Washington Capitals Milestones

Order these Washington Capitals franchise moments by the year they happened. You place all 24 cards on one timeline, one at a time. Three wrong guesses ends the run.

Washington Capitals Milestones
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How the Washington Capitals history timeline works

These cards trace the Capitals from their arrival in the league onward, and each has a short note under the title saying what happened. Put them in order by year. One card begins on the timeline with its year visible; every card after that is yours to place in a gap. If you choose correctly, the year is revealed. If not, the card goes where it belongs and you're down one of three lives.

Washington's story starts rough and builds slowly toward contention, with a long wait for a real breakthrough. Much of the back half belongs to one franchise star, whose awards, scoring titles and records stack up close together. Regular-season trophies are another trap, since the club collected several of them in a short span. The note under each title is your best guide for telling them apart.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 24 of the 24 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Joined the NHL An expansion team begins play at the Capital Centre in Landover
  • A historically awful first season Won just eight games, one of the worst records in league history
  • Drafted Mike Gartner Selected the future Hall of Fame winger fourth overall
  • Yvon Labre's #7 retired The first number ever raised by the franchise
  • Acquired Rod Langway The trade brought the Secretary of Defense from Montreal
  • First playoff appearance Reached the postseason for the first time after years of futility
  • Rod Langway wins the Norris Trophy The defenseman is named the league's best blueliner
  • The Easter Epic Lost a four-overtime Game 7 to the Islanders in the early hours
  • Drafted Olaf Kolzig Selected the future franchise goaltender in the first round
  • First Conference Final appearance Reached the final four before falling to Boston
  • Opened the MCI Center and retired Langway's #5 Moved downtown to a new arena and raised the captain's number the same year
  • First Stanley Cup Final appearance Behind Olie Kolzig, reached the Final but were swept by Detroit
  • Dale Hunter's #32 retired The gritty longtime captain's number is honored
  • Acquired Jaromir Jagr Landed the superstar winger in a blockbuster trade
  • Drafted Alexander Ovechkin first overall Won the right to select the Russian phenom with the top pick
  • Ovechkin wins the Calder The rookie takes Rookie of the Year after a lockout-delayed debut
  • Ovechkin sweeps the scoring awards Captured the Hart, Art Ross and Rocket Richard; Gartner's #11 also retired
  • Ovechkin and Crosby trade hat tricks The rivals dueled in a classic seven-game playoff series
  • Won the Presidents' Trophy Piled up 121 points for the league's best record
  • Won the Presidents' Trophy again Topped the standings for the best regular-season record
  • Won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies Finished first overall again
  • Won their first Stanley Cup Beat the expansion Golden Knights; Ovechkin took the Conn Smythe
  • Ovechkin passes Gordie Howe Moved into second place on the all-time goals list
  • Ovechkin breaks Gretzky's record Became the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer

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