washington capitals won the stanley cup finals this year.
who won the stanley cup finals this year?
washington capitals
the 1998 stanley cup finals was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 1997–98 season, and the culmination of the 1998 stanley cup playoffs. it was contested by the western conference champion and defending stanley cup champion detroit red wings and the eastern conference champion washington capitals. it was the 105th year of the stanley cup being contested. the series was the capitals' first appearance in a stanley cup final since the franchise's inception in 1974. the red wings won the series for the second year in a row, four games to none. it was the wings' ninth stanley cup, and the most recent time when a finals concluded with a sweep (as of 2019). this was also the last time until that a stanley cup finals ended after an nba finals in the same season had concluded. detroit coach scotty bowman won his eighth stanley cup in that capacity (having previously done so with the montreal canadiens in , , , , and , the pittsburgh penguins in , and the wings the previous year), tying him with former canadiens coach toe blake for the record of most cups won by a coach (which he would break when he helped the red wings win the 2002 cup).
1998 stanley cup finals
the 1993 stanley cup finals was the championship series of the national hockey league's (nhl) 1992–93 season, and the culmination of the 1993 stanley cup playoffs. it was contested between the los angeles kings and the montreal canadiens. it was the first appearance in the final for the kings and the first appearance since the 1920 stanley cup finals for a team based on the west coast of the united states. it was also the 34th and (as of 2019) most recent appearance for montreal, their first since the 1989 stanley cup finals. the canadiens won the series four games to one to win the team's 24th stanley cup. the year 1993 was the 100th anniversary of the first awarding of the stanley cup in 1893, and the first finals to start in the month of june. the 1993 canadiens are also the last stanley cup championship team to be composed solely of north american-born players. to date, this is the last stanley cup finals won by a canadian team.
1993 stanley cup finals