The Capitals clinched the Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference and Presidents' Trophy earlier this week. They're the first back-to-back winner of the trophy given to the team with the League's best record since the Vancouver Canucks in 2010-11 and 2011-12. But Washington is hoping to do something the Canucks couldn't: win the Stanley Cup.
The Capitals are rolling; they've won nine of 10 games and look like a team without many weaknesses. They rank in the top five in goals for, goals against and power-play percentage, and are in the top 10 in penalty-killing percentage.
They have five players who have scored at least 50 points, led by Nicklas Backstrom (85 points; 23 goals, 62 assists), and five players who have scored at least 23 goals. The fact that the Capitals don't have to rely on Alex Ovechkin as much is a huge deal for them. Also, Braden Holtby has backed up his Vezina Trophy-winning season in 2015-16 with another fine performance (42-12-6, 2.08 goals-against average, .925 save percentage, nine shutouts).