7 - Caps' high-water mark for the season in terms of wins-minus-regulation-losses. The previous seven times they hit that mark, they lost the next game, but will try again tonight, at home against Winnipeg. The previous seven attempts, and the results:
| Record | Result |
| 7-0-0 | 2-1 loss at Edmonton |
| 9-2-0 | 5-3 loss at N.Y. Islanders |
| 24-17-2 | 3-0 loss vs. N.Y. Islanders |
| 25-18-2 | 3-0 loss at Carolina |
| 26-19-3 | 4-3 OT loss at Tampa Bay |
| 26-19-4 | 4-2 loss at Florida |
| 27-20-4 | 4-1 loss to Boston |
| 28-21-4 | ??? |
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