page_title: List of Washington Capitals seasons
section_title: Table key
hierarchical_section_title: List of Washington Capitals seasons / Table key
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken March 8, 2006 at a Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League game. This was taken shortly after the building was officially renamed the Verizon Center (as noted by the markings on the ice surface). Several bizarre things happened during this game including a pigeon landing on the ice during play and a fluke goal being scored by Washington on a dump in play from 150 feet away. The goal was featured #1 on ESPN Sportcenter's "Not So Top 10."
context_page_description: 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. 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 One Arena. In 44 completed seasons, the Capitals have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs 29 times, making two Stanley Cup Finals appearances during the 1997–98 and 2017–18 seasons, winning the latter.
  The Capitals were founded in 1974 as an expansion team in the Prince of Wales Conference. The team had an 8–67–5 record and lost 37 straight road games in their inaugural season. The Capitals made their first playoffs in the 1982–83 season and qualified for the playoffs for the following 13 seasons in a row. The Capitals won the Eastern Conference during their 1997–98 season but were swept by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals.
caption: The interior of Capital One Arena, formerly the Verizon Center, the Capitals' home arena since 1997
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