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Capitals rightfully make it on the FanSided 250

By Michael Marzzacco

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: Fans celebrate after a goal by the Washington Capitals on June 7, 2018, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights. 4-3 to win the Stanley Cup. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: Fans celebrate after a goal by the Washington Capitals on June 7, 2018, at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights. 4-3 to win the Stanley Cup. (Photo by Mark Goldman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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Washington Capitals fans are the best fans in hockey. Of course, we all know that.

On Tuesday morning, FanSided released their “FanSided 250” list ranking the hottest fandoms in the country across sports and entertainment. Rightfully, the Capitals made it onto the list.

Keep in mind this list include teams from other sports and other high profile athletes and celebrities. The Capitals were ranked 127th.

As far as teams in the NHL go, the Capitals were ranked fifth behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues. Can’t complain too much about this list with no other Metropolitan Division teams being ranked ahead of the Caps.

FanSided complied this list using the following: Fan Vote, Search Score and Social Follows. The Capitals earned a fan vote of 65, their search score came out to be 60.6 and the team has 2.3 million social follows.

Under each team is a buzz moment. For the Capitals it said the following:

"The Washington Capitals and their fans had their championship moment in 2018, but the team could not resist partying with the Washington Nationals during their World Series victory tour. Alex Ovechkin and Ryan Zimmerman’s budding friendship is a wholesome reminder of the good in this world."

There’s definitely a difference in the area overall ever since the Caps won the Stanley Cup in 2018. It helped start a trend of winning and winning big.

Just over a year after Alex Ovechkin skated around the ice with the Stanley Cup, the Mystics won the WNBA championship while the Nationals won the World Series.

One day after the Nats praded around town the baseball team was recognized when the Capitals hosted the Calgary Flames. After the game the Capitals and Nationals partied in the locker room and sang “We are the champions” in unison. Now that is what I call a sports town.

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Back to the fans. Caps fans, as we know, are some of the most hardcore in the NHL. The Caps have a sellout streak that has spanned over the last decade, 472 consecutive games and counting! When the team is on the road it’s hard not to find some Capitals red in the stands.

Check out a game at Capital One Arena and you’ll see the passion all around you. A sea of red, the horn guy, GOAT, Unleash the Fury, there’s nothing like it.

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The Capitals are by far the most successful team in the D.C. area and a big part of that success is the support from the fans. As the Capitals navigate through what’s already been an exciting season, Caps fans will continue to be behind them every step of the way as they continue their push for the ultimate prize.

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