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Washington Capitals

Club · United States · NHL

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530 Matches
279 wins
251 losses
1670–1599 Goals
+71 Difference
3.2 Scored per game
Form L 4 Oct · Away Tampa Bay Lightning · 1:3 W 8 Oct · Home Pittsburgh Penguins · 5:3 W 10 Oct · Home New York Rangers · 3:1 L 11 Oct · Home Seattle Kraken · 3:5 L 13 Oct · Away Carolina Hurricanes · 2:4 L 15 Oct · Home Montreal Canadiens · 0:1

Abe Pollin talked his way into an NHL expansion slot in June 1972, and by the time the Washington Capitals actually took the ice in October 1974, the arena built for them in the district still wasn't ready. They opened at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, and proceeded to set NHL records that have never been touched since: eight wins and 21 points across an entire debut season.

It took over two decades to shed that shadow. The move downtown came in December 1997, first into what is now Capital One Arena, and that same season the Capitals reached their first Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Detroit Red Wings. Another twenty years passed — and a switch back to the original red, white and blue in 2007 — before the wait ended. In 2018 Washington beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 to win the Stanley Cup, closing a 44-year gap between the franchise's birth and its first championship.

Some rivalries run deeper than the standings suggest. Against the New York Islanders, Washington played the Easter Epic of 1987, the longest playoff game in the league's history at the time; against Philadelphia, the tension built through a run of hard-fought playoff series across the 1980s. Both feuds sit alongside a newer one with the Penguins.

Capital One Arena now holds 18,506 for hockey nights, in the heart of a city the club took nearly a quarter-century to actually reach.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
15 Oct NHL Montreal Canadiens H 0:1 L
13 Oct NHL Carolina Hurricanes A 2:4 L
11 Oct NHL Seattle Kraken H 3:5 L
10 Oct NHL New York Rangers H 3:1 W
8 Oct NHL Pittsburgh Penguins H 5:3 W
4 Oct NHL Tampa Bay Lightning A 1:3 L

Standing

NHL

Group stage · Eastern Conference

# Team M W L Goals Pts
10 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 3 4 25:22 0
11 New York Islanders 6 3 3 19:15 0
12 Washington Capitals 6 3 3 19:18 0
13 New Jersey Devils 6 3 3 16:22 0
14 Columbus Blue Jackets 5 2 3 16:21 0
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Team statistics

matches counted in total: 530
530 Matches
279 wins
251 losses
1670–1599 Goals
+71 Difference
3.2 Scored per game
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 530
279wins: 279 · 52% 251losses: 251 · 47%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
4 Oct · Away Tampa Bay Lightning · 1:3
8 Oct · Home Pittsburgh Penguins · 5:3
10 Oct · Home New York Rangers · 3:1
11 Oct · Home Seattle Kraken · 3:5
13 Oct · Away Carolina Hurricanes · 2:4
15 Oct · Home Montreal Canadiens · 0:1
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 530 265 265
Scored 1670 847 823
Conceded 1599 780 819
Scored per game 3.2 3.2 3.1
Conceded per game 3.0 2.9 3.1
Difference +71 +67 +4

Fixtures of Washington Capitals

Honours of Washington Capitals

  • Presidents' Trophy 2010, 2016, 2017 3
  • Stanley Cup 2018 1

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