1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1989 Event Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 1988 Event Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Caps) 1988 Event New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final 1987 Event Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 minutes and 3 seconds 1985 Event Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isle win series 3-2 1985 Event Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot 1985 Event Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2 1985 Event Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead 1985 Event Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead 1985 Event Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead 1984 Event Washington Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Philadelphia 7-1 1983 Event Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps 1983 Event 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7 1983 Event Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2 1983 Event Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1983 Event Caps 4-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals-series tied 1-1 1983 Event Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead 1982 Event New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1976 Event Washington Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat New York Rangers 7-5 1975 Event Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 1975 Event Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also 1975 Event Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1974 Event 1st Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps 1974 Event Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Caps 1974 Event 1st time Washington Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota 1974 Event Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak 1972 Birthday Luis Figo, born in Almada, Portugal, professional soccer player, midfielder, 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, won 127 caps for the Portuguese national soccer team 1971 Event Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row 1971 Birthday Kenny Cunningham, born in Dublin, Ireland, professional soccer player, defender, won 70 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team 1967 Birthday Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing, Washington Caps 1960 Birthday Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps 1959 Birthday Dave Christian, Minnesota, NHL right wing, Washington Caps, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1957 Birthday Rod Langway, Formosa, NHL defenseman, Mont Canadiens, Washington Caps 1951 Birthday Graham Price, born in Moascar, Egypt, rugby player, prop forward, debuted for Wales in 1975, won 41 caps for Wales 1941 Event Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps 1922 Event Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps 1876 Event Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila 1267 Event Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
