A look at the quickest overtime games in Caps history
15 - Number of seconds it took in overtime to find a winner yesterday, making it the shortest overtime in Caps history. Here's a list of all 50 Capitals playoff overtime games (they're now 22-28 in those games), from the shortest to the most painful, err, longest:
| Result | Date | Opponent | Goal Scorer | Time | Game | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 4/19/2015 | @ NY Islanders | John Tavares | 0:15 | 3 | 1-2 |
| Win | 4/17/2009 | Montreal | Nicklas Backstrom | 0:31 | 2 | 6-5 |
| Win | 4/25/1990 | NY Rangers | Rod Langway | 0:34 | 4 | 4-3 |
| Win | 4/8/1989 | Philadelphia | Kelly Miller | 0:51 | 3 | 4-3 |
| Loss | 4/17/1986 | NY Rangers | Brian MacLellan | 1:16 | 1 | 3-4 |
| Loss | 4/12/2012 | @ Boston | Chris Kelly | 1:18 | 1 | 0-1 |
| Loss | 4/10/1988 | @ Philadelphia | Murray Craven | 1:18 | 4 | 4-5 |
| Loss | 5/7/2012 | @ NY Rangers | Marc Staal | 1:35 | 5 | 2-3 |
| Win | 4/10/1985 | NY Islanders | Alan Haworth | 2:28 | 1 | 4-3 |
| Loss | 4/15/2003 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier | 2:29 | 3 | 3-4 |
| Loss | 4/23/1986 | @ NY Rangers | Bob Brooke | 2:40 | 4 | 5-6 |
| Win | 4/25/2012 | @ Boston | Joel Ward | 2:57 | 7 | 2-1 |
| Win | 5/25/1998 | Buffalo | Todd Krygier | 3:01 | 2 | 3-2 |
| Loss | 4/22/2012 | Boston | Tyler Seguin | 3:17 | 6 | 3-4 |
| Loss | 5/9/2009 | Pittsburgh | Evgeni Malkin | 3:28 | 5 | 3-4 |
| Win | 4/18/2001 | @ Pittsburgh | Jeff Halpern | 4:01 | 4 | 4-3 |
| Loss | 5/14/1995 | @ Pittsburgh | Luc Robitaille | 4:30 | 5 | 5-6 |
| Loss | 4/22/1993 | @ NY Islanders | Ray Ferraro | 4:46 | 3 | 3-4 |
| Win | 4/5/1990 | @ New Jersey | Dino Ciccarelli | 5:34 | 1 | 5-4 |
| Loss | 4/15/2000 | @ Pittsburgh | Jaromir Jagr | 5:49 | 2 | 1-2 |
| Win | 4/16/1988 | Philadelphia | Dale Hunter | 5:57 | 7 | 5-4 |
| Loss | 4/22/2008 | Philadelphia | Joffrey Lupul | 6:06 | 7 | 2-3 |
| Loss | 5/1/2011 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier | 6:19 | 2 | 2-3 |
| Win | 5/11/2009 | @ Pittsburgh | David Steckel | 6:22 | 6 | 5-4 |
| Win | 6/4/1998 | @ Buffalo | Joe Juneau | 6:24 | 6 | 3-2 |
| Win | 4/11/1991 | @ NY Rangers | Dino Ciccarelli | 6:44 | 5 | 5-4 |
| Win | 4/27/1990 | @ NY Rangers | John Druce | 6:48 | 5 | 2-1 |
| Loss | 4/13/1984 | @ NYIslanders | Anders Kallur | 7:35 | 2 | 4-5 |
| Win | 5/4/2013 | NY Rangers | Mike Green | 8:00 | 2 | 1-0 |
| Loss | 4/19/1991 | @ Pittsburgh | Kevin Stevens | 8:10 | 2 | 6-7 |
| Win | 5/10/2013 | NY Rangers | Mike Ribeiro | 9:24 | 5 | 2-1 |
| Win | 5/28/1998 | @ Buffalo | Peter Bondra | 9:37 | 3 | 4-3 |
| Loss | 5/6/2009 | @ Pittsburgh | Kris Letang | 11:23 | 3 | 2-3 |
| Loss | 4/24/2001 | @ Pittsburgh | Martin Straka | 13:04 | 6 | 3-4 |
| Loss | 4/15/2010 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec | 13:19 | 1 | 2-3 |
| Loss | 6/11/1998 | @ Detroit | Kris Draper | 15:24 | 2 | 4-5 |
| Win | 5/3/1998 | @ Boston | Brian Bellows | 15:24 | 6 | 3-2 |
| Win | 4/13/2011 | NY Rangers | Alexander Semin | 18:24 | 1 | 2-1 |
| Loss | 4/24/1998 | Boston (2 OT) | Darren Van Impe | 20:54 | 2 | 3-4 |
| Win | 4/11/1985 | NY Islanders (2 OT) | Mike Gartner | 21:23 | 2 | 2-1 |
| Win | 4/14/2012 | @ Boston (2 OT) | Nicklas Backstrom | 22:56 | 2 | 2-1 |
| Loss | 4/24/1993 | @ NY Islanders (2 OT) | Ray Ferraro | 25:40 | 4 | 3-4 |
| Win | 4/26/1998 | @ Boston (2 OT) | Joe Juneau | 26:31 | 3 | 3-2 |
| Loss | 4/17/2008 | @ Philadelphia (2 OT) | Mike Knuble | 26:40 | 4 | 3-4 |
| Win | 4/20/2011 | @ NY Rangers (2 OT) | Jason Chimera | 32:36 | 4 | 4-3 |
| Loss | 4/20/1993 | NY Islanders (2 OT) | Brian Mullen | 34:50 | 2 | 4-5 |
| Loss | 4/20/2003 | Tampa Bay (3 OT) | Martin St. |