Washington Capitals: Top 10 best seasons in team history

#9 2015-16

Coming into the 2015-16 season, General Manager Brian MacLellan made a blockbuster trade. He sent Troy Brouwer and Pheonix Copley to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for T.J. Oshie.

The possibilities were endless and even though the Caps didn’t win the Cup that year they had a good squad and would develop chemistry that would help them win the Cup a few years later.

Evgeny Kuznetsov led the team with 77 points that season with 20 goals and 57 assists. Alex Ovechkin had 50 goals along with 21 assists for 71 points. Oshie had 26 goals and 25 assists for 51 points.

Also acquired that offseason was Justin Williams, aka Mr. Game 7 who many thought was the missing piece for the Caps to go on a deep playoff run. They never had a Game 7 that spring but they did beat the Philadelphia Flyers in six games.

Although the Caps lost in six games in the next round to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Oshie had a game for the ages in Game 1 with a hat trick, completing the feat with the game winning goal in overtime to put Verizon Center into pure bedlam.

The Caps won not only the Metropolitan Division but the Presidents’ Trophy that year too with a 56-18-8 record for 120 points. Ovechkin also scored his 500th career goal that season while Braden Holtby won the Vezina Trophy leading the league with 48 wins and tying Martin Brodeur’s record.