Getting Better All The Time: The Washington Capitals set the standard for all-time awfulness in their debut NHL season, 1974-75, going 8-67-5. The following year they were slightly less awful, compiling a record of 11-59-10, which stands as the 12th worst record in league history. Bernie Wolfe, here, shared the goaltending with Ron Low and Michel Belhumeur. The Capitals made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in their ninth season on ice, 1982-83.