Washington Capitals to face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Finals

Alex Ovechkin #8 and Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals celebrate after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. — (Image credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

The Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 in Game 7 of the conference finals Wednesday, and will face the Vegas Golden Knights in the finals starting Monday in Las Vegas.

The Capitals haven't played in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1998, when they lost to the Detroit Red Wings, and this is only their second trip in the team's 44-year history. Meanwhile, the Vegas Golden Knights reached the finals in their first season as a team.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.