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The Best Videos From The Capitals' Stanley Cup Win
The Washington Capitals are 2018 Stanley Cup Champions after defeating the Las Vegas Golden Knights, and the scene in D.C. was incredible.

WASHINGTON, DC -- It's all over. The Washington Capitals have actually done it. They've won the Stanley Cup for the first time in their history, and brought a major sports championship to D.C. for the first time in 26 years.
Ever since the clock ran out late Thursday night and into Friday morning, the incredible videos of the reactions of fans here in the D.C. area have been pouring in. We've put together a list of our favorites below.
There's the unbridled excitement of a Caps goal:
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CAPITALS 1-0 and this is what the crowd looks like inside the Capital One Arena @ABC7News #ALLCaps pic.twitter.com/DothBuWo3m
— Caroline Patrickis (@Cpatrickis) June 8, 2018
There's "Unleash the Fury":
There's the mayhem when the buzzer sounded:
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This is the happiest and loudest crowd at Capital One Arena that I’ve ever seen and it’s not even close pic.twitter.com/aUSClRMLRG
— Kelyn Soong (@KelynSoong) June 8, 2018
There's everyone singing "We Are The Champions":
There's Ovechkin and company simply waltzing through a casino lobby with the Stanley Cup in tow:
CUP TOUR!
Ovechkin and team walking through the MGM@nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/CEWFtQ07OX
— dckerNBC4 (@dckerNBC4) June 8, 2018
There's The Steps:
Good morning Washington. #WEWONTHECUP #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/MwQ149lw3W
— WAMU 88.5 IS #ALLCAPS (@wamu885) June 8, 2018
There's this fire truck in Clarendon:
Let’s go caps @Capitals @CapitalsPR @clarendon @ArlingtonVaPD pic.twitter.com/3UBRybKBDE
— Curt Hall (@clhall_21) June 8, 2018
There's this D.C. police officer losing his mind after the Caps tied it up in the 3rd:
My favorite post goal crowd reaction shot from the @Capitals Stanley Cup clincher comes from an @DCPoliceDept officer. I think this was when they tied it up at 3 in the 3rd. #ALLCAPS @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/nNaZUY0mBo
— Jay Korff (@ABC7Jay) June 8, 2018
And there's the absolutely epic crowd that filled the streets:
D.C.’s hottest club is the 400 level of Capital One Arena. It has everything: Roaming beer vendors, new Mystics fans, an entire wall of people taking photos of the crowd below pic.twitter.com/rDr4yFCQta
— Noah Frank (@NoahFrankWTOP) June 7, 2018
All in all, not a bad night to be a Caps fan.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 07: A fan of the Washington Capitals reacts outside Capital One Arena after the hockey team won the Stanley Cup June 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Washington Capitals have beat the Vegas Golden Knights with 4-3 to become the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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