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The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins met in three straight playoffs, writing another chapter in their storied playoff history against each other. They were arguably the two best teams in the League, finishing as the top two teams in the Eastern Conference in back-to-back seasons from 2016 to 2017, and just the division in 2018.
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The team is a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Capitals played at the Capital Centre from their inaugural season in 1974 to 1997, when they moved to the MCI Center, now known as the Capital ...
The opening round of the playoffs was expanded to a best-of-seven. The Islanders won game five in Washington by a score of 4–2 and game six at home 5–4, sending the series back to the Capital Centre for the seventh and deciding game. In game seven, the Capitals had a 1–0 lead near the end of the first period on a goal by Mike Gartner.
The Capitals struggled to stay in a playoff spot and ultimately missed the playoffs by just three points in the standings, resulting in them missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006–07. On April 26, 2014, 15 days after the regular season ended, the Capitals announced they would not renew general manager George McPhee's contract and ...
The Washington Capitals won the Southeast Division and qualified for the playoffs for the second straight season. The Capitals would eventually win the first round against the New York Rangers, in seven games, after trailing the series 3–1 for their first playoff series victory since reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998 .
The 1987 Patrick Division semifinals pitted the third-place New York Islanders against the second-place Washington Capitals in a best-of-seven series. It was the fifth consecutive playoff meeting between the teams; the Islanders had won three of the previous four series, but looked to avenge their earliest exit ever from the playoffs at the hands of the Capitals the previous spring.
A complete breakdown of the first-round NHL playoff series between New York and Washington, which will begin Sunday at 3 p.m. Rangers vs. Capitals NHL playoff preview: 3 questions, key matchups ...
The Capitals were coming off a 4–2 series win over the New Jersey Devils in the semifinal. Game 1 was taken by the Rangers by a score of 7–3 with a hat-trick by Bernie Nicholls. The Capitals took game 2 by a score of 6–3, but lost their star forward Dino Ciccarelli to a knee injury in the process. The Capitals then dominated the rest of ...