Recent years have provided highlights aplenty for Caps fans to reflect back on, as we’ve watched the team develop into one of the League’s perennial best. Each year, however, has also been punctuated with a tinge of regret - with the knowledge that something big was missing.
Not this year, though. 2018 was, without a doubt, the best 12-month stretch for any Capitals team in franchise history. It was glorious and insane, filled with great moments and greater memories that will last a lifetime for players and fans alike.
That’s not to say that all of the great moments from the past year were related to that incredible night in early June, of course, or even the two months that preceded it.