The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the East Division. The Capitals are owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, headed by Ted Leonsis. From 1974 to 1997 the Capitals played their home games at the Capital Centre, in Landover, Maryland. In 1997 the team moved to the arena now called Capital One Arena, their present home arena in Washington, D.C. 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, John Carlson and Braden Holtby. The 2009–10 Capitals won the franchise's first 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.
About Washington Capitals
NHL team that won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 2018. The team previously reached the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals and won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies in 2016 and 2017.
Achievement of Washington Capitals
The emergence of high scoring winger Alexander Ovechkin helped lead to a prolonged period of success in the 2010s.
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