Resilient Capitals going home for Game 7

PITTSBURGH - The Washington Capitals are well aware of their franchise's inglorious past, one filled with unmet expectations and gut-wrenching collapses.

And they don't care. It's not 1992. It's not 1996, 2009 or 2016, for that matter.

The Capitals spent the better part of the NHL season insisting that this time, things would be different. No longer were they burdened by the weight of the team's history of playoff flameouts, one most of the guys in red, white and blue had nothing to do with.