Slim Expansion Pickings Curbed Early Growth of Caps Looking back at the 24 players the Caps pulled in '74 expansion draft, 50 years ago today
Caps Began to Take Shape 50 Years Ago Under the cover of secrecy, Caps added first players at 1974 NHL Entry Draft
Caps Named Anderson Coach Half a Century Ago Jimmy Anderson had the impossible task of coaching the expansion Caps in '74-75
Time CAPSule - Boudreau Promoted on Thanksgiving Day (11/22/07) Caps name Bruce Boudreau interim bench boss after rugged 6-14-1 start to '07-08 season
Time CAPSule - Bondra Retires (10/30/07) Bondra retires from NHL to take over as GM of Slovakian national team
Time CAPSule - Late Surge Sparks 5-3 Win in Atlanta Backstrom scores game-tying and winning goals 32 seconds apart in third, Ovechkin reaches 60-goal plateau as Caps earn crucial win
Time CAPSule - Caps at Atlanta, March 21, 2008 Tenth-place Caps in dire need of a win in midst of six-game road stretch
Time CAPSule - Caps at Chicago, March 19, 2008 Reliving the home stretch of the Caps' 2007-08 season, a dozen years down the road
Time CAPSule - Beagle's Climb to NHL In this piece from July 2008, we compare Jay Beagle's rise to the NHL to Carl Spackler's stunning performance at Augusta
Time CAPSule - Caps Fall to Philly in Overtime of Game 7 Caps' storybook season comes to a halt on Lupul's power-play goal in overtime
Time CAPSule - Caps Force Game 7 in DC - April 22, 2008 Ovechkin strikes twice in third to snap 2-2 tie with Flyers, evening series at 3-3
Time CAPSule - Caps at Philadelphia, April 21, 2008 - Game 6 Caps head back to Philly, focused on forcing a decisive Game 7 in DC a night later
Time CAPSule - Caps Power Past Philly to Force Game 6 A pair of power-play goals enable the Caps to extend their season and return to Philadelphia for Game 6
Time CAPSule - Flyers at Caps, April 19, 2008 Caps are out of wiggle room as they face Flyers in must-win game 5 on Saturday afternoon in DC
Time CAPSule: Knuble Wins it in Double OT, Pushing Caps to Precipice Caps' best performance of the series in Game 4 isn't enough; they lose third straight to fall down 3-1 to Flyers
Time CAPSule - Caps at Philly, Game 4, April 17, 2008 After losing two straight for first time in nearly a month, Caps seek to even first-round series with Flyers
Time CAPSule - Late Goals Lead to Another Loss for Caps Caps fall 6-3 to Flyers in Game 3, yielding all six goals in final four minutes of the three periods
Time CAPSule - Caps Hit the Road for Game 3 in Philly Caps look to bounce back from blanking as series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3
Time CAPSule - Caps Come Up Empty in Game 2 - (4/14/08) Flyers score twice in first, squaring series at 1-1 behind Biron's 24-save shutout
Time CAPSule - Flyers at Caps, April 13, 2008 Caps look to take a 2-0 series lead over Flyers in Game 2 on Sunday afternoon in D.C.
Time CAPSule - Ovechkin's First Playoff Goal Wins it for Caps Caps' Young Guns key third-period comeback from two-goal deficit in Game 1 win over Flyers
Time CAPSule - Young Guns Set for First Taste of Playoffs Caps quartet of young stars set for Stanley Cup action as Washington hosts Philly in Game 1
Time CAPSule - Caps Face Flyers in First Round The two worst teams in the East a year earlier, the Caps and Flyers get set for a first-round playoff tussle
Time CAPSule - Fedorov's Mentoring Pushes Caps Forward Late-season addition of future Hall of Famer sparked Caps' group of wide-eyed "Young Guns" and rejuvenated his own career
Time CAPSule - McPhee Engineers a Memorable Trade Deadline Haul McPhee fills needs and then some, adding three key pieces in deadline deals aimed at propelling Caps into playoffs
