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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 Capitals–Islanders rivalry is a National Hockey League (NHL) rivalry between the Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders. Both teams compete in the NHL's Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division. The two teams were fierce rivals mainly during the 1980s and early 1990s, although tensions have flared once more in the late 2010s and ...
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 Capitals became the first team in NHL history to make the playoffs after being ranked 14th or lower in their conference standings at the season's midpoint. [9] 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 series.
The Capitals faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost in seven games. With losing the series after taking a 2–0 series lead, this was the eleventh time the Capitals have lost a playoff series after taking a 2–game lead in their franchise history.
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 ...
The Boston Bruins and Washington Capitals each get one last chance to get on track before the start of the playoffs as they face off in the conclusion of Eastern Conference round-robin action ...
The Capitals clinched the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference on April 16, 2024, following a 2–1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. [4] During the playoffs, the Capitals faced a first round sweep by the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers, marking the first occurrence of such an event in the team's franchise history. [5] [6]