Caps Report

Last night at Verizon Center

QUOTABLE

“I couldn’t have written a better script. It’s like a Cinderella story. This is as good as I’ve ever been involved in.”

— Caps coach Bruce Boudreau

BY THE NUMBERS

24 — Points the Caps have improved from last season, the second-best in the NHL behind Philadelphia and the fourth-best in franchise history.

4 — Caps players who played all 82 games this year — Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Mike Green and Brooks Laich. Ovechkin, Backstrom and Green are the team’s top three scorers.

— Corey Masisak