Washington Capitals: Top 25 best moments of all-time

There's plenty of fun memories about the Capitals as we gear up for their 50th season

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7 Joel Ward Game 7 in Boston

In 2012 in a Game 7 in Boston, Joel Ward silenced the crowd of Boston fans with a deflection goal to beat Tim Thomas. Mike Knuble helped create havoc in front of the net.

I'll let Ben Raby tell the story in his 100 Things book:

"For the first time in the Alex Ovechkin era, the Capitals entered the playoffs as the underdogs, seeded seventh in the Eastern Conference and facing the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins."

That's just a snippet of the book which I highly recommend. With injuries to Tomas Vokoun and Michal Neuvirth, causing the Caps to turn to their third string goaltender in rookie Braden Holtby.

"When it happened, it was a freak play. We were thinking about coming off for a line change at first until he blocked that dump in and we got on our horse, knowing that he was going up the ice. I figured at that stage of the game nobody was going to try to pass it through a defenseman, so I just tried to trail behind him. I knew he was going to take it to the net."
Joel Ward

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