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Teams With the Most Stanley Cup Championships
With their fourth Stanley Cup championship, the Pittsburgh Penguins expand the club of four-time winners or more, joining the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders,Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings.
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Best Regular Season Teams in NHL History
With an impressive 113 points after 75 games, the Washington Capitals are en route to finishing with one of the best records ever in an NHL regular season. However, of the 10 teams posting the most points ever in an NHL regular season, only two actually went on to win the Stanley Cup Finals. The Detroit Red Wings have three different teams in the top 10, the Boston Bruins show up twice and the Capitals are there as well from not too long ago, when a great regular season turned into first round disappointment.
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Fastest NHL Players to 500 Goals
By making it to 500 career goals, Alexander Ovechkin becomes the 10th player to do it in less than 900 games, joining the Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull, Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito and Manuel Richard among others on the prestigious list.
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Stanley Cup Finals – Sweeps Don’t Usually Happen
Sweeps on the biggest stage haven’t been seen in the ice fields of the NHL for 16 years, but the Los Angeles Kings, now leading 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals, might become the 21st champions to lift the cup without having even the slightest bit of opposition, this time coming from the New York Rangers.