[29] The new Monumental Sports Network offers an OTT service that provides live streaming of Mystics, Valor and AFL Baltimore games as well as additional live events and games. They also … A large "W" on the front of the jersey, topped with the common three stars, offset in blue to contrast the white "Capitals" wordmark. [25] WJFK-FM began airing postseason games during the 2008 playoffs. Like the other three teams who joined the league during the WHA era—the Scouts (later the Colorado Rockies and now the New Jersey Devils), Atlanta Flames (now playing in Calgary), and New York Islanders—the Capitals did not factor the survival of the rival league into their plans. In 2009, the company was sold to American Express; Leonsis is now on the board of directors at American Express. Two notable landmarks were also hit by Capitals, as the team's longest tenured player, Olaf Kolzig, won his 250th game in goal, and Andrew Cassels became the 204th player to play 1,000 games, although he did not finish his season with Washington. The first issue of the magazine was published in 1982, and was a huge success; $50,000 worth of copies were sold near cash registers, bookstores, and newsstands. The Capitals' inaugural season was dreadful, even by expansion standards. [37] After the incident, Leonsis personally called the fan to apologize for his actions and invited him and his family to watch a game in the owner's box. It marked the first time in 20 seasons that the Capitals made a Conference Final and the first time in 24 seasons that they had defeated the Penguins in a playoff series. Theodore John Leonsis (born January 8, 1957) is an American businessman, investor, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and former politician. Following the season's end, head coach Dale Hunter announced he would step down. His first act as owner was to hire Hall of Famer Milt Schmidtas general man… Then, two significant events took place to revive the franchise. [56] On May 10, 2011, the Wizards unveiled a new color scheme, uniforms and logo. "Heartbreaking and emotional," Capitals owner Ted Leonsis wrote on Twitter. Another significant move was the drafting of defenseman Scott Stevens during the 1982 NHL Entry Draft (the pick was made by interim general manager Roger Crozier, prior to Poile's hiring). During the NHL labor dispute of 2004–05, which cost the NHL its entire season, Ovechkin stayed in Russia, playing for Dynamo Moscow. After their 1998 championship run, the Capitals finished the 1998–99 season with a record of 31-45-6 and failed to qualify for the playoffs. Before the 2002–03 season, the Caps made more roster changes, including the signing of highly regarded Robert Lang as a free agent, a linemate of Jagr's from Pittsburgh. Unfortunately for Washington, the Capitals' playoff woes continued as they again fell to the Rangers in seven games. In addition to player awards, head coach Bruce Boudreau won the Jack Adams Award for the NHL's coach of the year. He raised $1 million in seed capital with his partner Vincent Pica,. The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. [23], Mike Vogel has been covering the team online for the Washington Capitals on its website since the 1995-96 season, writing daily game stories and analysis. The Capitals struggled to stay in a playoff spot and ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006–07. Washington Capitals 1974–present Home arena Capital One Arena: City Washington, D.C. Station management had little interest in the games and said they received far more complaints about the preempted CBS shows. Pollin had built the Capital Centre in suburban Landover, Maryland, to house both the Bullets (who formerly played in Baltimore) and the Capitals. By the summer of 1982, however, there was serious talk of the team moving out of the U.S. capital, and a "Save the Caps" campaign was underway. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the NHL announced a new partnership with Adidas, and the Capitals unveiled new uniforms with minor changes. Moreover, Ovechkin was also named an NHL First Team All-Star and became the first player since 1953 to be named as such in each of his first three years in the NHL. They won it a second time in 2015–16, and did so for a third time the following season in 2016–17. Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game, For the Basketball Association of America team, see. [38] More simply, the stars are a reference to the flag of Washington, D.C., which is in turn based on the shield of George Washington's family coat of arms. The Capitals finally made the Wales Conference Finals in 1990, but went down in a four-game sweep at the hands of the first-place Boston Bruins. After graduating from college, he then moved back to his parents' home in Lowell and began working for Wang Laboratories as a corporate communications manager and Harris Corp. as a marketing executive. [16] He raised $1 million in seed capital with his partner Vincent Pica,. [13][14] The Capitals won their second Presidents' Trophy in a row, becoming just the seventh team in NHL history to win back-to-back Presidents' Trophies. For the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, the Capitals wore a white jersey honoring the franchise's past with the original logo. Leonsis found Lovell a part-time job as a restaurant kitchen worker and provided him with a paid and furnished apartment, a prosthetic leg and Capitals season tickets for life. The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 20 percent of their power play opportunities. Schmidt himself had to take over the coaching reins late in the season. It was honored with the 2008 Peabody Award[69] and the 2009 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Historical Programming (Long Form). The eight wins are the fewest for an NHL team playing at least 70 games, and the .131 winning percentage is still the worst in NHL history. He was fined $100,000 by the league, for "unauthorized public comments regarding the league's collective bargaining negotiations. The Capitals won six overtime games, three in each of their series against the Bruins and Sabres. They then defeated the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2009 playoffs four games to three, overcoming a 3–1 deficit. The season was highlighted by their participation in the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at Heinz Field. The Capitals unveiled new uniforms on June 22, 2007, which coincided with the NHL Entry Draft and the new league-wide adaptation of the Reebok-designed uniform system for 2007–08. [47], In addition to players, members of the local sports media that cover the Capitals, and the NHL, were honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. Then in 1998, as the Caps opened MCI Center, Peter Bondra's 52 goals led the team, veterans Dale Hunter, Joe Juneau and Adam Oates returned to old form, and Olaf Kolzig had a solid .920 save percentage as the Caps got past the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres (the latter on a dramatic overtime win in game six on a goal by Joe Juneau) en route to the team's first Stanley Cup finals appearance. The Capitals are owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment, headed by Ted Leonsis. The lockout-shortened 2012–13 season saw the Capitals off to a rocky start, as they managed just two wins in their first ten games. The Capitals made a strong push and finished with the seventh overall seed in East, draining the defending champion Boston Bruins in the first round. They also signed 19-year-old Semyon Varlamov to a three-year entry-level contract. The Capitals were then defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals in seven games. After nine years on WMAL (630 AM), the games returned to 1500 AM for the 1996–97 season. However, the Capitals' playoff disappointment continued. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S PCTG F 8 Alex Ovechkin 4 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 13 .077 Ted Leonsis’ wife, Lynn Leonsis, is the reason he’s come this far. The teams split the first four games of the series, with the Islanders winning the first and third games, and the Capitals winning the second and fourth games. After falling behind 3–1 in the series, they battled back to force a game seven at home, where they were eliminated 2–0, and lost their series 4–3. In early 2011, Leonsis purchased a 13-acre estate in Potomac, Maryland. [22] As of 2014[update], he serves as vice chairman emeritus of AOL. [87], Leonsis once served as the mayor of Orchid, Florida. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. This was quickly followed by Peter Bondra departing for the Ottawa Senators. [5][11][12] Also during college, Leonsis, with encouragement from a mentor, Reverend Joseph Durkin, used computers and primitive punch cards to his thesis where it introduced him to the potential fortunes that were to be made in the emerging software and personal computer industries of the early 1980s[citation needed]. The film premiered in January 2008 at the Sundance Film Festival. [17] The first issue of the magazine was published in 1982, and was a huge success; $50,000 worth of copies were sold near cash registers, bookstores, and newsstands. In June 2014 the United States Olympic Committee identified Washington and three other cities as potential locations. Players move around the city answering trivia questions about the city and receive the letters N.E.W Y.O.R.K by answering at least one question correctly. *Sidney Crosby has played only 52 regular-season games against the Washington Capitals, according to HockeyReference.com. In 1985–86, for instance, the Caps finished with 107 points and won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, good enough for the third-best record in the NHL. The Washington Capitals Reverse Retro logo, a throwback to the 1995 season with the Caps soaring eagle logo of the era returning but now recoloured in their modern red, white, and blue colour scheme. The team originally had red, white, and blue pants options, but retired the white pants only after a few games in their first season, and the red ones at season's end. Ovechkin was selected a First Team All-Star at right wing, and a Second Team All-Star at left wing for the 2012–13 season. It goes without saying that Leonsis’ family is just as ecstatic as the Caps’ owner. [20] Under his leadership, AOL increased its membership from under 800,000 members to over 8 million, while their annual revenue increased from $100 million to $1.5 billion. After the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals were unable to retain a number of players, losing Kevin Shattenkirk, Karl Alzner, Justin Williams, and Daniel Winnik to free agency, and budding young defenseman Nate Schmidt to the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. The Washington Capitals have won the last two meetings against the Penguins by a combined score of 10-5, and they've played the better hockey through the first two games of the season. In response, Leonsis sent Dibler a package that included a signed Alexander Ovechkin jersey and a letter inviting Dibler and his family to a game.[54]. He acquired the property for $20 million after selling homes in McLean, Virginia and Vero Beach, Florida. 1 Sports PowerPlayer in Maryland, 2016 Greater Washington Urban League Unsung Philanthropist Award, This page was last edited on 11 January 2021, at 13:09. [70], In 2008, Leonsis produced Kicking It, which is a documentary by Susan Koch about the 2006 Homeless World Cup. However, regular-season success did not carry into the playoffs. "To all of my teammates throughout the years in Boston, I am so lucky to have a lifetime of memories that I will never forget," he added. The Capitals are presently affiliated with two minor league teams, the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, and the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. A notable first was that Washington area native Jeff Halpern was named captain of his hometown Capitals. [10][13][14][15], Leonsis left Harris Corporation in March 1981 when, at the age 25, he moved to Florida and began his first business venture. Ovechkin's rookie point total was the second-best in Capitals history, and his goal total was tied for third in franchise history. Despite the Capitals' young defense and injuries to key players such as Michael Nylander and Brian Pothier, Boudreau engineered a remarkable turnaround. [citation needed]. [27], In the early years of his ownership, the Capitals went on to win back-to-back Southeast Division titles in 2000 and 2001, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pittsburgh Penguins. During his youth, Leonsis mowed lawns for extra money. Prior to the start of the 1995–96 season, in an attempt to modernize the look and improve merchandise sales, the team abandoned its traditional red, white and blue color scheme in favor of a blue, black, and bronze palette with an American bald eagle with five stars as its logo. The Capitals won the first three games of the series and were looking for their first sweep in the playoffs of a best-of-seven series in franchise history. Prior to the 2000–01 season, the team retired its blue road jersey in favor of this, but still kept the white jersey for home games. The one bright spot during these years of futility was that many of McNab's draft picks (e.g., Rick Green, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner, Bengt Gustafsson, Gaetan Duchesne, and Bobby Carpenter) would impact the team for years to come, either as important members of the roster or as crucial pieces in major trades. However, the season is still young so tread lightly. When asked if the actions were unfair, Leonsis stated, "I don't care. .. . The Capitals' previous streak was from the 2007–08 season to the 2010–11 season in the now defunct Southeast Division. The Capitals started the 2011–12 season with a record of 7–0, but they only won five of their next 15 games. After again defeating the New York Rangers in five games in the first round, they were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals. [73][74], Leonsis is also the co-inventor of Only In New York, a board game that blends street savvy and smarts needed to make it in New York City. For the 2015 Winter Classic, which took place on New Year's Day at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the Capitals wore a newly designed jersey intended to pay homage to hockey's outdoor roots. In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, the Capitals won the Draft Lottery, moving ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who held the NHL's worst record, and selected Alexander Ovechkin first overall. Instead of wearing the combination of blue pants and white helmets the team used when it played at the Capital Centre, the Capitals chose red pants and helmets for the New Year's Day game. The jersey resembled the one the franchise wore from 1974 to 1995. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said Thursday he expects star forwards Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom to remain with the Caps for their entire NHL careers. [10] In 2005, he was honored as one of Lowell High School's Distinguished Alumni for reaching the highest level of accomplishment and possessing the highest standards of integrity and character. The plan had been for the longtime face of the Rangers to share goaltending duties for the Capitals with 23-year-old Ilya Samsonov. During the season, the team was sold to a group headed by AOL executive Ted Leonsis. Washington Capitals Buffalo Sabres live score (and video online live stream*) starts on 23 Jan 2021 at 00:00 UTC time at Capital One Arena stadium, Washington, D.C. city, USA in NHL – USA. How technology is changing the way sports content gathered, analyzed and consumed. [16] Two years later, he sold the company to Thomson Reuters for $40 million netting him $20 million. [21] In the following season, the Capitals clinched another division title, but lost to the New York Islanders in the first round of the 2020 playoffs. Two years later, he sold the company to Th… The Capitals had few players with professional experience and were at a disadvantage against the long-standing teams that were stocked with veteran players. [3][4] He is the founder and chairman of SnagFilms, which produced the documentary film Nanking. However, the goaltending once again faltered and they were eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers. In addition to 12 division titles and three Presidents' Trophies, the Capitals have reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 1998 and 2018, winning in the latter. NBCSW's commentators are Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, "Inside-the-Glass" reporter Alan May, and rinkside reporter Al Koken. In 1995 and 1996, they lost in the first round both times to the Penguins. That same season, Oates, Phil Housley and Hunter all scored their 1,000th career point, the only time in NHL history that one team had three players reach that same milestone in a single season.[4]. The Capitals finished in a second-place tie with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division during the 2014–15 season and held home ice advantage in the first-round playoff series between the two, as they had defeated the Islanders in the season series with two home wins and two road overtime losses (in comparison, the Islanders had two home wins, one road loss and one road shootout loss). The team rebounded to win the Southeast Division, thereby earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. [citation needed], Leonsis is the founder of Revolution Money, a company which provides secure payments through an Internet-based platform. [71], In 2013, Leonsis produced the documentary Lost for Life, which explores juvenile offenders who have been sentenced to life without parole. The Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals meet Sunday in NHL action at the Capital One Arena. The series is well-remembered for the three-overtime Game 6 at the then–MCI Center. In the middle of the season, Schmidt was replaced as general manager by Max McNab and as head coach by Tom McVie. [55] Leonsis has taken a fan-centric approach to running the franchise, by listening and responding to the concerns of Wizards supporters through his email and personal website. [citation needed], Leonsis is the founder, majority owner, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL's Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go, WNBA's Washington Mystics, and formerly the AFL's Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade. 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[38], In 2009, a season ticket holder informed Leonsis of a homeless man, Scott Lovell, who spent his nights sleeping outside Verizon Center. Leonsis was born on January 8, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York. In the summer of 2001, the Capitals landed five-time Art Ross Trophy winner Jaromir Jagr, by trading three young prospects to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Capitals had thoroughly dominated most of the game, outshooting the Islanders 75–52, but lost in overtime when goaltender Bob Mason was beaten on a Pat LaFontaine shot from the blue line. Despite a continuous march of stars like Gartner, Carpenter, Langway, Gustafsson, Stevens, Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Dino Ciccarelli, Larry Murphy, and Kevin Hatcher, Washington was knocked out in either the first or second round seven years in a row. [18] The Capitals then faced the expansion Vegas Golden Knights and overcame them in five games, including a 4–3 win in the decisive game five at T-Mobile Arena after Lars Eller scored with about seven minutes to go. Leonsis got involved in politics after he ran a friend's campaign for Congress and worked as an intern for Paul Tsongas's office in Washington, D.C.[10] He has donated to the campaign of Barack Obama during his 2008 and 2012 elections and Hillary Clinton in 2016.[88][89][90][91][92]. Jagr had never lived up to expectations during his time with the Capitals, failing to finish among the league's top scorers or make the post-season All-Star Team. He also received a suspension of one week, during which he was prohibited from having any contact with the team. [10] In Alexander Ovechkin's 691st NHL game on November 4, 2014, he became the Capitals' all-time points leader during a game against the Calgary Flames, surpassing Peter Bondra. Weber rejoined current announcers Walton and Sabourin for the first period of Game 4 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. "[48] Again in 2009, he received criticism for preventing visiting team fans from purchasing Capitals playoff tickets. This series was capped off by the classic Easter Epic game, which ended at 1:56 am on Easter Sunday 1987. He was born the year the Capitals went to their first Stanley … Along with the Kansas City Scouts, the Capitals joined the NHL as an expansion team for the 1974–75 season (although the city of Washington was awarded a franchise on July 8, 1972). "From the highest highs to the lowest lows, we were … In the second round, all seven games were decided by a one-goal margin. Despite the transactions, however, the Capitals finished with the same point total (70) in 2006–07 as they did the year before, although they won one fewer game. [35] After Jágr was traded in 2004, Leonsis was criticized by fans. The Buffalo Sabres look for a win to rebound from a 1-3-1 record. Ovechkin led the team in points with 109 and finished as the third-highest goal scorer, despite playing nine games fewer than the league leaders. [22] NBC Sports Washington was known as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN) from 2001 through 2017. On May 26, 2014, the Capitals announced the promotion of Brian MacLellan from director of player personnel to general manager and the hiring of Barry Trotz as the new head coach. This stood in contrast to the Scouts; they were forced to move to Denver after only two years because their original owners did not have the resources or patience to withstand the struggles of an expansion team. This move turned the franchise around, as Langway's solid defense helped the team to dramatically reduce its goals-against, and the explosive goal-scoring of Dennis Maruk, Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter fueled the offensive attack. 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