Washington Capitals: Top 10 best seasons in team history

The Washington Capitals have had a lot of fun seasons and after looking at their worst seasons ever it’s time to look at their best. The Caps have existed for 47 seasons so far with 32 of those seasons resulting in playoff appearances. Not too shabby.

We all know what season was the best one but what about the other nine?

#10 2014-15

The 2014-15 Capitals was the first season of the Barry Trotz era. They finished second in the Metropolitan Division with a 45-26-11 record for 101 points. The Caps finished sixth in goals with 242 while ranking sixth in goals against allowing just 203.

Alex Ovechkin led the way with 53 goals and 28 assists for 81 points. Nicklas Backstrom had 18 goals and 60 assists for 78 points. John Carlson added 12 goals and 43 assists for 55 points while Marcus Johansson had 20 goals and 27 assists for 47 points.

That season featured the Winter Classic at Nationals Park where the Caps won over the Chicago Blackhawks in thrilling fashion by a game winning goal from Troy Brouwer. It also included an epic seven game first round playoff series against the New York Islanders with the game winning goal in Game 7 coming from Evgeny Kuznetsov.

The season came to a heartbreaking end when the Caps blew a 3-1 series lead to the New York Rangers in the second round including a Game 5 setback where they were 101 seconds away from getting past them.