseman Scott Stevens during the 1982 NHL Entry Draft (the pick was made by interim general manager Roger Crozier, prior to Poile'southward hiring). The upshot was a 29-point leap, a third-identify stop in the powerful Patrick Division, and the team'due south first playoff appearance in 1983. Although they were eliminated past the three-time-defending (and eventual) Stanley Loving cup champion New York Islanders (3 games to ane), the Caps' dramatic turnaround ended whatever talk of the club leaving Washington.

Fourteen consecutive playoff appearances (1983–1996) [edit]

Drafted in 1978, Mike Gartner helped the Capitals become a playoff contender in the 1980s.

The Capitals would make the playoffs for each of the adjacent 14 years in a row, becoming known for starting wearisome before communicable fire in January and February. However, regular-flavor success did non carry into the playoffs. Despite a continuous march of stars like Gartner, Carpenter, Langway, Gustafsson, Stevens, Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Dino Ciccarelli, Larry Spud, and Kevin Hatcher, Washington was knocked out in either the commencement or second circular seven years in a row. In 1985–86, for instance, the Caps finished with 107 points and won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, practiced enough for the third-best record in the NHL. They defeated the Islanders in the first circular but were eliminated in the 2nd round by the New York Rangers.

The 1986–87 season brought even more than heartbreak, with a loss to the Islanders in the Patrick Division Semifinals. This series was capped off by the archetype Easter Epic game, which concluded at 1:56 am on Easter Sunday 1987. The Capitals had thoroughly dominated almost of the game, outshooting the Islanders 75–52, simply lost in overtime when goaltender Bob Stonemason was beaten on a Pat LaFontaine shot from the blue line. For the 1989 playoff push, Gartner and Murphy were traded to the Minnesota North Stars in commutation for Ciccarelli and defenseman Bob Rouse. Nevertheless, the goaltending once again faltered and they were eliminated in the kickoff circular by the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals finally fabricated the Wales Briefing Finals in 1990, but went down in a four-game sweep at the easily of the first-identify Boston Bruins.

Start Lady Nancy Reagan shooting a puck against Washington goaltender Pete Peeters while attention a Capitals-Flyers game in 1988.

Bondra–Gonchar era (1993–2005) [edit]

From 1991 to 1996, the Capitals would lose in either the first or the 2nd circular of the playoffs. They would eliminate the Rangers in the first circular only lost the 2d round to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991. In 1992 and 1993, they would lose in the commencement round to the Penguins and the Islanders, respectively. In 1994, they won their beginning-round series against the Penguins just lost in the second circular to the Rangers. In 1995 and 1996, they lost in the first circular both times to the Penguins. They would miss the playoffs in 1997, simply they came shut to winning their beginning Stanley Cup i year later.

First Stanley Loving cup Finals advent (1998) [edit]

Then in 1998, equally the Caps opened MCI Center, Peter Bondra's 52 goals led the team, veterans Dale Hunter, Joe Juneau and Adam Oates returned to old form, and Olaf Kolzig had a solid .920 salve percentage as the Caps got past the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres (the latter on a dramatic overtime win in game 6 on a goal by Joe Juneau) en route to the team's first Stanley Cup finals appearance. The Capitals won 6 overtime games, three in each of their series against the Bruins and Sabres. Still, the team was outmatched by the defending champions, the Detroit Ruby-red Wings, who won in a 4-game sweep. That same season, Oates, Phil Housley and Hunter all scored their 1,000th career indicate, the only time in NHL history that ane squad had three players reach that aforementioned milestone in a single season.^[3]

Disappointments and rebuilding (1998–2004) [edit]

After their 1998 title run, the Capitals finished the 1998–99 season with a record of 31-45-half-dozen and failed to qualify for the playoffs. During the season, the team was sold to a group headed by AOL executive Ted Leonsis. The Capitals went on to win back-to-back Southeast Sectionalization titles in 2000 and 2001, yet both years lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Penguins. After the 2000–01 season, Adam Oates demanded a merchandise just direction refused and stripped him of his squad captaincy.

In the summer of 2001, the Capitals landed five-time Art Ross Trophy winner Jaromir Jagr, by trading three young prospects to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jagr was signed to the largest contract ever in NHL history – $77 million over seven years at an average salary of $11 million per year (over $134,000 per game), with an pick for an 8th year. Yet, afterwards Adam Oates was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Capitals failed to defend their division title and missed the playoffs in 2002 despite a winning tape. Yet, the 2001–02 season marked the highest attendance in franchise history, drawing in 710,990 fans and 17,341 per game.^[4]

Before the 2002–03 season, the Caps made more roster changes, including the signing of highly regarded Robert Lang as a costless agent, a linemate of Jagr's from Pittsburgh. Washington returned to the playoffs in 2003, merely disappointed fans over again by losing in six games to the Tampa Bay Lightning subsequently starting off with a 2-game lead in the best-of-7 first-round series. The series is well-remembered for the three-overtime Game 6 at the then–MCI Centre. At the time it was the longest game in the edifice'southward history and was eventually decided by a ability-play goal by Tampa Bay.

Kolzig was among Washington's best players between the late 1990s and early 2000s.

In the 2003–04 flavor, the Caps unloaded much of their high-priced talent – not just a cost-cut spree, but also an acknowledgment that their endeavor to build a contender with high-priced veteran talent had failed. Jagr had never lived up to expectations during his time with the Capitals, declining to stop among the league's top scorers or make the postseason All-Star Team. The Caps tried to trade Jagr, but as only i year was left on the existing NHL Commonage Bargaining Understanding (CBA) before it expired, few teams were willing to take chances $11 million on an underperforming role player. In 2004, Jagr was finally sent to the New York Rangers in commutation for Anson Carter and an agreement that Washington would pay approximately $four million per year of Jagr's salary, with Jagr himself agreeing to defer (with interest) $1 meg per year for the remainder of his contract to allow the trade to go ahead. This was quickly followed by Peter Bondra departing for the Ottawa Senators. Not long later, Robert Lang was sent to the Detroit Ruby-red Wings, every bit well equally Sergei Gonchar to the Boston Bruins. The Lang merchandise marked the start time in the history of the NHL that the league's leading scorer was traded in the middle of the season. The Capitals ended the year 23–46–ten–3, tied for the second-worst tape, forth with the Chicago Blackhawks.

In the 2004 NHL Entry Typhoon, the Capitals won the Draft Lottery, moving ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who held the NHL's worst record, and selected Alexander Ovechkin first overall. During the NHL labor dispute of 2004–05, which toll the NHL its entire season, Ovechkin stayed in Russia, playing for Dynamo Moscow. Several other Capitals played role or all of the lost season in Europe, including Olaf Kolzig, Brendan Witt, Jeff Halpern, and Alexander Semin. The Capitals' 2005 off-season consisted of making D.C.-area native Halpern the team'south captain, signing Andrew Cassels, Ben Clymer, Mathieu Biron and Jamie Heward, and acquiring Chris Clark and Jeff Friesen via trade.

Ovechkin–Backstrom era (2005–present) [edit]

Building a contender (2005–2008) [edit]

The Capitals finished the 2005–06 season in the cellar of the Southeastern Segmentation again, with a 29–41–12 campaign, earning 12 more points than the 2003–04 season, adept for 27th out of the xxx NHL teams. The team, however, played close in every game, playing in 42 one-goal games, although losing 2-thirds of those games. Ovechkin's rookie flavour exceeded the hype, as he led all 2005–06 NHL rookies in goals, points, power-play goals and shots. He finished tertiary overall in the NHL in scoring and tied for 3rd in goals, and his 425 shots not only led the league, but also set an NHL rookie record and was the 4th-highest total in NHL history. Ovechkin'southward rookie point full was the second-best in Capitals history, and his goal total was tied for third in franchise history. Ovechkin won the Calder Memorial Bays, beating out Pittsburgh centre Sidney Crosby and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

Many longtime Capitals had career years, with Dainius Zubrus netting 57 points, Halpern having a career-best 33 assists, Matt Pettinger putting in a career-best twenty-goal, 38-point effort and 7 others on the relatively young team topping 20 points for the first time. Two notable landmarks were too striking past Capitals, as the team's longest-tenured player, Olaf Kolzig, won his 250th game in goal, and Andrew Cassels became the 204th histrion to play 1,000 games, although he did not finish his season with Washington. A notable first was that Washington area native Jeff Halpern was named captain of his hometown Capitals. At the 2006 NHL trade deadline, on March 8, Brendan Witt was traded to the Nashville Predators.

Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin gloat following a goal in 2007.

In the 2006 off-season, Halpern left the Capitals to join the Dallas Stars; Chris Clark subsequently became the Capitals' new captain. Richard Zednik returned to the Capitals in 2006–07 after a disappointing sixteen-goal, fourteen-assist season in 2005–06 with the Montreal Canadiens, but was later dealt at the trade deadline to the New York Islanders later a disappointing and injury-plagued flavor. The Caps also signed sometime Philadelphia Flyers enforcer Donald Brashear. Despite the transactions, however, the Capitals finished with the same bespeak full (70) in 2006–07 as they did the year before, although they won ane fewer game. Ovechkin was the Capitals' lonely representative in the flavour's All-Star Game, with Washington's campaign too seeing the breakout of Alexander Semin, who notched 38 goals in only his second NHL season.

The Capitals signed Swedish phenom Nicklas Backstrom, the fourth overall option in the 2006 NHL Entry Typhoon, to a 3-year entry-level contract. They also signed 19-twelvemonth-quondam Semyon Varlamov to a three-year entry-level contract. They and then went on to make full needs at defense, signing puck-moving defenseman Tom Poti; right wing, past signing Viktor Kozlov; and center, by signing playmaker Michael Nylander. As a event of these signings, there was much more promise for the 2007–08 season and players were looking towards the playoffs.

After starting the season vi–14–1, the Capitals fired caput jitney Glen Hanlon and replaced him with Hershey Bears head charabanc Bruce Boudreau on Thanksgiving Day, 2007. On January ten, 2008, the Capitals signed Ovechkin to an NHL-record $124 million contract extension at xiii years, the 2d-longest term of any contract in the NHL after New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro's 15-year contract. Despite the Capitals' immature defense and injuries to fundamental players such as Michael Nylander and Brian Pothier, Boudreau engineered a remarkable turnaround. Aided past key acquisitions at the trade deadline (Matt Cooke, Sergei Fedorov and Cristobal Huet), Ovechkin's NHL-leading 65 goals,^[v] and Mike Green's league defensemen-leading 18 goals, the Capitals won the Southeast Sectionalization championship for the showtime time since the 2000–01 flavour, edging out the Carolina Hurricanes for the Partition title on the final game of the season. Washington'due south remarkable cease-of-season run included winning xi of the terminal 12 regular-season games. The Capitals became the get-go squad in NHL history to make the playoffs after existence ranked 14th or lower in their conference standings at the season'southward midpoint.^[6] For the postseason, the Capitals drew the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round and managed to force a Game 7 after being down three games to one in the serial. However, they ultimately lost to the Flyers iii–2 in overtime.^[7] After the flavour concluded, Boudreau's efforts were rewarded with a long-term contract extension.

Return to playoffs and showtime Presidents' Trophy (2008–2015) [edit]

The accolades for the squad continued to abound after the end of the season. Ovechkin won the Art Ross Bays, the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Bays, the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award, becoming the kickoff actor in NHL history to win all 4 awards in the same flavour. He besides was the first player to win an MVP award in any major sport in the Washington, D.C., area since Joe Theismann won the National Football League (NFL) MVP laurels in 1983. Moreover, Ovechkin was as well named an NHL First Team All-Star and became the first actor since 1953 to be named as such in each of his starting time three years in the NHL. Nicklas Backstrom was a finalist for the Calder Bays, but ended up second to the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, though Backstrom was nonetheless selected to the All-Star Rookie Team. In addition to player awards, head autobus Bruce Boudreau won the Jack Adams Award for the NHL's coach of the year. Ovechkin and Mike Green were named to the Sporting News All-Star Squad, with Ovechkin being the Sporting News Player of the Year.^{[ commendation needed ]}

The 2008–09 season was highlighted by the play of Mike Dark-green (who was the third of the Capitals' three offset-round selections in Ovechkin's typhoon yr) and Ovechkin. Green led all NHL defensemen in goals and points, too setting the tape for the longest consecutive goal-scoring streak by a defenseman with eight games. Ovechkin won his 2nd Hart Trophy, his second Lester B. Pearson Accolade and his 2d Maurice "Rocket" Richard Bays. The Capitals finished the regular season with a tape of 50–24–eight and a team-record 108 points, and they won their second consecutive Southeast Division championship. They then defeated the New York Rangers in the beginning round of the 2009 playoffs four games to iii, overcoming a 3–1 deficit. The Capitals were then defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in 7 games.

The Capitals finished the 2009–10 season regular season first in the NHL with 121 points, thereby winning the Presidents' Trophy. Ovechkin led the team in points with 109 and finished every bit the third-highest goal scorer, despite playing nine games fewer than the league leaders. Backstrom finished with 101 points, quaternary-most in the NHL. Once over again, Mike Greenish led all defensemen in points, finishing with 76. The Capitals also dominated the plus-minus category, finishing with v players in the top 6 in the league.^[8] Despite having a top-ranked regular flavour, Washington were defeated by the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

The 2010–11 season saw the Capitals repeat every bit the Southeast Division champions and as the top team in the Eastern Conference with 107 points. The season was highlighted by their participation in the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–i at Heinz Field. Nonetheless, the Capitals' playoff disappointment continued. After once again defeating the New York Rangers in five games in the offset round, they were swept past the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

The Capitals started the 2011–12 season with a record of vii–0, but they only won five of their next 15 games. As a result, general director George McPhee fired head coach Boudreau, hiring Capitals legend Dale Hunter as his replacement. By the end of the 2011–12 flavour, the team's top two goaltenders, Michal Neuvirth and Tomas Vokoun, were injured and the Capitals were required to lean on their goaltending prospect Braden Holtby to assistance the team into the 2012 playoffs. The Capitals made a stiff push button and finished with the seventh overall seed in East, cartoon the defending champion Boston Bruins in the first round. The Capitals shocked the NHL by defeating the heavily favored Bruins in vii games on an overtime goal by Joel Ward. Every game in the series was decided past a i-goal margin; previously, no single serial in the Stanley Cup playoffs had ever gone every bit far every bit vi or 7 games while neither team always held more than a one-goal lead.^{[ citation needed ]} The Capitals then avant-garde to the second round to face the peak-seeded New York Rangers. The series over again went seven games, ending with a two–1 Rangers victory at Madison Square Garden. Post-obit the season's end, head coach Dale Hunter announced he would step down. Adam Oates was afterwards named permanent head double-decker of the team.

The lockout-shortened 2012–xiii season saw the Capitals off to a rocky start, equally they managed just two wins in their first ten games. The team rebounded to win the Southeast Partitioning, thereby earning the tertiary seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Unfortunately for Washington, the Capitals' playoff woes connected every bit they again fell to the Rangers in vii games. In the 2013–14 season, the Capitals started the season winning five of their first 10 games. The Capitals struggled to stay in a playoff spot and ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006–07. On April 26, 2014, 15 days after the regular season ended, the Capitals appear they would not renew general manager George McPhee's contract and that they had fired head coach Adam Oates.

On May 26, 2014, the Capitals announced the promotion of Brian MacLellan from director of player personnel to general manager and the hiring of Barry Trotz as the new caput autobus.^[nine] In Ovechkin'due south 691st NHL game on November iv, 2014, he became the Capitals' all-time points leader during a game against the Calgary Flames, surpassing Peter Bondra.^[10] On January 1, 2015, the Washington Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks three–2 in the annual NHL Wintertime Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Capitals finished in a second-identify tie with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Sectionalization during the 2014–fifteen flavour and held dwelling-ice reward in the first-round playoff series between the two, as they had defeated the Islanders in the season series with two home wins and ii road overtime losses (in comparison, the Islanders had two domicile wins, 1 road loss and 1 road shootout loss). The teams split up the first four games of the serial, with the Islanders winning the first and third games, and the Capitals winning the second and fourth games. After winning Game 5, the Capitals had a chance to clinch the series in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but the Islanders won Game six to send the serial to a deciding Game seven in Washington, which the Capitals would go along to win and defeat the Islanders, setting up a lucifer-up against the elevation-seeded Rangers in the Second Round for the third time in four years.

In the second round, all 7 games were decided by a 1-goal margin. The Capitals and the Rangers split the first ii games (with Joel Ward scoring a game-winning buzzer beater goal for Washington in Game 1, coupled with a loss by Washington in Game ii) by a 2–ane margin. Braden Holtby would then post a 1–0 shutout in Game three, with Jay Beagle scoring the game's just goal, which was then followed past another 2–1 victory in Game 4. After Washington held a 3–1 series pb, the Rangers would then cut the series lead to 3–ii after scoring the game-tying goal and the game-winning overtime goal in Game 5. The Rangers so tied the series with a four–three victory in Game vi to force a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. Both teams scored a goal during regulation time in Game 7, but the Capitals would lose the game and the series in overtime via a Derek Stepan goal.^[eleven]

Dorsum-to-back Presidents' Trophies and outset Stanley Cup championship (2015–present) [edit]

In the 2015–16 flavour, the Capitals finished in start place in the league with a record of 56–18–8 and 120 points. In the starting time round of the playoffs, they would face the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals won the first three games of the series and were looking for their first sweep in the playoffs of a best-of-seven serial in franchise history. Nonetheless, the Flyers would win the side by side 2 games to send the series to a sixth game in Philadelphia; the Capitals nevertheless won that series in six games to advance to the 2nd circular of the playoffs. In the second round, they faced the Pittsburgh Penguins for the start fourth dimension since 2009. Later on winning the outset game of the series in Washington, the Capitals lost three straight games, and were in danger of elimination. Washington would stave off elimination with a win in Game 5, but they would lose the series in six games, with the Penguins going on to win the Stanley Cup.

Ovechkin reached the 1,000-bespeak milestone on January 11, 2017, with a goal confronting the Pittsburgh Penguins 35 seconds into the first menstruum of that game. Ovechkin is the 84th NHL player to accomplish the ane,000-signal milestone, the fourth Russian-born role player and the 37th player to reach the milestone while playing for one squad throughout their NHL career.^{[12] [13]} The Capitals won their second Presidents' Bays in a row, condign only the seventh team in NHL history to win back-to-dorsum Presidents' Trophies.^[14] Ovechkin finished the 2016–17 regular flavour with 33 goals, leading the Capitals in goals for the twelfth straight season.^[15] In the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in vi games in the first round to ready up a 2nd consecutive showdown with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second circular. After falling backside 3–1 in the series, they battled back to force a game seven at home, where they were eliminated 2–0, and lost their series 4–three.

The play of defenseman John Carlson, shown here wearing the Capitals red throwback uniform, has been a cardinal part of the Capitals' success during the Ovechkin era.

After the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals were unable to retain a number of players, losing Kevin Shattenkirk, Karl Alzner, Justin Williams, and Daniel Winnik to free bureau, and budding young defenseman Nate Schmidt to the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. In addition, to get under the cap, the Capitals shipped Marcus Johansson to the New Jersey Devils. Despite a boring five–half dozen–1 beginning, which extended out to 10–ix–1, the Capitals defenseless burn down in December, going x–ii–2, and were able to clinch the Metropolitan Sectionalization for a third straight year on April i. They qualified for the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs for the 10th fourth dimension in 11 years.

In the playoffs, the Capitals were able to boxing dorsum from a two–0 series deficit confronting the Columbus Bluish Jackets in the first round of the 2018 playoffs, winning 4 direct and beating the Blue Jackets in six games. They faced the Penguins again in the 2nd round, and this fourth dimension, on May 7, 2018, they were able to crush the Penguins in the second round with an overtime goal on the road in Game 6 by Evgeny Kuznetsov. It marked the first time in 20 seasons that the Capitals fabricated a Conference Final and the beginning time in 24 seasons that they had defeated the Penguins in a playoff series.^[xvi]

The Capitals avant-garde to the 2018 Stanley Loving cup Finals on May 23, after chirapsia the Tampa Bay Lightning in vii games after a iv–0 rout at Amalie Arena in Tampa.^[17] The Capitals then faced the expansion Vegas Golden Knights and overcame them in five games, including a 4–3 win in the decisive game five at T-Mobile Arena after Lars Eller scored with about vii minutes to go. Not only was it the Capitals' beginning Stanley Loving cup win, but it was also the outset title for a Washington, D.C., team in one of the four major North American sports leagues (the NFL, the NHL, the NBA, and MLB) since the Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 26 years beforehand in Super Bowl XXVI.^[18]

Goalie Braden Holtby (2010-2020) was a key part of the Capitals' 2018 Loving cup run.

On April 4, 2019, the Capitals clinched their 4th directly Metropolitan Division championship and with that accomplishment, Washington became merely the 2d organization in NHL history to win iv sequent partition titles twice in their history (Boston Bruins from 1927–28 to 1930–31 and again from 1975–76 to 1978–79). The Capitals' previous streak was from the 2007–08 season to the 2010–xi season in the now-defunct Southeast Division.^[xix] In the 2019 playoffs, the Capitals efforts to repeat as champions ultimately barbarous short, as they were eliminated in the first circular by the Carolina Hurricanes in seven games.^[20] In the following season, the Capitals clinched another partition title, but lost to the New York Islanders in the kickoff circular of the 2020 playoffs. The adjacent season the Capitals finished 2d in the partitioning, ultimately losing to the Boston Bruins in five games of the first circular of the 2021 playoffs.^[21]

Team information [edit]

Broadcasters [edit]

NBC Sports Washington (NBCSW) has carried Capitals games locally since its founding as Home Team Sports (HTS) in 1984.^[22] NBC Sports Washington was known every bit Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN) from 2001 through 2017. NBCSW'due south commentators are Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, "Inside-the-Glass" reporter Alan May, and rinkside reporter Al Koken.

The Capitals' flagship radio station is WJFK-FM (106.7 FM); commentators are John Walton and Ken Sabourin. The team's radio network consists of stations in Washington, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Northward Carolina.^[23]

Mike Vogel has been covering the team online for the Washington Capitals on its website since the 1995-96 season, writing daily game stories and analysis. Vogel, who also participates in podcasts and in-stadium video presentations too as guesting on various Washington DC radio and boob tube programs, has been described as "the most interesting human being in Caps media."^[24]

Historical [edit]

WTOP-TV (channel 9) picked up telly coverage for the Capitals' first three seasons, covering 15 road games in the 1974–75 season. Sportscaster Warner Wolf was the commentator for the first season. Team radio broadcaster Ron Weber moved to the Tv booth for telecasts in the 2nd and third seasons.^[25] WTOP-Television receiver'southward coverage was sporadic and poorly received, to the point of being chosen "revolting" by the Washington Mail service; game broadcasts were scheduled around network commitments and frequently joined live in progress or tape-delayed entirely. Station direction had little involvement in the games and said they received far more complaints about the preempted CBS shows. Before the 1977–78 season, the Capitals signed a 5-yr deal with WDCA (channel xx), which had regional cable carriage and as an independent station was able to commit to more expansive live coverage.^[26]

WDCA later split games with HTS/CSN upon its founding in 1984. The 1991–92 season illustrates a typical arrangement: WDCA showed xx route games and any road playoff games, while HTS picked up 34 home games and any home playoff games, leaving 28 regular season games not televised.^[22] After 18 seasons on WDCA, the Capitals moved their over-the-air broadcasts to WBDC (aqueduct fifty) for the 1995–96 season.^[27] All 82 games were televised for the first time in the 2001–02 season.^[28] The Capitals have not aired whatsoever games over-the-air locally since the end of the 2005–06 season.^[29]

WTOP (1500 AM) was the Capitals' first radio home through the 1986–87 season. Later nine years on WMAL (630 AM), the games returned to 1500 AM for the 1996–97 flavor.^{[xxx] [31]} Ron Weber was the kickoff announcer, and never missed a game through his retirement at the end of the 1996–97 season.^[25] WJFK-FM began airing postseason games during the 2008 playoffs. 1500 AM, since renamed WFED, remained the flagship station until 2012, when WJFK took over all coverage. WFED continues to broadcast games as a network affiliate.^{[32] [33]} This is primarily to take advantage of its 50,000-watt articulate-channel signal, which brings Capitals games to the entire eastern half of Due north America at night.

Weber rejoined current announcers Walton and Sabourin for the starting time menses of Game 4 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals.^[34]

WJFK-FM attracted controversy when it elected to driblet the Capitals in the 2016–17 flavour, leaving the Capitals to air solely on WFED. Notwithstanding, WFED's indicate is unusable in some portions of the Washington suburbs at nighttime, since it is directed northward-south to protect co-channel KSTP. The Washington Wizards too took priority over the Capitals on WFED in example of a conflict, leading to some games in which the only domicile broadcast was bachelor via Internet streaming. The team responded to fan complaints past reaching a temporary deal in January 2017 to place the residuum of its games on WWDC-HD2, which is available metro-broad to those with Hard disk Radios and has a low-powered analog indicate that covers the city itself.^[35] The Capitals reached a deal to return to WJFK-FM for the 2017–eighteen flavour.^[36]

Logos and jerseys [edit]

Original logo used by the Capitals (1974–1995).

The Capitals took to the ice in red, white and blueish jerseys featuring contrast-colored shoulders and stars on the chest and sleeves. The team originally had carmine, white, and bluish pants options, but retired the white pants simply later a few games in their kickoff season, and the red ones at flavour's cease. The blue pants would eventually go the simply option used. The original logo crest underwent a few modifications throughout the jersey's history.

Prior to the starting time of the 1995–96 flavor, in an attempt to modernize the look and improve merchandise sales, the team abandoned its traditional red, white and blue color scheme in favor of a blue, blackness, and bronze palette with an American baldheaded eagle with five stars every bit its logo. The alternating logo depicted the Capitol building with crossed hockey sticks behind. For the 1997–98 flavour, the team unveiled a black alternate bailiwick of jersey, devoid of blue with statuary stripes on the ends of sleeves and at the waist. The crest on the white and blueish jerseys were the baldheaded hawkeye logo, while the crest on the blackness bailiwick of jersey was the Capitol logo. Initially, the team name was placed along the bottom black stripe, merely was removed on the white jersey in 1997, while it remained on the bluish bailiwick of jersey until its retirement. Prior to the 2000–01 season, the team retired its blueish road jersey in favor of the blackness alternating jersey, simply still kept the white jersey for home games.

2d and third black, blueish, and bronze logos used by the Capitals. The logo on the left was used from 1995 to 2002, while the logo on the right was used from 2002 to 2007.

The Capitals unveiled new uniforms on June 22, 2007, which coincided with the NHL Entry Draft and the new league-wide adaptation of the Reebok-designed uniform organisation for 2007–08. The change marked a return to the red, white and blue colour scheme originally used from 1974 to 1995.^[37] The new primary logo is reminiscent of the original Capitals' logo, consummate with a hockey stick formed past the alphabetic character "t"; information technology also includes a new characteristic not present in the original logo in the class of three stars representing DC, Maryland and Virginia.^[38] More simply, the stars are a reference to the flag of Washington, D.C., which is in turn based on the shield of George Washington's family coat of arms. The new alternate logo uses an eagle in the shape of a "W" with the silhouette of the Washington Monument and the United States Capitol building in the negative infinite within and below.

For the 2011 NHL Wintertime Archetype, the Capitals wore a white jersey honoring the franchise's past with the original logo. The jersey resembled the one the franchise wore from 1974 to 1995. Instead of wearing the combination of blueish pants and white helmets the squad used when it played at the Uppercase Centre, the Capitals chose red pants and helmets for the New year game.^[39] The Capitals wore the aforementioned jersey, minus the NHL Wintertime Classic patch, on February one, 2011, to honour Hockey Hall of Fame winger Dino Ciccarelli.^[xl]

The Capitals appear on September xvi, 2011, that they would clothing a third jersey modeled later the Wintertime Classic jersey for 16 road games during the 2011–12 season.^[41]

The current alternating logo used by the Capitals, introduced in 2007.

For the 2015 Winter Classic, which took identify on New year's day at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the Capitals wore a newly designed bailiwick of jersey intended to pay homage to hockey'southward outdoor roots. The primary color of the jersey was a vintage deep cherry. The improver of stripes on the shoulders, waist and legs brought in elements of Washington's professional hockey jerseys from the 1930s, predating the Capitals franchise's germination in the 1970s. A large "Westward" on the front of the jersey, topped with the common 3 stars, offset in blue to dissimilarity the white "Capitals" wordmark.

Starting with the 2015–16 flavor, the Capitals wore their throwback scarlet tertiary jerseys, replacing the white Winter Classic thirds.

Prior to the 2017–18 flavor, the NHL announced a new partnership with Adidas, and the Capitals unveiled new uniforms with minor changes. There were no tertiary jerseys during that season, simply the return of the plan in the 2018–xix season saw the return of the Capitals' ruby-red throwback uniforms as their alternates.

For the 2018 Stadium Series, the Capitals used newly-designed navy uniforms, honoring the fact that the game was held at the U.South. Naval Academy. The chest logo was based on the regular stylized "Capitals" logo, only shortened to "Caps", the nickname usually used for the team. There were also features honoring various aspects of D.C., as well as the presence of a slightly altered Westward logo from the 2015 Winter Classic on the pants.

In 2021, as part of Adidas' "Contrary Retro" uniform series, the Capital unveiled a recolored version of their blueish "screaming eagle" uniform used from 1995–2000. The base colour is reddish with dark blue accents. The Capitals as well replaced their throwback ruby-red alternates with a dark blue third jersey; this design featured three ruby stars and a uniquely-designed white "W" with the Washington Monument triangle in the middle. The uniform also features white/crimson/white stripes on the waist and sleeves and a white shoulder yoke.

Season-by-season record [edit]

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed past the Capitals. For the total season-by-season history, see List of Washington Capitals seasons

Note: GP = Games played, West = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses/SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Flavor	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	End	Playoffs
2016–17	82	55	xix	8	118	263	182	1st, Metropolitan	Lost in Second Round, three–iv (Penguins)
2017–18	82	49	26	7	105	259	239	1st, Metropolitan	Stanley Cup champions, iv–ane (Golden Knights)
2018–19	82	48	26	8	104	278	249	1st, Metropolitan	Lost in First Round, iii–four (Hurricanes)
2019–20	69	41	20	8	ninety	240	215	1st, Metropolitan	Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Islanders)
2020–21	56	36	15	5	77	191	163	2nd, East	Lost in First Circular, i–4 (Bruins)

Players and personnel [edit]

Current roster [edit]

Updated March 17, 2022 ^{[42] [43]}

Head coaches [edit]

• Jim Anderson, 1974–1975
• Red Sullivan, 1975
• Milt Schmidt, 1975
• Tom McVie, 1975–1978
• Danny Belisle, 1978–1979
• Gary Green, 1979–1981
• Roger Crozier, 1981
• Bryan Murray, 1981–1990
• Terry Murray, 1990–1994
• Jim Schoenfeld, 1994–1997
• Ron Wilson, 1997–2002
• Bruce Cassidy, 2002–2003
• Glen Hanlon, 2003–2007
• Bruce Boudreau, 2007–2011
• Dale Hunter, 2011–2012
• Adam Oates, 2012–2014^[44]
• Barry Trotz, 2014–2018
• Todd Reirden, 2018–2020
• Peter Laviolette, 2020–present

Squad captains [edit]

• Doug Mohns, 1974–1975
• Beak Clement, 1975–1976
• Yvon Labre, 1976–1978
• Guy Charron, 1978–1979
• Ryan Walter, 1979–1982
• Rod Langway, 1982–1992
• Kevin Hatcher, 1992–1994
• Dale Hunter, 1994–1999
• Adam Oates, 1999–2001
• Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt, 2001–2002 (co-captains)
• Steve Konowalchuk, 2002–2003
• Jeff Halpern, 2005–2006
• Chris Clark, 2006–2009
• Alexander Ovechkin, 2010–nowadays

League and squad honors [edit]

Awards and trophies [edit]

Stanley Cup ^[45]

• 2017–18

Presidents' Bays

• 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17

Prince of Wales Trophy

• 1997–98, 2017–xviii

Conn Smythe Trophy

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2017–18

Hart Memorial Trophy

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13

Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay Award

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

Art Ross Trophy

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–thirteen, 2013–fourteen, 2014–15, 2015–sixteen, 2017–xviii, 2018–19, 2019–20

Calder Memorial Trophy

• Alexander Ovechkin: 2005–06

Frank J. Selke Bays

• Doug Jarvis: 1983–84

NHL All-Star Team ^[46] First Team All-Star

• Rod Langway: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Scott Stevens: 1987–88
• Jim Carey: 1995–96
• Olaf Kolzig: 1999–2000
• Alexander Ovechkin: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–thirteen,^[a] 2014–15, 2018–nineteen
• Mike Green: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Braden Holtby: 2015–16
• John Carlson: 2019–xx

Second Squad All-Star

• Pat Riggin: 1983–84
• Rod Langway: 1984–85
• Larry Spud: 1986–87
• Al Iafrate: 1992–93
• Sergei Gonchar: 2001–02, 2002–03
• Alexander Ovechkin: 2010–11, 2012–13,^[a] 2013–14, 2015–16
• Braden Holtby: 2016–17
• John Carlson: 2018–xix

First-round draft picks [edit]

• 1974: Greg Joly (1st overall)
• 1975: Alex Forsyth (18th overall)
• 1976: Rick Dark-green (1st overall) and Greg Carroll (15th overall)
• 1977: Robert Picard (3rd overall)
• 1978: Ryan Walter (second overall) and Tim Coulis (18th overall)
• 1979: Mike Gartner (fourth overall)
• 1980: Darren Veitch (5th overall)
• 1981: Bob Carpenter (3rd overall)
• 1982: Scott Stevens (5th overall)
• 1983: None
• 1984: Kevin Hatcher (17th overall)
• 1985: Yvon Corriveau (19th overall)
• 1986: Jeff Greenlaw (19th overall)
• 1987: None
• 1988: Reggie Savage (15th overall)
• 1989: Olaf Kolzig (19th overall)
• 1990: John Slaney (9th overall)
• 1991: Pat Peake (14th overall) and Trevor Halverson (21st overall)
• 1992: Sergei Gonchar (14th overall)
• 1993: Brendan Witt (11th overall) and Jason Allison (17th overall)
• 1994: Nolan Baumgartner (10th overall) and Alexander Kharlamov (15th overall)
• 1995: Brad Church (17th overall) and Miika Elomo (23rd overall)
• 1996: Alexandre Volchkov (4th overall) and Jaroslav Svejkovsky (17th overall)
• 1997: Nick Boynton (9th overall)
• 1998: None
• 1999: Kris Beech (7th overall)
• 2000: Brian Sutherby (26th overall)
• 2001: None
• 2002: Steve Eminger (12th overall), Alexander Semin (13th overall), and Boyd Gordon (17th overall)
• 2003: Eric Fehr (18th overall)
• 2004: Alexander Ovechkin (1st overall), Jeff Schultz (27th overall), and Mike Greenish (29th overall)
• 2005: Sasha Pokulok (14th overall) and Joe Finley (27th overall)
• 2006: Nicklas Backstrom (fourth overall) and Semyon Varlamov (23rd overall)
• 2007: Karl Alzner (5th overall)
• 2008: Anton Gustafsson (21st overall) and John Carlson (27th overall)
• 2009: Marcus Johansson (24th overall)
• 2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov (26th overall)
• 2011: None (pick traded to Chicago Blackhawks for Troy Brouwer, which was used to select Phillip Danault)
• 2012: Filip Forsberg (11th overall) and Tom Wilson (16th overall)
• 2013: Andre Burakovsky (23rd overall)
• 2014: Jakub Vrana (13th overall)
• 2015: Ilya Samsonov (22nd overall)
• 2016: Lucas Johansen (28th overall)
• 2017: None
• 2018: Alexander Alexeyev (31st overall)
• 2019: Connor McMichael (25th overall)
• 2020: Hendrix Lapierre (22nd overall)

Hall of Fame members [edit]

The Washington Capitals agree an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Eight inductees from the players category of the Hall of Fame are affiliated with the Capitals. In 2015, ii erstwhile Capital players, Sergei Fedorov, and Phil Housley, were the latest Capitals players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, with five out of the eight (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Potato) having played at to the lowest degree five seasons with the guild.^[47]

In addition to players, members of the local sports media that cover the Capitals, and the NHL, were honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2007, Dave Fay, a sports announcer for the Washington Times was a recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award.^[48] In 2010, play-past-play radio broadcaster, Ron Weber, was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hall of Fame for his contributions to hockey broadcasting.^[49]

Washington Capitals Hall of Famers
Hall of Fame players
Dino Ciccarelli	Sergei Fedorov	Mike Gartner Adam Oates	Phil Housley Scott Stevens	Rod Langway	Larry Murphy

Retired numbers [edit]

Washington Capitals retired numbers

No.	Role player	Position	Career	No. retirement
5	Rod Langway	D	1982–1993	November 26, 1997
7	Yvon Labre	D	1974–1980	November vii, 1981 [fifty]
xi	Mike Gartner	RW	1979–1989	December 28, 2008
32	Dale Hunter	C	1987–1999	March 11, 2000

• Although not officially retired, the team has non issued Olaf Kolzig's number 37 since his retirement.^[51]
• The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky'due south No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.^[52]

Franchise scoring leaders [edit]

These are the pinnacle-10 regular season indicate-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular flavour.

•  * – current Capitals player

Nicklas Backstrom is the franchise's all-fourth dimension assist leader for the regular flavor. Every bit of the end of the 2020–21 flavor, he has recorded 722 assists in 1,011 games.

Annotation: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/Thousand = Points per game

Encounter also [edit]

• Capitals–Flyers rivalry
• Capitals–Penguins rivalry
• Capitals–Rangers rivalry
• MedStar Capitals Iceplex
• Listing of Washington Capitals general managers
• Slapshot (mascot)

References [edit]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Ovechkin was selected a First Team All-Star at right wing, and a 2nd Team All-Star at left wing for the 2012–13 season.

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External links [edit]

• Official website

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