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Luckiest jerseys in the NHL’s long and storied history

By Bruin Belisle

DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 9: Ray Bourque #77 of the Colorado Avalanche lifts the cup with Joe Sakic #19 after the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in game seven of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche take the series 4-3. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images)
DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 9: Ray Bourque #77 of the Colorado Avalanche lifts the cup with Joe Sakic #19 after the Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in game seven of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche take the series 4-3. (Photo by B Bennett/Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals hoists the Stanley Cup after the team’s 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 07: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals hoists the Stanley Cup after the team’s 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/NHLI via Getty Images) /

11. 2018 Washington Capitals

The 2017-18 Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup. Ask most Captials fans about this and they are still celebrating. Which is fine – technically they are still the champs. The Capitals got a monkey off their back in winning that Cup and even though it wasn’t, it felt like it was a long time coming.

The Capitals were becoming a bit of a running joke in the Eastern Conference. They would routinely finish with one of, if not the best record in the East. They;d go into the playoffs with star players and a hot goalie and then they’d lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The head-to-head stats before this season were actually insane. Pittsburgh had their number and everyone outside of the tightest inner circle of Washington’s fan base thought that trend would continue until Sidney Crosby retired.

They broke that trend wide open. The Capitals won the Stanley Cup then went on one of the biggest celebratory benders in this millennium. It was well deserved, obviously, and led by one of the better partiers in the NHL in Alex Ovechkin.

The Capitals are good again, as always, but they have a long, uphill battle if they want to get back to the Cup final again. Perhaps some of that left over luck from last season will give them the boost they need to do so.

As long as this team is led by Alex Ovechkin, the only player in NHL history with a legitimate shot at Gretzky’s goal record, anything can happen.

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