Washington Capitals information, The Washington Capitals joined the NHL in 1974. In their history they have no Stanley Cups and one Conference Championship in the 1997-98 season. The Capitals have not been successful in making the playoffs until 2008, when they finished on top of the Southeast division with 43 regular season wins. They met the Philadelphia Flyers in the Conference quarterfinals and were defeated in a hard fought seven game series.
The 2009 Capitals were back for another playoff run, again finishing first in the Southeast with a 50-24-8 record. Behind Sergei Federov and Alexander Ovechkin, the Capitals lost in seven games to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Conference Semifinals. This season Washington should have no problem marking themselves as top contenders for 2010 playoff hockey.
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Rangers RW Marian Gaborik was able to net two goals in the third period and lead New York past Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals 4-3 yesterday at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC. The Rangers were down a goal until 8:09 into the 3rd when Gaborik tacked one on the board (assisted by Vaclav [...]
Although there would be no scoring left through most of the third period in last night’s Washington Capitals 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins, there was still plenty of action left to be seen. Sparked by a scuffle in the corner against the boards, Shawn Thornton and John Erskine threw some heavy blows before heading to the box. [...]
The 2009-2010 NHL season is just around the corner. Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien was eager to get his boys going and was already very pleased in regards to their condition. “It’s good. I think somebody asked me a question yesterday about the condition of the team and our guys are in pretty good shape,” [...]