#4 Playoffs? We talking about playoffs
Yes we are. Before we get to the big one in later we'll say that the team appeared in the playoffs for 33 seasons. Their all time playoff record is 140-165. We'll pin this here but their all time record in the regular season as we're writing this is 1,844-1,571-303-199 which is good for 4,190 points.
We'll touch on the lovely two teams that made it to both Stanley Cup Final trips but before we do that we have to revisit the Young Guns first kick at a Stanley Cup can. Although they fell in that first round series to the Philadelphia Flyers, Alex Ovechkin topped off his amazing 65 goal regular season with a puck steal and finish in Game 1. Even though Washington lost that series it was the beginning of the Rock the Red era as we know it.
The next year Ovi and another young buck at the time in Sidney Crosby met in the playoffs for the first time ever and the two of them had a memorable Game 2 that saw each of them record their first playoff hat tricks.
Unfortunately there were some rough patches. But in all it was a crazy 10 year journey.