when did the capitals last won the stanley cup
Washington Capitals The Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion franchise, alongside the Kansas City Scouts. Since purchasing the team in 1999, Leonsis revitalized the franchise by drafting star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Braden Holtby. The 2009–10 Capitals won the franchise's first-ever Presidents' Trophy for being the team with the most points at the end of the regular season. They won it a second time in 2015–16, and did so for a third time the following season in 2016–17. In addition to eleven division titles and three Presidents' Trophies, the Capitals have reached the Stanley Cup Finals twice (in 1998 and 2018), winning in 2018.
List of Washington Capitals seasons After reaching the Finals, the Capitals were assigned to the Southeast Division, in which they remained in for 15 years, until a NHL division realignment brought them into the newly formed Metropolitan Division in 2013. Through these times, the Capitals won three Presidents' Trophies in the 2009–10, 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons,[3] before finally winning their first Stanley Cup in the 2017–18 season, after 42 seasons (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season).
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2017 Stanley Cup playoffs The 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 12, 2017 and concluded on June 11, 2017, with the Pittsburgh Penguins defeating the Nashville Predators four games to two in the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals.