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Montreal picked up a 30 win over the caps on october 31, 1975 in washington. Pollin had built the capital centre in suburban landover. Toronto the washington capitals have made their first tradein advance of mondays deadline, acquiring speedy veteran forward carl hagelin from the. See where the washington capitals stack up in espns latest nhl power rankings. Alexander ovechkin leads the team in goals scored in a season.
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