Washington, D.C.- The Washington Capitals raised their 2017-18 Stanley Cup Championship Banner to a rancorous crowd at Capital One Arena. Twenty-four seconds into the title defense, Right Wing T.J. Oshie scored with assists from N. Backstrom and Niskanen. At the 1:47 mark, Evgeny Kuznetsov sent one into the net unassisted. 

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