39 – Number of days remaining until the start of the Washington Capitals’ 50th season. But it’s also…
…the number of times in franchise history that a Washington Capital has finished the season with at least 80 points. The most recent 80+ point season was Alex Ovechkin in 2021-22, when he posted a 50-40-90 campaign; the first was Guy Charron back in 1976-77, when he put up 36 goals and 82 points.
16 different players have hit the 80-point mark in the team’s 50-year history, the most being, of course, Ovechkin, who has done so 11 times.