when's the last time the washington capitals were in the stanley cup finals
List of Washington Capitals seasons After reaching the Finals, the Capitals were assigned to the Southeast Division, in which they remained in for 15 years, until a NHL division realignment brought them into the newly formed Metropolitan Division in 2013. Through these times, the Capitals won three Presidents' Trophies in the 2009–10, 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons,[3] before finally winning their first Stanley Cup in the 2017–18 season, after 42 seasons (not counting the cancelled 2004–05 season).