document_title: Washington Capitals

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text: Washington Capitals

text: History

text: Early years (1974–1982)

text: Along with the Kansas City Scouts, the Capitals joined the NHL as an expansion team for the 1974–75 season (although the city of Washington was awarded a franchise on July 8, 1972). The team was owned by Abe Pollin (also owner of the National Basketball Association's Washington Bullets/Wizards until his death on November 24, 2009). Pollin had built the Capital Centre in suburban Landover, Maryland, to house both the Bullets (who formerly played in Baltimore) and the Capitals. His first act as owner was to hire Hall of Famer Milt Schmidt as general manager.

text: With a combined 30 teams between the NHL and the World Hockey Association (WHA), the available talent was stretched thin. The Capitals had few players with professional experience and were at a disadvantage against the long-standing teams that were stocked with veteran players. Like the other three teams who joined the league during the WHA era—the Scouts (later the Colorado Rockies and now the New Jersey Devils), Atlanta Flames (now playing in Calgary), and New York Islanders—the Capitals did not factor the survival of the rival league into their plans.

text: The Capitals' inaugural season was dreadful, even by expansion standards. They finished with far and away the worst record in the league at 8–67–5. Their 21 points were half that of their expansion brethren, the Scouts. The eight wins are the fewest for an NHL team playing at least 70 games, and the .131 winning percentage is still the worst in NHL history. They also set records for most road losses (39 out of 40), most consecutive road losses (37), and most consecutive losses (17). Head coach Jim Anderson said, "I'd rather find out my wife was cheating on me than keep losing like this. At least I could tell my wife to cut it out." Schmidt himself had to take over the coaching reins late in the season.

text: In 1975–76, Washington went 25-straight games without a win and allowed 394 goals en route to another horrendous record: 11–59–10 (32 points). During the middle of the season, Max McNab was hired as the team's general manager, and Tom McVie was hired as head coach to replace Schmidt. For the rest of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Capitals alternated between dreadful seasons and finishing only a few points out of the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 1980 and 1981, for instance, they were in playoff contention until the last day of the season. The one bright spot during these years of futility was that many of McNab's draft picks (e.g. Rick Green, Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner, Bengt Gustafsson, Gaetan Duchesne and Bobby Carpenter) would impact the team for years to come, whether as important members of the roster or crucial pieces to major trades.

text: Pollin stuck it out through the Capitals' first decade, even though they were usually barely competitive.  This stood in contrast to the Capitals' expansion brethren, the Scouts; they were forced to move to Denver after only two years because their original owners did not have the resources or patience to withstand the struggles of an expansion team.  By the summer of 1982, however, there was serious talk of the team moving out of the U.S. capital, and a "Save the Caps" campaign was underway. Then two significant events took place to revive the franchise.

text: Playoffs and Eastern Conference champion (1982–1998)

text: First, the team hired David Poile as general manager. Second, as his first move, Poile pulled off one of the largest trades in franchise history on September 9, 1982, when he dealt longtime regulars Ryan Walter and Rick Green to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Rod Langway (named captain only a few weeks later), Brian Engblom, Doug Jarvis and Craig Laughlin. This move turned the franchise around, as Langway's solid defense helped the team to dramatically reduce its goals-against, and the explosive goal-scoring of Dennis Maruk, Mike Gartner and Bobby Carpenter fueled the offensive attack. Another significant move was the drafting of defenseman Scott Stevens during the 1982 NHL Entry Draft (the pick was made by interim general manager Roger Crozier, prior to Poile's hiring). The result was a 29-point jump, a third-place finish in the powerful Patrick Division, and the team's first playoff appearance in 1983. Although they were eliminated by the three-time-defending (and eventual) Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders (three games to one), the Caps' dramatic turnaround ended any talk of the club leaving Washington.

text: Fourteen-consecutive playoff appearances (1983–96)

text: The Capitals would make the playoffs for each of the next 14 years in a row. They became known for starting slow before catching fire in January and February. However, regular-season success did not carry into the playoffs. Despite a continuous march of stars like Gartner, Carpenter, Langway, Gustafsson, Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Dino Ciccarelli, Larry Murphy and Kevin Hatcher, Washington was knocked out in either the first or second round eight years in a row. In 1985–86, for instance, the Caps finished with 107 points and won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, good enough for the third-best record in the NHL. They defeated the Islanders in the first round but were eliminated in the second round by the New York Rangers.

text: The next season brought even more heartbreak, with a loss to the Islanders in the Patrick Division Semi-final. This series was capped off by the classic Easter Epic game, which ended at 1:56 am on Easter Sunday 1987. The Capitals had thoroughly dominated most of the game, outshooting the Islanders 75–52, but lost in overtime when goaltender Bob Mason was beaten on a Pat LaFontaine shot from the blue line. For the 1989 playoff push, Gartner and defenseman Larry Murphy were traded to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Ciccarelli and defenseman Bob Rouse, however the goaltending once again faltered and they were eliminated in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals finally made the Wales Conference Finals in 1990, but went down in a four-game sweep at the hands of the first-place Boston Bruins.

text: Return to playoffs and first Stanley Cup Finals appearance (1996–98)

text: From 1991 to 1996, the Capitals would lose in either the first or the second round of the playoffs. They would eliminate the Rangers in the first round but lost the second round to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991. In 1992 and 1993, they would lose in the first round to the Penguins and the Islanders, respectively. In 1994, they won their first round series against the Penguins but lost in the second round to the Rangers. In 1995 and 1996, they lost in the first round both times to the Penguins. They would miss the playoffs in 1997, but they came the close to winning their first Stanley Cup one year later.

text: Then in 1998, as the Caps opened MCI Center, Peter Bondra's 52 goals led the team, veterans Dale Hunter, Joe Juneau and Adam Oates returned to old form, and Olaf Kolzig had a solid .920 save percentage as the Caps got past the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres (the latter on a dramatic overtime win in game six on a goal by Joe Juneau) en route to the team's first Stanley Cup finals appearance. The Capitals won six overtime games, three in each of their series against the Bruins and Sabres. However, the team was outmatched by the defending champions, the Detroit Red Wings, who won in a four-game sweep. That same season, Oates, Phil Housley and Hunter all scored their 1,000th career point, the only time in NHL history that one team had three players reach that same milestone in a single season.[3]

text: Disappointments and rebuilding (1998–2004)

text: After their 1998 championship run, the Capitals finished the 1998–99 season with a record of 31-45-6 and failed to qualify for the playoffs. During the season, the team was sold to a group headed by AOL executive Ted Leonsis. The Capitals went on to win back-to-back Southeast Division titles in 2000 and 2001, yet both years lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Penguins. After the 2000–01 season, Adam Oates demanded a trade but management refused and stripped him of his team captaincy.

text: In the summer of 2001, the Capitals landed five-time Art Ross Trophy winner Jaromir Jagr, by trading three young prospects to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Jagr was signed to the largest contract ever in NHL history – $77 million over seven years at an average salary of $11 million per year (over $134,000 per game), with an option for an eighth year. However, after Adam Oates was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Capitals failed to defend their division title and missed the playoffs in 2002 despite a winning record.  Still, the 2001–02 season marked the highest attendance in franchise history, drawing in 710,990 fans and 17,341 per game.[4]

text: Before the 2002–03 season, the Caps made more roster changes, including the signing of highly regarded Robert Lang as a free agent, a linemate of Jagr's from Pittsburgh. Washington returned to the playoffs in 2003, but disappointed fans again by losing in six games to the Tampa Bay Lightning after starting off with a two-game lead in the best-of-seven first-round series. The series is well-remembered for the three-overtime Game 6 at the then–MCI Center. At the time it was the longest game in the building's history and was eventually decided by a power-play goal by Tampa Bay.

text: In the 2003–04 season, the Caps unloaded much of their high-priced talent – not just a cost-cutting spree, but also an acknowledgment that their attempt to build a contender with high-priced veteran talent had failed. Jagr had never lived up to expectations during his time with the Capitals, failing to finish among the league's top scorers or make the post-season All-Star Team. The Caps tried to trade Jagr, but as only one year was left on the existing NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) before it expired, few teams were willing to risk $11 million on an underperforming player. In 2004, Jagr was finally sent to the New York Rangers in exchange for Anson Carter and an agreement that Washington would pay approximately $4 million per year of Jagr's salary, with Jagr himself agreeing to defer (with interest) $1 million per year for the remainder of his contract to allow the trade to go ahead. This was quickly followed by Peter Bondra departing for the Ottawa Senators. Not long after, Robert Lang was sent to the Detroit Red Wings, as well as Sergei Gonchar to the Boston Bruins. The Lang trade marked the first time in the history of the NHL that the league's leading scorer was traded in the middle of the season. The Capitals ended the year 23–46–10–3, tied for the second-worst record, along with the Chicago Blackhawks.

text: Alexander Ovechkin era (2004–present)

text: In the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, the Capitals won the Draft Lottery, moving ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who held the NHL's worst record, and selected Alexander Ovechkin first overall. During the NHL labor dispute of 2004–05, which cost the NHL its entire season, Ovechkin stayed in Russia, playing for Dynamo Moscow. Several other Capitals played part or all of the lost season in Europe, including Olaf Kolzig, Brendan Witt, Jeff Halpern, and Alexander Semin. The Capitals' 2005 off-season consisted of making D.C.-area native Halpern the team's captain, signing Andrew Cassels, Ben Clymer, Mathieu Biron and Jamie Heward, and acquiring Chris Clark and Jeff Friesen via trade.

text: Building a Contender (2005–08)

text: The Capitals finished the 2005–06 season in the cellar of the Southeastern Division again, with a 29–41–12 campaign, earning 12 more points than the 2003–04 season, good for 27th out of the 30 NHL teams. The team, however, played close in every game, playing in 42 one-goal games, although losing two-thirds of those games. Ovechkin's rookie season exceeded the hype, as he led all 2005–06 NHL rookies in goals, points, power-play goals and shots. He finished third overall in the NHL in scoring and tied for third in goals, and his 425 shots not only led the league, but also set an NHL rookie record and was the fourth-highest total in NHL history. Ovechkin's rookie point total was the second-best in Capitals history, and his goal total was tied for third in franchise history. Ovechkin won the Calder Memorial Trophy, beating out Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby and Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

text: Many longtime Capitals had career years, with Dainius Zubrus netting 57 points, Halpern having a career-best 33 assists, Matt Pettinger putting in a career-best 20-goal, 38-point effort and seven others on the relatively young team topping 20 points for the first time. Two notable landmarks were also hit by Capitals, as the team's longest tenured player, Olaf Kolzig, won his 250th game in goal, and Andrew Cassels became the 204th player to play 1,000 games, although he did not finish his season with Washington. A notable first was that Washington area native Jeff Halpern was named captain of his hometown Capitals. At the 2006 NHL trade deadline, on March 8, Brendan Witt was traded to the Nashville Predators.

text: In the 2006 off-season, Halpern left the Capitals to join the Dallas Stars; Chris Clark subsequently became the Capitals' new captain. Richard Zedník returned to the Capitals in 2006–07 after a disappointing 16-goal, 14-assist season in 2005–06 with the Montreal Canadiens, but was later dealt at the trade deadline to the New York Islanders after a disappointing and injury plagued season. The Caps also signed former Philadelphia Flyers enforcer Donald Brashear. Despite the transactions, however, the Capitals finished with the same point total (70) in 2006–2007 as they did the year before, although they won one fewer game. Alexander Ovechkin was the Capitals' lone representative in the season's All-Star Game, with Washington's campaign also seeing the breakout of Alexander Semin, who notched 38 goals in only his second NHL season.

text: The Capitals signed Swedish phenom Nicklas Backstrom, the fourth overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, to a three-year entry-level contract. They also signed 19-year-old Semyon Varlamov to a three-year entry-level contract. They then went on to fill needs at defense, signing puck-moving defenseman Tom Poti; right wing, by signing Viktor Kozlov; and center, by signing playmaker Michael Nylander. As a result of these signings, there was much more hope for the 2007–08 season and players were looking towards the playoffs.

text: After starting the season 6–14–1, the Capitals fired head coach Glen Hanlon and replaced him with Hershey Bears head coach Bruce Boudreau on Thanksgiving Day, 2007. On January 10, 2008, the Capitals signed Ovechkin to an NHL-record $124 million contract extension at 13 years, the second-longest term of any contract in the NHL after New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro's 15-year contract. Despite the Capitals' young defense and injuries to key players such as Michael Nylander and Brian Pothier, Boudreau engineered a remarkable turnaround. Aided by key acquisitions at the trade deadline (Matt Cooke, Sergei Fedorov and Cristobal Huet), Ovechkin's NHL-leading 65 goals,[5] and Mike Green's league defensemen-leading 18 goals, the Capitals won the Southeast Division title for the first time since the 2000–01 season, edging out the Carolina Hurricanes for the Division title on the final game of the season. Washington's remarkable end-of-season run included winning 11 of the final 12 regular season games. The Capitals became the first team in NHL history to make the playoffs after being ranked 14th or lower in their conference standings at the season's midpoint.[6] For the post-season, the Capitals drew the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round and managed to force a Game 7 after being down three games to one in the series. However, they ultimately lost to the Flyers 3–2 in overtime.[7] After the season concluded, Boudreau's efforts were rewarded with a long-term contract extension.

text: Return to playoffs and first President's Trophy (2008–14)

text: The accolades for the team continued to grow after the end of the season. Alexander Ovechkin won the Art Ross Trophy, the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award, becoming the first player in NHL history to win all four awards in the same season. He also was the first player to win an MVP award in any major sport in the Washington, D.C., area since Joe Theismann won the National Football League (NFL) MVP award in 1983. Moreover, Ovechkin was also named an NHL First Team All-Star and became the first player since 1953 to be named as such in each of his first three years in the NHL. Nicklas Backstrom was a finalist for the Calder Trophy, but ended up second to the Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, though Backstrom was nonetheless selected to the All-Star Rookie Team. In addition to player awards, head coach Bruce Boudreau won the Jack Adams Award for the NHL's coach of the year. Ovechkin and Mike Green were named to the Sporting News All-Star Team, with Ovechkin being the Sporting News Player of the Year.[citation needed]

text: The 2008–09 season was highlighted by the play of Mike Green (who was the third of the Capitals' three first-round selections in Ovechkin's draft year) and Ovechkin. Green led all NHL defensemen in goals and points, also setting the record for the longest consecutive goal scoring streak by a defenseman with eight games. Ovechkin won his second Hart Trophy, his second Lester B. Pearson Award and his second Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy. The Capitals finished the regular season with a record of 50–24–8 and a team-record 108 points, and they won their second consecutive Southeast Division championship. They then defeated the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2009 playoffs four games to three, overcoming a 3–1 deficit. The Capitals were then defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals in seven games.

text: The Capitals finished the 2009–10 season regular season first in the NHL with 121 points, thereby winning the Presidents' Trophy. Ovechkin led the team in points with 109 and finished as the third-highest goal scorer, despite playing nine games fewer than the league leaders. Backstrom finished with 101 points, fourth most in the NHL. Once again, Mike Green led all defensemen in points, finishing with 76. The Capitals also dominated the plus-minus category, finishing with five players in the top six in the league.[8] Despite having a top-ranked regular season, Washington were defeated by the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.

text: The 2010–11 season saw the Capitals repeat as the Southeast Division champions and as the top team in the Eastern Conference with 107 points. The season was highlighted by their participation in the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, where they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at Heinz Field. However, the Capitals' playoff disappointment continued. After again defeating the New York Rangers in five games in the first round, they were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.

text: The Capitals started the 2011–12 season with a record of 7–0, but they only won five of their next 15 games. As a result, general manager George McPhee fired head coach Boudreau, hiring Capitals legend Dale Hunter as his replacement. By the end of the 2011–12 season, the team's top two goaltenders, Michal Neuvirth and Tomas Vokoun, were injured and the Capitals were required to lean on their goaltending prospect Braden Holtby to help the team into the 2012 playoffs. The Capitals made a strong push and finished with the seventh overall seed in East, draining the defending champion Boston Bruins in the first round. The Capitals shocked the NHL by defeating the heavily favored Bruins in seven games on an overtime goal by Joel Ward. Every game in the series was decided by a one-goal margin; previously, no single series in the Stanley Cup playoffs had ever gone as far as six or seven games while neither team ever held more than a one-goal lead.[citation needed] The Capitals then advanced to the second round to face the top-seeded New York Rangers. The series again went seven games, ending with a 2–1 Rangers victory at Madison Square Garden. Following the season's end, head coach Dale Hunter announced he would step down. Adam Oates was later named permanent head coach of the team.

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The lockout-shortened 2012–13 season saw the Capitals off to a rocky start, as they managed just two wins in their first ten games. The team rebounded to win the Southeast Division, thereby earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Unfortunately for Washington, the Capitals' playoff woes continued as they again fell to the Rangers in seven games.
In the 2013–14 season, the Capitals started the season winning five of their first ten games. The Capitals struggled to stay in a playoff spot and ultimately missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006–07. On April 26, 2014, 15 days after the regular season ended, the Capitals announced they would not renew general manager George McPhee's contract and that they had fired head coach Adam Oates.

text: Back-to-back Presidents' Trophies and first Stanley Cup championship (2014–present)

text: On May 26, 2014, the Capitals announced the promotion of Brian MacLellan from director of player personnel to general manager and the hiring of Barry Trotz as the new head coach.[9] In Alexander Ovechkin's 691st NHL game on November 4, 2014, he became the Capitals' all-time points leader during a game against the Calgary Flames, surpassing Peter Bondra.[10] On January 1, 2015, the Washington Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in the annual NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Capitals finished in a second-place tie with the New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division during the 2014–15 season and held home ice advantage in the first-round playoff series between the two, as they had defeated the Islanders in the season series with two home wins and two road overtime losses (in comparison, the Islanders had two home wins, one road loss and one road shootout loss). The teams split the first four games of the series, with the Islanders winning the first and third games, and the Capitals winning the second and fourth games. After winning Game 5, the Capitals had a chance to clinch the series in Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but the Islanders won Game 6 to send the series to a deciding Game 7 in Washington, which the Capitals would go on to win and defeat the Islanders, setting up a match-up against the top-seeded Rangers in the Second Round for the third time in four years.

text: In the second round, all seven games were decided by a one-goal margin. The Capitals and the Rangers split the first two games (with Joel Ward scoring a game-winning buzzer beater goal for Washington in Game 1, coupled with a loss by Washington in Game 2) by a 2–1 margin. Braden Holtby would then post a 1–0 shutout in Game 3, with Jay Beagle scoring the game's only goal, which was then followed by another 2–1 victory in Game 4. After Washington held a 3–1 series lead, the Rangers would then cut the series lead to 3–2 after scoring the game-tying goal and the game-winning overtime goal in Game 5. The Rangers then tied the series with a 4–3 victory in Game 6 to force a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. Both teams scored a goal during regulation time in Game 7, but the Capitals would lose the game and the series in overtime via a Derek Stepan goal.[11]

text: In the 2015–16 season, the Capitals finished in first place in the league with a record of 56–18–8 and 120 points. In the first round of the playoffs, they would face the Philadelphia Flyers. The Capitals won the first three games of the series and were looking for their first sweep in the playoffs of a best-of-seven series in franchise history. However, the Flyers would win the next two games to send the series to a sixth game in Philadelphia; the Capitals nevertheless won that series in six games to advance to the second round of the playoffs. In the second round, they faced the Pittsburgh Penguins for the first time since 2009. After winning the first game of the series in Washington, the Capitals lost three straight games, and were in danger of elimination. Washington would stave off elimination with a win in Game 5, but they would lose the series in six games.

text: Ovechkin reached the 1,000-point milestone on January 11, 2017 with a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins 35 seconds into the first period of that game. Ovechkin is the 84th NHL player to reach the 1,000-point milestone, the fourth Russian-born player and the 37th player to reach the milestone while playing for one team throughout their NHL career.[12][13] The Capitals won their second Presidents' Trophy in a row, becoming just the seventh team in NHL history to win back-to-back Presidents' Trophies.[14] Ovechkin finished the 2016–17 regular season with 33 goals, leading the Capitals in goals for the twelfth straight season.[15] In the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in six games in the first round to set up a second consecutive showdown with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round. After falling behind 3–1 in the series, they battled back to force a game seven at home, where they were eliminated 2–0, and lost their series 4–3.

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After the 2017 playoffs, the Capitals lost massive amounts of talent in the offseason, losing Kevin Shattenkirk, Karl Alzner, Justin Williams, and Daniel Winnik to free agency, and budding young defenseman Nate Schmidt to the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. In addition, to get under the cap, the Capitals shipped Marcus Johansson to the New Jersey Devils. Despite a slow 5-6-1 start, which extended out to 10-9-1, the Capitals caught fire in December, going 10-2-2, and were able to clinch the Metropolitan Division for a third straight year on April 1. They qualified for the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs for the 10th time in 11 years.
In the playoffs,  the Capitals were able to come back from a 2–0 series deficit against the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2018 playoffs, winning four straight and beating the Blue Jackets in six games. They faced the Penguins again in the second round, and this time, on May 7, 2018, they were able to beat the Penguins in the second round with an overtime goal on the road in Game 6 by Evgeny Kuznetsov. It marked the first time in 20 seasons that the Capitals made a Conference Final and the first time in 24 seasons that they had defeated the Penguins in a playoff series.[16]

text: The Capitals secured a spot in the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals on May 23 after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games after a 4-0 rout at Amalie Arena in Tampa[17]. The Capitals then faced the expansion Vegas Golden Knights and overcame them in five games, including 4–3 in the decisive Game 5 at T-Mobile Arena after Lars Eller scored with about seven minutes to go. Not only was it the Capitals' first Stanley Cup win, but it was also the first championship for a Washington, D.C. team in one of the four major North American sports leagues (the NFL, the NHL, the NBA and MLB) since the Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 26 years beforehand in Super Bowl XXVI.[18]

text: Team information

text: Broadcasters

text: NBC Sports Washington (NBCSW) has carried Capitals games locally since its founding as Home Team Sports (HTS) in 1984.[19] NBC Sports Washington was known as Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (CSN) from 2001 through 2017. NBCSW's commentators are Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, and Al Koken.

text: The Capitals' flagship radio station is WJFK-FM (106.7 FM); commentators are John Walton and Ken Sabourin. The team's radio network consists of stations in Washington, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.[20]

text: Historical

text: WTOP-TV (channel 9) picked up television coverage for the Capitals' first three seasons, covering 15 road games in the 1974–1975 season. Legendary sportscaster Warner Wolf was the commentator for the first season, followed by a simulcast of radio coverage.[21][22] The Capitals moved to longtime home WDCA (channel 20) in the 1977–1978 season. WDCA later split games with HTS/CSN upon its founding in 1984. The 1991–1992 season illustrates a typical arrangement: WDCA showed 20 road games and any road playoff games, while HTS picked up 34 home games and any home playoff games, leaving 28 regular-season games not televised.[19] After 19 seasons on WDCA, the Capitals moved their over-the-air broadcasts to WBDC (channel 50) for the 1995–1996 season.[23] All 82 games were televised for the first time in the 2001–2002 season.[24] The Capitals have not aired any games over-the-air locally since the end of the 2005-2006 season.[25]

text: WTOP (1500 AM) was the Capitals' first radio home through the 1986–1987 season. After nine years on WMAL (630 AM), the games returned to 1500 AM for the 1996-1997 season.[26][27] Ron Weber was the first announcer, and never missed a game through his retirement at the end of the 1996–1997 season.[22] WJFK-FM began airing postseason games during the 2008 playoffs. 1500 AM, since renamed WFED, remained the flagship station until 2012, when WJFK took over all coverage. WFED continues to broadcast games as a network affiliate.[28][29] This is primarily to take advantage of its 50,000-watt clear-channel signal, which brings Capitals games to the entire eastern half of North America at night.

text: Weber rejoined current announcers Walton and Sabourin for the first period of Game 4 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Final.[30]

text: WJFK-FM attracted controversy when it elected to drop the Capitals in the 2016–2017 season, leading the Capitals to air solely on WFED. However, WFED's signal is marginal in some portions of the Washington suburbs at night. The Washington Wizards also took priority over the Capitals on WFED in case of a conflict, leading to some games in which the only home broadcast was available via Internet streaming. The team responded to fan complaints by reaching a temporary deal in January 2017 to place the rest of its games on WWDC-HD2, which is available metro-wide to those with HD Radios and has a low-powered analog signal that covers the city itself.[31] The Capitals reached a deal to return to WJFK-FM for the 2017–2018 season.[32]

text: Logos and jerseys

text: The Capitals took to the ice in red, white and blue jerseys featuring contrast-colored shoulders and stars on the chest and sleeves. The team originally had red, white, and blue pants options, but retired the white pants only after a few games in their first season, and the red ones at season's end. The blue pants would eventually become the only option used.

text: Prior to the start of the 1995–96 season, in an attempt to modernize the look and improve merchandise sales, the team abandoned its traditional red, white and blue color scheme in favor of a blue, black, and bronze palette with an American bald eagle with five stars as its logo. The alternate logo depicted the Capitol building with crossed hockey sticks behind. For the 1997–98 season, the team unveiled a black alternate jersey, devoid of blue with bronze stripes on the ends of sleeves and at the waist. Prior to the 2000–01 season, the team retired its blue road jersey in favor of this, but still kept the white jersey for home games.

text: The Capitals unveiled new uniforms on June 22, 2007, which coincided with the NHL Entry Draft and the new league-wide adaptation of the Reebok-designed uniform system for 2007–08. The change marked a return to the red, white and blue color scheme originally used from 1974 to 1995.[33] The new primary logo is reminiscent of the original Capitals' logo, complete with a hockey stick formed by the letter "t"; it also includes a new feature not present in the original logo in the form of three stars representing DC, Maryland and Virginia.[34] More simply, the stars are a reference to the flag of Washington, D.C., which is in turn based on the shield of George Washington's family coat of arms. The new alternate logo uses an eagle in the shape of a "W" with the silhouette of the United States Capitol building in the negative space below.

text: For the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, the Capitals wore a white jersey honoring the franchise's past with the original logo. The jersey resembled the one the franchise wore from 1974 to 1995. Instead of wearing the combination of blue pants and white helmets the team used when it played at the Capital Centre, the Capitals chose red pants and helmets for the New Year's Day game.[35] The Capitals wore the same jersey, minus the NHL Winter Classic patch, on February 1, 2011, to honor Hockey Hall of Fame winger Dino Ciccarelli.[36]

text: The Capitals announced on September 16, 2011, that they would wear a third jersey modeled after the Winter Classic jersey for 16 road games during the 2011–12 season.[37]

text: For the 2015 Winter Classic, which took place on New Year's Day at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., the Capitals wore a newly designed jersey intended to pay homage to hockey's outdoor roots. The primary color of the jersey was a vintage deep red. The addition of stripes on the shoulders, waist and legs brought in elements of Washington's professional hockey jerseys from the 1930s, predating the Capitals franchise's formation in the 1970s. A large "W" on the front of the jersey, topped with the common three stars, offset in blue to contrast the white "Capitals" word-mark.

text: Starting with the 2015–16 season, the Capitals will wear their throwback red third jerseys, replacing the white Winter Classic thirds.

text: Prior to the 2017-18 season, the NHL announced a new partnership with Adidas, and the Capitals unveiled new uniforms with minor changes.

text: For the 2018 Stadium Series, the Capitals used newly-designed navy uniforms, honoring the fact that the game was held at the U.S. Naval Academy. The chest logo was based on the regular stylized “Capitals” logo, but shortened to “Caps”, the nickname commonly used for the team. There were also features honoring various aspects of D.C., as well as the presence of a slightly altered W logo from the 2015 Winter Classic on the pants.

text: National Anthem

text: During the singing of the American national anthem, fans commonly yell "Red" when the line "And the rockets' red glare" is sung and "O" when the line "O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave" is sung.

text: Season-by-season record

text: This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Capitals. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Washington Capitals seasons

text: Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses/SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

text:
Season
GP
W
L
OTL
Pts
GF
GA
Finish
Playoffs

2013–14
82
38
30
14
90
235
240
5th, Metropolitan
Did not qualify

2014–15
82
45
26
11
101
242
203
2nd, Metropolitan
Lost in Second Round, 3–4 (Rangers)

2015–16
82
56
18
8
120
252
193
1st, Metropolitan
Lost in Second Round, 2–4 (Penguins)

2016–17
82
55
19
8
118
263
182
1st, Metropolitan
Lost in Second Round, 3–4 (Penguins)

2017–18
82
49
26
7
105
259
239
1st, Metropolitan
Stanley Cup champions, 4–1 (Golden Knights)

text: Players and personnel

text: Current roster

text: viewtalkedit

text: Updated July 5, 2018.[38][39]

text:
#

Nat

Player

Pos

S/G

Age

Acquired

Birthplace

7001190000000000000♠19

Nicklas Backstrom (A)

C

L

30

2006

Gävle, Sweden

7001220000000000000♠22

Madison Bowey

D

R

23

2013

Winnipeg, Manitoba

7001720000000000000♠72

Travis Boyd

C

R

24

2011

Hopkins, Minnesota

7001650000000000000♠65

Andre Burakovsky

LW

L

23

2013

Klagenfurt, Austria

7001740000000000000♠74

John Carlson

D

R

28

2008

Natick, Massachusetts

7001100000000000000♠10

Brett Connolly

RW

R

26

2016

Campbell River, British Columbia

7000100000000000000♠1

Pheonix Copley

G

L

26

2017

North Pole, Alaska

7001290000000000000♠29

Christian Djoos

D

L

24

2012

Göteborg, Sweden

–

Nic Dowd

C

R

28

2018

Huntsville, Alabama

7001200000000000000♠20

Lars Eller

C

L

29

2016

Rødovre, Denmark

7001630000000000000♠63

Shane Gersich

LW

L

22

2014

Chaska, Minnesota

7001700000000000000♠70

Braden Holtby

G

L

28

2008

Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

7000600000000000000♠6

Michal Kempny

D

L

27

2018

Hodonin, Czechoslovakia

7001920000000000000♠92

Evgeny Kuznetsov

C

L

26

2010

Chelyabinsk, Russia

–

Jayson Megna

C

R

28

2018

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

7000200000000000000♠2

Matt Niskanen

D

R

31

2014

Virginia, Minnesota

7000900000000000000♠9

Dmitry Orlov

D

L

27

2009

Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union

7001440000000000000♠44

Brooks Orpik

D

L

37

2018

San Francisco, California

7001770000000000000♠77

T. J. Oshie

RW

R

31

2015

Mount Vernon, Washington

7000800000000000000♠8

Alexander Ovechkin (C)

LW

R

32

2004

Moscow, Soviet Union

7001640000000000000♠64

Brian Pinho

C

R

23

2013

Beverly, Massachusetts

–

Michael Sgarbossa

C

L

26

2018

Campbellville, Ontario

7001250000000000000♠25

Devante Smith-Pelly

RW

R

26

2017

Scarborough, Ontario

7001180000000000000♠18

Chandler Stephenson

C

L

24

2012

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

7001130000000000000♠13

Jakub Vrana

LW

L

22

2014

Prague, Czech Republic

7001790000000000000♠79

Nathan Walker

LW

L

24

2017

Cardiff, Wales

7001430000000000000♠43

Tom Wilson

RW

R

24

2013

Toronto, Ontario

text: Head coaches

text:
Jim Anderson, 1974/75
Red Sullivan, 1974/75
Milt Schmidt, 1974/75–1975/76
Tom McVie, 1975/76–1977/78
Danny Belisle, 1978/79–1979/80
Gary Green, 1979/80–1981/82
Roger Crozier, 1981/82
Bryan Murray, 1981/82–1989/90
Terry Murray, 1989/90–1993/94
Jim Schoenfeld, 1993/94–1996/97
Ron Wilson, 1997/98–2001/02
Bruce Cassidy, 2002/03–2003/04
Glen Hanlon, 2003/04–2007/08
Bruce Boudreau, 2007/08–2011/12
Dale Hunter, 2011/12
Adam Oates, 2012/13–2013/14[40]
Barry Trotz, 2014/15–2017/18
Todd Reirden, 2018/19–present

text: Team captains

text:
Doug Mohns, 1974–1975
Bill Clement, 1975–1976
Yvon Labre, 1976–1978
Guy Charron, 1978–1979
Ryan Walter, 1979–1982
Rod Langway, 1982–1993
Kevin Hatcher, 1993–1994
Dale Hunter, 1994–1999
Adam Oates, 1999–2001
Steve Konowalchuk and Brendan Witt, 2001–2002 (co-captains)
Steve Konowalchuk, 2002–2003
Jeff Halpern, 2005–2006
Chris Clark, 2006–2009
Alexander Ovechkin, 2010–present

text: League and team honors

text: Awards and trophies

text: Stanley Cup[41]

text: Presidents' Trophy

text: 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17

text: Prince of Wales Trophy

text: 1997–98, 2017–18

text: Conn Smythe Trophy

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2017–18

text: Hart Memorial Trophy

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13

text: Lester B. Pearson/Ted Lindsay Award

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10

text: Art Ross Trophy

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08

text: Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18

text: Calder Memorial Trophy

text: Alexander Ovechkin: 2005–06

text: Frank J. Selke Trophy

text: Doug Jarvis: 1983–84

text: James Norris Memorial Trophy

text: Rod Langway: 1982–83, 1983–84

text: King Clancy Memorial Trophy

text: Olaf Kolzig: 2005–06

text: Vezina Trophy

text:
Jim Carey: 1995–96
Olaf Kolzig: 1999–00
Braden Holtby: 2015–16

text: William M. Jennings Trophy

text: Al Jensen and Pat Riggin: 1983–84

text: Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

text: Jose Theodore: 2009–10

text: Jack Adams Award

text:
Bryan Murray: 1983–84
Bruce Boudreau: 2007–08
Barry Trotz: 2015–16

text: All-Rookie Team

text:
Scott Stevens: 1982–83
Jim Carey: 1994–95
Alexander Ovechkin: 2005–06
Nicklas Backstrom: 2007–08
John Carlson: 2010–11

text: NHL All-Star Team[42]

text: First Team All-Star

text:
Rod Langway: 1982–83, 1983–84
Scott Stevens: 1987–88
Jim Carey: 1995–96
Olaf Kolzig: 1999–2000
Alexander Ovechkin: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13[a], 2014–15
Mike Green: 2008–09, 2009–10
Braden Holtby: 2015–16

text: Second Team All-Star

text:
Rod Langway: 1984–85
Larry Murphy: 1986–87
Al Iafrate: 1992–93
Sergei Gonchar: 2001–02, 2002–03
Alexander Ovechkin: 2010–11, 2012–13[a], 2013–14, 2015–16
Braden Holtby: 2016–17

text: First-round draft picks

text:
1974: Greg Joly (1st overall)
1975: Alex Forsyth (18th overall)
1976: Rick Green (1st overall) and Greg Carroll (15th overall)
1977: Robert Picard (3rd overall)
1978: Ryan Walter (2nd overall) and Tim Coulis (18th overall)
1979: Mike Gartner (4th overall)
1980: Darren Veitch (5th overall)
1981: Bob Carpenter (3rd overall)
1982: Scott Stevens (5th overall)
1983: None
1984: Kevin Hatcher (17th overall)
1985: Yvon Corriveau (19th overall)
1986: Jeff Greenlaw (19th overall)
1987: None
1988: Reggie Savage (15th overall)
1989: Olaf Kolzig (19th overall)
1990: John Slaney (9th overall)
1991: Pat Peake (14th overall) and Trevor Halverson (21st overall)
1992: Sergei Gonchar (14th overall)
1993: Brendan Witt (11th overall) and Jason Allison (17th overall)
1994: Nolan Baumgartner (10th overall) and Alexander Kharlamov (15th overall)
1995: Brad Church (17th overall) and Miika Elomo (23rd overall)
1996: Alexandre Volchkov (4th overall) and Jaroslav Svejkovsky (17th overall)
1997: Nick Boynton (9th overall)
1998: None
1999: Kris Beech (7th overall)
2000: Brian Sutherby (26th overall)
2001: None
2002: Steve Eminger (12th overall), Alexander Semin (13th overall), and Boyd Gordon (17th overall)
2003: Eric Fehr (18th overall)
2004: Alexander Ovechkin (1st overall), Jeff Schultz (27th overall), and Mike Green (29th overall)
2005: Sasha Pokulok (14th overall) and Joe Finley (27th overall)
2006: Nicklas Backstrom (4th overall) and Semyon Varlamov (23rd overall)
2007: Karl Alzner (5th overall)
2008: Anton Gustafsson (21st overall) and John Carlson (27th overall)
2009: Marcus Johansson (24th overall)
2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov (26th overall)
2011: None (pick traded to Chicago Blackhawks for Troy Brouwer)
2012: Filip Forsberg (11th overall) and Tom Wilson (16th overall)
2013: Andre Burakovsky (23rd overall)
2014: Jakub Vrana (13th overall)
2015: Ilya Samsonov (22nd overall)
2016: Lucas Johansen (28th overall)
2017: None
2018: Alexander Alexeyev (31st overall)

text: Hall of Fame members

text: The Washington Capitals hold an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Eight inductees from the players category of the Hall of Fame are affiliated with the Capitals. In 2015, two former Capital players, Sergei Fedorov, and Phil Housley, were the latest Capitals players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, with five out of the eight (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Murphy) having played at least five seasons with the club. [43]

text: In addition to players, members of the local sports media that cover the Capitals, and the NHL, were honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2007, Dave Fay, a sports journalist for the Washington Times was a recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award.[44] In 2010, play-by-play radio broadcaster, Ron Weber, was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hall of Fame for his contributions to hockey broadcasting.[45]

text:
Washington Capitals Hall of Famers

Hall of Fame players

Dino Ciccarelli

Sergei Fedorov

Mike GartnerAdam Oates

Phil HousleyScott Stevens

Rod Langway

Larry Murphy

text: Retired numbers

text:
Washington Capitals retired numbers

No.

Player

Position

Career

No. retirement

5
Rod Langway
D
1982–1993
November 26, 1997

7
Yvon Labre
D
1974–1980
November 22, 1980

11
Mike Gartner
RW
1979–1989
December 28, 2008

32
Dale Hunter
C
1987–1999
March 11, 2000

text: The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.[46]

text: Franchise scoring leaders

text: These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

text: *  – current Capitals player

text: Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

text:
Points

Player
Pos
GP
G
A
Pts
P/G

Alexander Ovechkin*
LW
1,003
607
515
1,122
1.12

Peter Bondra
RW
961
472
353
825
0.86

Nicklas Backstrom*
C
815
209
590
799
0.98

Mike Gartner
RW
758
397
392
789
1.04

Michal Pivonka
C
825
181
418
599
0.73

Dale Hunter
C
872
181
375
556
0.64

Bengt Gustafsson
RW
629
196
359
555
0.88

Mike Ridley
C
588
218
329
547
0.93

Calle Johansson
D
983
113
361
474
0.48

Dennis Maruk
C
343
182
249
431
1.26

Goals

Player
Pos
G

Alexander Ovechkin*
LW
607

Peter Bondra
RW
472

Mike Gartner
RW
397

Mike Ridley
C
218

Nicklas Backstrom*
C
209

Alexander Semin
RW
197

Bengt Gustafsson
RW
196

Dave Christian
RW
193

Bobby Carpenter
C
188

Dennis Maruk
C
182

Assists

Player
Pos
A

Nicklas Backstrom*
C
590

Alexander Ovechkin*
LW
515

Michal Pivonka
C
418

Mike Gartner
RW
392

Dale Hunter
C
375

Calle Johansson
D
361

Bengt Gustafsson
RW
359

Peter Bondra
RW
353

Scott Stevens
D
331

Mike Ridley
C
329


document_title: Garden of Eden

question_text: names of the rivers in the garden of eden

root

text: Garden of Eden

text: Biblical narratives[edit]

text: Genesis[edit]

text: The second part of the Genesis creation narrative, Genesis, opens with Adonai Elohim (the LORD God, lit. YHWH Elohim, see Names of God in Judaism) creating the first man (Adam), whom he placed in a garden that he planted "eastward in Eden".[11]

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text: And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

text: The man was free to eat from any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Last of all, the God made a woman (Eve) from a rib of the man to be a companion the man. In chapter three, the man and the woman were seduced by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit, and they were expelled from the garden to prevent them from eating of the tree of life, and thus living forever. Cherubim were placed east of the garden, "and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep him away from the tree of life" (Genesis 3:24).

text: Genesis 2:10–14 lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: Pishon, Gihon, the Tigris, and the Euphrates. It also refers to the land of Cush—translated/interpreted as Ethiopia, but thought by some to equate to Cossaea, a Greek name for the land of the Kassites.[12] These lands lie north of Elam, immediately to the east of ancient Babylon, which, unlike Ethiopia, does lie within the region being described.[13] In Antiquities of the Jews, the first-century Jewish historian Josephus identifies the Pishon as what "the Greeks called Ganges" and the Geon (Gehon) as the Nile.[14]

text: Ezekiel[edit]

text: In Ezekiel 28:12–19 the prophet Ezekiel the "son of man" sets down God's word against the king of Tyre: the king was the "seal of perfection", adorned with precious stones from the day of his creation, placed by God in the garden of Eden on the holy mountain as a guardian cherub. But the king sinned through wickedness and violence, and so he was driven out of the garden and thrown to the earth, where now he is consumed by God's fire: "All the nations who knew you are appalled at you, you have come to a horrible end and will be no more." (v.19).

text: According to Terje Stordalen, the Eden in Ezekiel appears to be located in Lebanon.[15] "[I]t appears that the Lebanon is an alternative placement in Phoenician myth (as in Ez 28,13, III.48) of the Garden of Eden",[16] and there are connections between paradise, the garden of Eden and the forests of Lebanon (possibly used symbolically) within prophetic writings.[17] Edward Lipinski and Peter Kyle McCarter have suggested that the Garden of the gods (Sumerian paradise), the oldest Sumerian version of the Garden of Eden, relates to a mountain sanctuary in the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges.[18]

text: Proposed locations[edit]

text: Although the Garden of Eden is considered to be mythological by most scholars,[19][20][21][22][23][24] there have been other suggestions for its location:[25] for example, at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into the sea;[26] in Iranian Azerbaijan, and in the vicinity of Tabriz,[27] and in the Armenian Highlands or Armenian Plateau.[28][29][30][31]

text: According to the Bible, the location of Eden is described in the Book of Genesis, chapter 2, verses 10–14:

text: A river flowed from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided to make four streams.

text: The first is named the Pishon, and this winds all through the land of Havilah where there is gold. The gold of this country is pure; bdellium and cornelian stone are found there. The second river is named the Gihon, and this winds all through the land of Cush. The third river is named the Tigris, and this flows to the east of Ashur. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

text: Parallel concepts[edit]

text:
The city of Dilmun in the Sumerian mythological story of Enki and Ninhursag is a paradisaical abode[32] of the immortals, where sickness and death were unknown.[33]
The garden of the Hesperides in Greek mythology was somewhat similar to the Christian concept of the Garden of Eden, and by the 16th century a larger intellectual association was made in the Cranach painting (see illustration at top). In this painting, only the action that takes place there identifies the setting as distinct from the Garden of the Hesperides, with its golden fruit.
The Persian term "paradise" (Hebrew פרדס, pardes), meaning a royal garden or hunting-park, gradually became a synonym for Eden after c. 500 BCE. The word "pardes" occurs three times in the Old Testament, but always in contexts other than a connection with Eden: in the Song of Solomon iv. 13: "Thy plants are an orchard (pardes) of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard"; Ecclesiastes 2. 5: "I made me gardens and orchards (pardes), and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits"; and in Nehemiah ii. 8: "And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's orchard (pardes), that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city." In these examples pardes clearly means "orchard" or "park", but in the apocalyptic literature and in the Talmud "paradise" gains its associations with the Garden of Eden and its heavenly prototype, and in the New Testament "paradise" becomes the realm of the blessed (as opposed to the realm of the cursed) among those who have already died, with literary Hellenistic influences.
In ancient Hindu mythology, Nandankanan is a garden of the deities where the virtuous souls of the dead can roam freely.[citation needed]

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text: Other views[edit]

text: Jewish eschatology[edit]

text: In the Talmud and the Jewish Kabbalah,[34] the scholars agree that there are two types of spiritual places called "Garden in Eden". The first is rather terrestrial, of abundant fertility and luxuriant vegetation, known as the "lower Gan Eden". The second is envisioned as being celestial, the habitation of righteous, Jewish and non-Jewish, immortal souls, known as the "higher Gan Eden". The Rabbanim differentiate between Gan and Eden. Adam is said to have dwelt only in the Gan, whereas Eden is said never to be witnessed by any mortal eye.[34]

text: According to Jewish eschatology,[35][36] the higher Gan Eden is called the "Garden of Righteousness". It has been created since the beginning of the world, and will appear gloriously at the end of time. The righteous dwelling there will enjoy the sight of the heavenly chayot carrying the throne of God. Each of the righteous will walk with God, who will lead them in a dance. Its Jewish and non-Jewish inhabitants are "clothed with garments of light and eternal life, and eat of the tree of life" (Enoch 58,3) near to God and His anointed ones.[36] This Jewish rabbinical concept of a higher Gan Eden is opposed by the Hebrew terms gehinnom[37] and sheol, figurative names for the place of spiritual purification for the wicked dead in Judaism, a place envisioned as being at the greatest possible distance from heaven.[38]

text: In modern Jewish eschatology it is believed that history will complete itself and the ultimate destination will be when all mankind returns to the Garden of Eden.[39]

text: Islamic view[edit]

text: Events taking place in the Garden of Eden are spoken about prominently in the Quran and the tafsir (interpretation). The term "Jannāt `Adni" ("Gardens of Eden" or "Gardens of Perpetual Residence") is used in the Qur'an for the destination of the righteous. There are several mentions of "the Garden" in the Qur'an (2:35, 7:19, 20:117), meaning the Garden of Eden, but without the word "`Adn".[40] There are other places that talk about events there, without mentioning the location. This includes surat Sad, which features 18 verses on the subject (38:71–88), surat al-Baqarah, surat al-A'raf, and surat al-Hijr. The narrative mainly surrounds the resulting expulsion of Iblis from the garden and his subsequent tempting of Adam and Eve. After Iblis refuses to follow God's command to bow down to Adam for being his greatest creation, Allah transforms him into Satan as a punishment. Despite the Biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden, the tree of immortality, which Allah specifically claimed it was forbidden to Adam and Eve. Despite this, however, Satan, disguised as a serpent, repeatedly told Adam to eat from the tree, and eventually both Adam and Eve did so, resulting in disobeying Allah.[41] These stories are also featured in the Islamic hadith collections, including al-Tabari.[42]

text: Latter-day Saints[edit]

text: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons or Latter-day Saints) believe that after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden they resided in a place known as Adam-ondi-Ahman, located in present-day Daviess County, Missouri. It is recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants that Adam blessed his posterity there and that he will return to that place at the time of the final judgement[43][44] in fulfillment of biblical prophecy.[45]

text: Numerous early leaders of the Church, including Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and George Q. Cannon, taught that the Garden of Eden itself was located in nearby Jackson County, Missouri,[46] but there are no surviving first-hand accounts of that doctrine being taught by Joseph Smith himself. LDS doctrine is unclear as to the exact location of the Garden of Eden, but tradition among Latter-Day Saints places it somewhere in the vicinity of Adam-ondi-Ahman, or in Jackson County.[47][48]

text: Art[edit]

text: The Garden of Eden motifs most frequently portrayed in illuminated manuscripts and paintings are the "Sleep of Adam" ("Creation of Eve"), the "Temptation of Eve" by the Serpent, the "Fall of Man" where Adam takes the fruit, and the "Expulsion". The idyll of "Naming Day in Eden" was less often depicted. Much of Milton's Paradise Lost occurs in the Garden of Eden. Michelangelo depicted a scene at the Garden of Eden in the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the Divine Comedy, Dante places the Garden at the top of Mt. Purgatory. For many medieval writers, the image of the Garden of Eden also creates a location for human love and sexuality, often associated with the classic and medieval trope of the locus amoenus.[49] One of oldest depictions of Garden of Eden is made in Byzantine style in Ravenna, while the city was still under Byzantine control. A preserved blue mosaic is part of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Circular motifs represent flowers of the garden of Eden.

text:
The Garden of Eden by Lucas Cranach der Ältere, a 16th-century German depiction of Eden

The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Paul Rubens, depicting both domestic and exotic wild animals such as tigers, parrots and ostriches co-existing in the garden

5th century "Garden of Eden" mosaic in mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy. UNESCO World heritage site.

"The Garden of Eden" by Thomas Cole (c. 1828)

"The Garden of Eden" by Adi Holzer made in the year 2012.


document_title: The Mist (film)

question_text: where was stephen king's the mist filmed

question_tokens: where was stephen king 's the mist filmed

text: The Mist (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Following a violent thunderstorm, David Drayton leaves his wife Stephanie at home while he ventures into town with his eight-year-old son Billy and their neighbor, Brent Norton, to buy supplies for repairs. Arriving at a grocery store, they and the other patrons notice unusual police and military activity. Moments later, a panicked and injured man, Dan, runs into the store, warning of danger. Soon after, a thick mist envelops the store, accompanied by earthquake-like tremors, setting off the town's fire siren.

text: A mentally unstable, religious woman, Mrs. Carmody, decides that this is the beginning of Armageddon. A shaken woman (Melissa McBride), against objections from the others, leaves the store to go home to her children. While investigating the store's generator, a bag-boy named Norm volunteers to go outside, but is snatched and pulled into the mist by a tentacle connected to an unseen monster.

text: Refusing to listen to Drayton, Norton heads outside with a small group to seek help, only to be attacked and killed, prompting the rest of the survivors to barricade the shop-front windows. That night, enormous insects land on and attach themselves to the windows. Moments later, pterodactyl-like animals ram their beaks into the glass, eventually breaking through the windows and allowing the creatures to enter the supermarket. They begin to attack the terrified people inside and kill Sally, a cashier from the store. One of the insects lands on Mrs. Carmody, but doesn't sting her because she keeps still during her prayer. As a result, she starts preaching even more and quickly gains followers among the distraught survivors.

text: In another attempt to help their situation, a small group of volunteers take a trip to the neighboring pharmacy to gather medical supplies. However, things go horribly wrong and two people are killed by giant spiders, causing most of the people in the market to side with Mrs. Carmody. Two soldiers commit suicide, and a third, Private Jessup, reveals that the local military base was filled with rumors about the Arrowhead Project, the government's attempt to look into other dimensions, and that the scientists responsible for the experiment may have inadvertently opened a doorway into a dimension containing the creatures that are now invading the town. Mrs. Carmody convinces her followers to blame Jessup and he is stabbed and ejected from the store, quickly falling prey to a large praying mantis-like creature.

text: The following morning, David and eight others secretly gather supplies to flee, but Mrs. Carmody stops them. After stealing the supplies, she gathers her followers and orders them to murder Billy and Amanda Dumfries, only for store assistant manager Ollie to kill her by shooting her with Amanda's gun. Returning to their senses and realizing all that they have done, Mrs. Carmody's traumatized followers reluctantly stand down and allow David's group to exit. As they try to arrive at the escape car, Ollie is eaten by the praying mantis-like creature, Myron and Ambrose are attacked and killed by the giant spiders, and Bud runs back to the market and is allowed to reenter. Only David, Billy, Dan, Amanda, and Irene make it to the automobile.

text: Driving through the mist, David finds his house destroyed and his wife dead. Devastated, he drives the group south, passing destroyed vehicles and seeing a gigantic six-legged, tentacled beast. When they run out of gas, the group decides there is no point in going on. David shoots the others (with their consent, except for his son who is not old enough to understand) rather than have them endure horrifying deaths. When David is done killing all of them, he is left with no bullet to use on himself. He leaves the car and waits to be killed, but the mist suddenly recedes, revealing that the U.S. Army has arrived, managed to close the portal, and are in the process of exterminating the creatures. David also witnesses rescued survivors, and restoring order. Among the survivors is the woman who left the store at the phenomenon's onset, completely unscathed and having rescued her two children. David realizes that his group was only moments away from being rescued. Aware now that their deaths were premature and in vain, he drops to his knees screaming.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Thomas Jane as David Drayton, a painter and film-poster artist trapped in the market with his son Billy.
Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody, a fanatically unorthodox religious figure and the film's antagonist.
Laurie Holden as Amanda Dumfries, a married teacher whose husband is away.
Jeffrey DeMunn as Dan Miller, a normal civilian who is the first to see the signs of danger from the mist.
Andre Braugher as Brent Norton, David's neighbor and an attorney who filed a lawsuit against David and lost.
Samuel Witwer as Private Wayne Jessup, a soldier trapped in the market.
Toby Jones as Ollie Weeks, the assistant manager of the market.
William Sadler as Jim Grondin, a belligerent and weak-minded mechanic.
Frances Sternhagen as Irene Reppler, a third-grade teacher.
Nathan Gamble as Billy Drayton, David's eight-year-old son.
Alexa Davalos as Sally, a cashier at the market who is Billy's babysitter.
Chris Owen as Norm, a bag boy.
Robert Treveiler as Bud Brown, the supermarket manager.
David Jensen as Myron LaFleur, a mechanic.
Buck Taylor as Ambrose Cornell, an elderly man who sides with David's group.
Juan Gabriel Pareja as Morales
Ron Clinton Smith as Mr. Mackey, the store butcher.
Melissa McBride as Woman with Kids at Home.
Kelly Collins Lintz as Steffanie "Steff" Drayton

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: Director Frank Darabont first read Stephen King's 1980 novella The Mist in the Dark Forces anthology,[4] and originally expressed interest in directing a film adaptation for his directing debut. He instead filmed The Shawshank Redemption, also based on another King novella.[5] In October 1994, after completing The Shawshank Redemption, Darabont reiterated his interest in filming The Mist.[6] Darabont did not immediately follow through, instead directing the 1999 film adaptation of Stephen King's The Green Mile.[7] Darabont eventually set up a first look deal for The Mist with Paramount Pictures, having been entrusted feature film rights by Stephen King.[5] By December 2004, Darabont said that he had begun writing an adapted screenplay for The Mist,[8] and by October 2006, the project moved from Paramount to Dimension Films, with Darabont attached to direct and actor Thomas Jane in negotiations to join the cast.[5]

text: Writing[edit]

text:
"The story is less about the monsters outside than about the monsters inside, the people you're stuck with, your friends and neighbors breaking under the strain."

— Darabont on The Mist[9]

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text: Director Darabont chose to film The Mist after filming the "straighter dramas" The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile because he "wanted to make a very direct, muscular kind of film". Darabont conceived of a new ending in translating the novella for the big screen. Author King praised Darabont's new ending, describing it as one that would be unsettling for studios. King said, "The ending is such a jolt—wham! It's frightening. But people who go to see a horror movie don't necessarily want to be sent out with a Pollyanna ending."[10]

text: Darabont described The Mist as quaint in its elements of monsters and fear of the unknown compared to the contemporary popularity of films with torture porn. The director saw The Mist as a throwback to Paddy Chayefsky and William Shakespeare, explaining, "It's people at each other." He highlighted the element of fear in the film in how it compelled people to behave differently. Darabont said, "How primitive do people get? It's Lord of the Flies that happens to have some cool monsters in it."[4] He also drew parallels to The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" and the 1944 film Lifeboat.[1]

text: In the novella, the character David Drayton—who is married—has a sexual encounter with Amanda Dumfries, who is also married. Darabont did not want to attempt conveying on screen the protagonist being involved in an extramarital affair. The characters in the film, portrayed by Thomas Jane and Laurie Holden respectively, instead share a more emotional relationship. Jane explained, "We kind of form a little family, sort of surrogate family where my son and I'm a father and she becomes the mother to the son. We become a little unit as we're trying to get through this nightmare together." Holden compared the nightmare to what refugees experienced at the Louisiana Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.[11]

text: While the origin of the mist in the film is never explained in great detail, Frank Darabont did write an opening scene in a draft dated 5 August 2005, in which the thunderstorm causes a malfunction at the Arrowhead Project's lab that allows the portal to another dimension to stay open too long. The scene was never filmed.

text: Filming[edit]

text: In December 2006, Jane finalized negotiations with the studio to join the cast.[12] In January 2007, actors Andre Braugher and Laurie Holden joined Jane for the cast of The Mist.[13] Production began the following February at StageWorks of Louisiana, a sound stage and film production facility in Shreveport, Louisiana.[14] Marcia Gay Harden and Toby Jones joined the cast later in the month.[15]

text: William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Brian Libby, each of whom appeared in Darabont's previous Stephen King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, were cast in supporting roles. Sadler had previously played Jane's role, David Drayton, in a 1986 audiobook version of The Mist. Darabont wanted to cast King in the supporting role that eventually went to Brian Libby, an offer that King turned down because he did not want to travel to film the part.[16]

text: Darabont sought to pursue "a more fluid, ragged documentary kind of direction" with The Mist,[11] so he contacted the camera crew from the TV series The Shield, after having directed one episode, to use their style in the film.[17] Darabont attempted to film The Mist digitally but found that it "wound up looking too beautiful". The director chose to film with 400 ASA from Fujifilm, which gave footage a grainy effect.[1]

text: In the opening shot, David is drawing in his room. The drawing is based on Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and was painted by film poster designer Drew Struzan. Darabont also included re-productions of Struzan's posters and illustrations for The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. Struzan would go on to produce a poster for The Mist, but this image was not used in the film's marketing campaign.[18]

text: Darabont collaborated with the production designer to create a mix of eras to avoid appearing as a period piece but also not looking so contemporary. Cell phones were used by characters in The Mist, but the military police in the film did not dress in modern attire. While an MP also drove an old Jeep instead of a Humvee, other cars seen in the film are modern models.[1] The city police cars in the beginning of the film are a 1987 Chevrolet Caprice and a 1988 Ford LTD Crown Victoria, cars that were standard police vehicles in the late 1980s but have not been used in force since the late 1990s.

text: Over a hundred extras from Shreveport, Louisiana were included in The Mist. Unlike conventional application of extras in the background of a film, sixty of the hundred extras were interwoven with the film's ensemble cast.[19] Additional elements giving the film a local flavor include the prominence of local Louisiana brands such as Zapp's potato chips. Exterior shots of the house at the beginning were in Shreveport. Exterior shots of the supermarket were in Vivian, Louisiana. Also, if looked closely at, the shields on the side of the passing firetrucks early in the film identify them as part of the Caddo Parish fire department. This is possibly a mistake as the film is allegedly set in Maine.

text: Music[edit]

text: Darabont chose to use music to minimal effect in The Mist in order to capture the "heavier feel" of the darker ending he had written to replace the one from the novella. The director explained, "Sometimes movie music feels false. I've always felt that silent can be scarier than loud, a whisper more frightening than a bang, and we wanted to create a balance. We kept music to a minimum to keep that vérité, documentary feel." Darabont chose to overlay the song "The Host of Seraphim" by the band Dead Can Dance, a spiritual piece characterized by wailing and chanting. As a fan of Dead Can Dance, Darabont thought that the song played "as a requiem mass for the human race."[20] The original score was composed by Academy Award-nominated composer Mark Isham.

text: Effects[edit]

text: Darabont hired artists Jordu Schell[21] and Bernie Wrightson to assist in designing the creatures for the film.[17] Greg Nicotero worked on the film's creature design and make-up effects, while Everett Burrell served as the visual effects supervisor. Nicotero initially sketched out ideas for creature design when Darabont originally expressed interest in filming The Mist in the 1980s. When the project was greenlit, Nicotero, Burrell, and Darabont collaborated about the creature design at round-table meetings at CaféFX.[11] The studio for visual effects had been recommended to Darabont by Guillermo del Toro after Darabont asked the director who created the visual effects for Pan's Labyrinth.

text: Due to the creatures' being described in only a few sentences in the novella, Darabont sought to conceive of new designs. The challenge was creating designs that felt unique. Nicotero, who was versed in film history and genre history, reviewed past creature designs to avoid having similar designs.[1] When the designs were completed, Nicotero and Burrell educated the cast on the appearance of the creatures by showing puppets and the function of their eyes and mouths. The puppet demonstrations served as reference points for the cast, who had to respond to motion capture dots during filming.[11]

text: Release[edit]

text: The Mist was screened at the film festival ShowEast on October 18, 2007, at which director Frank Darabont received the Kodak Award for Excellence in Filmmaking for his previous works The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.[22]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, The Mist has a 73% approval rating, based on 140 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10, indicating generally favorable reviews.[23] On the website Metacritic, the film holds an average of 58 out of 100 based on 29 reviews.[24]

text: James Berardinelli wrote of the film, "The Mist is what a horror film should be—dark, tense, and punctuated by just enough gore to keep the viewer's flinch reflex intact. ... Finally, after a long list of failures, someone has done justice in bringing one of King's horror stories to the screen. Though definitely not the feel-good movie of the season, this is a must-see for anyone who loves the genre and doesn't demand "torture porn" from horror."[25] Roger Ebert was negative, however, writing: "If you have seen ads or trailers suggesting that horrible things pounce on people, and they make you think you want to see this movie, you will be correct. It is a competently made Horrible Things Pouncing on People Movie. If you think Frank Darabont has equaled the Shawshank and Green Mile track record, you will be sadly mistaken."[26]

text: Bloody Disgusting ranked the film #4 on their list of the 'Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade', with the article saying "The scary stuff works extremely well, but what really drives this one home is Darabont's focus on the divide that forms between two factions of the townspeople—the paranoid, Bible-thumping types and the more rational-minded, decidedly left-wing members of the populace. This allegorical microcosm of Bush Jr.-era America is spot on, and elevates an already-excellent film to even greater heights."[27]

text: The Mist has a very close resemblance to The Exterminating Angel (El ángel exterminador) by Luis Buñuel released in 1962. Where a group of individuals are, for unknown reasons, stuck in a living room that prompts them to slowly reveal their savage instincts. Bunuel's classic was filmed in Mexico and is less known in the US but would have been known to filmmakers like Guillermo del Torro and Frank Darabont.

text: The film was later nominated for three Saturn Awards; Best Horror Film, Best Director, and a win for Best Supporting Actress for Harden.

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film was commercially released in the United States and Canada on November 21, 2007.[28] Over the opening weekend in the United States and Canada, The Mist grossed $8,931,973. As of August 9, 2009, the film grossed $25,593,755 in the United States and Canada and $27,560,960 in other territories for a worldwide total of $57,289,103.[2]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Mist was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 25, 2008. The single-disc includes an audio commentary by writer/director Frank Darabont, eight deleted scenes with optional commentary, and "A Conversation With Stephen King and Frank Darabont" featurette.

text: The two-disc edition includes the exclusive black and white presentation of the film, as well as the color version, and five featurettes ("When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist", "Taming the Beast: Shooting Scene 35", "Monsters Among Us: A Look at the Creature FX", "The Horror of It All: The Visual FX of The Mist", and "Drew Struzan: Appreciation of an Artist").

text: TV series[edit]

text: In November 2013, Bob Weinstein revealed that he and Darabont were developing a 10-part television series based on the film.[29][30] In February 2016, Spike picked up the pilot.[31] In April 2016, Spike ordered the series.[32] Emmy-winning director Adam Bernstein directed the pilot. It premiered on June 22, 2017.[33]


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text: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (season 15)

text: This is a list of episodes of the fifteenth[1] season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which began airing from Tuesday September 5, 2017.

text: Season 15 (2017–18)[edit]

text:
#(Season)

#(Series)

Air Date

Guests

15-01

2,257

September 5, 2017

Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg

15-02

2,258

September 6, 2017

Reese Witherspoon, Pink

15-03

2,259

September 7, 2017

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus performs Younger Now

15-04

2,260

September 8, 2017

Halle Berry

15-05

2,261

September 11,2017

Queen Latifah, Portugal. The Man

15-06

2,262

September 12,2017

Heidi Klum

15-07

2,263

September 13,2017

Alec Baldwin, Tig Notaro, Harry MacKenzie

15-08

2,264

September 14, 2017

Jessica Biel, Kym Douglas, Lonzo Ball, LaVar Ball & Luis Fonsi

15-09

2,265

September 15, 2017

Channing Tatum, Kyle MacLachlan, Grace VanderWaal

15-10

2,266

September 18, 2017

Justin Theroux, Drew Carey, Grace VanderWaal

15-11

2,267

September 19, 2017

Sarah Paulson, Nick Jonas

15-12

2,268

September 20, 2017

Megyn Kelly. Russell Westbrook, Logic & Alessia Cara

15-13

2,269

September 21, 2017

Judi Dench, Imagine Dragons

15-14

2,270

September 22, 2017

Jake Gyllenhaal, Kesha, Darci Lynne Farmer

15-15

2,271

September 25, 2017

Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown & Milo Ventimiglia, Macklemore & Kesha

15-16

2,272

September 26, 2017

Jane Fonda, Taye Diggs, Bleachers

15-17

2,273

September 27, 2017

Eric Stonestreet, Whitney Cummings, Kelsea Ballerini

15-18

2,274

September 28, 2017

Jamie Foxx & Jay Pharoah, Cole Swindell

15-19

2,275

September 29, 2017

LL Cool J, Shania Twain

15-20

2,276

October 2, 2017

Anthony Anderson, Victoria Arlen & Val Chmerkovskiy

15-21

2,278

October 3, 2017

Howie Mandel, Rita Ora

15-22

2,279

October 4, 2017

Oprah Winfrey, Demi Lovato

15-23

2,280

October 5, 2017

Jared Leto, Savannah Guthrie, Thirty Seconds to Mars

15-24

2,281

October 6, 2017

Ryan Gosling, Ricky Martin, Usher

15-25

2,282

October 9, 2017

Harrison Ford

15-26

2,283

October 10, 2017

Josh Gad, Charlie Puth

15-27

2,284

October 11, 2017

Gina Rodriguez, French Montana, Sean Combs, Swae Lee

15-28

2,285

October 12, 2017

Kate Hudson, Nacho Figueras, Andra Day & Common

15-29

2,286

October 13, 2017

Mindy Kaling, Bethenny Frankel, Anderson East

15-30

2,287

October 16, 2017

Cate Blanchett, Taylor Kitsch, Dain Yoon

15-31

2,288

October 17, 2017

Andrew Garfield, Snoop Dogg, Beck

15-32

2,289

October 18, 2017

Laura Dern, Arcade Fire

15-33

2,290

October 19, 2017

Dax Shepard, Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold, HAIM

15-34

2,291

October 20, 2017

Paris Jackson, Niall Horan, Kunal Nayyar

15-35

2,292

October 23, 2017

Justin Hartley, Bobby Moynihan, Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold

15-36

2,293

October 24, 2017

Michael Strahan, Sam Smith

15-37

2,294

October 25, 2017

Cast of 'Strange Things', Sean Hayes, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin & Noah Schnapp, Sheryl Crow

15-38

2,295

October 26, 2017

Matt Damon, Luke Bryan

15-39

2,296

October 27, 2017

Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis & Kathryn Hahn, Kelly Clarkson

15-40

2,297

October 30, 2017

Jim Parsons & Iain Armitage, Demi Lovato, Ziqi Li

15-41

2,298

October 31, 2017
(Halloween Show)

Julie Bowen, Sofie Dossi, J Balvin

15-42

2,299

November 1, 2017

Ricky Gervais

15-43

2,300

November 2, 2017

Kerry Washington

15-44

2,301

November 3, 2017

Kris Jenner, Brielle Milla

15-45

2,302

November 6, 2017

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Zully Hernandez

15-46

2,303

November 7, 2017

Adam Levine, Maroon 5

15-47

2,304

November 8, 2017

Idris Elba, Nate Seltzer

15-48

2,305

November 9, 2017
(Ellen's 2,500th Show)

Wanda Sykes, Halsey

15-49

2,306

November 10, 2017

Owen Wilson, Chris Long, St. Vincent, Tavaris

15-50

2,307

November 13, 2017

Vice President Joe Biden, Jon Dorenbos

15-51

2,308

November 14, 2017

Colin Farrell, Dax Shepard

15-52

2,309

November 15, 2017

Kim Kardashian West, Reuben de Maid, Imagine Dragons

15-53

2,310

November 16, 2017

Blake Shelton, Jacob Tremblay, Steve Spangler

15-54

2,311

November 17, 2017

Ty Burrell, Lin-Manuel Miranda

15-55

2,312

November 20, 2017

Garth Brooks

Day 1 of 12 Days!

15-56

2,313

November 21, 2017

Sofia Vergara, Barbra Streisand

Day 2 of 12 Days!

15-57

2,314

November 22, 2017

Beth Behrs, Channing Tatum

Day 3 of 12 Days!

15-58

2,315

November 27, 2017

Eric McCormack, BTS

Day 4 of 12 Days!

15-59

2,316

November 28, 2017

Mark Hamill, Ben Platt. Kym Douglas, Liam Payne

Day 5 of 12 Days!

15-60

2,317

November 29, 2017

Bryan Cranston, Timothée Chalamet & Armie Hammer, Daya

Day 6 of 12 Days!

15-61

2,318

November 30, 2017

Chelsea Handler, Molly Bloom, Sam Smith

Day 7 of 12 Days!

15-62

2,319

December 1, 2017

Octavia Spencer, Dave Franco, Ed Sheeran

Day 8 of 12 Days!

15-63

2,320

December 4, 2017

Tiffany Haddish, Blake Shelton

Day 9 of 12 Days!

15-64

2,321

December 5, 2017

Chris Pratt & Bryce Dallas Howard, The National

Day 10 of 12 Days!

15-65

2,322

December 6, 2017

Neil Patrick Harris, Padma Lakshmi, Chris Stapleton

Day 11 of 12 Days!

15-66

2,323

December 7, 2017

Allison Janney

Day 12 of 12 Days!

15-67

2,324

December 8, 2017

Sebastian Stan, Gwen Stefani

Day 13 of 12 Days!

15-68

2,325

December 11, 2017

Jennifer Hudson

Day 14 of 12 Days!

15-69

2,326

December 12, 2017

Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Luke Bryan

Day 15 of 12 Days!

15-70

2,327

December 13, 2017

Pitch Perfect 3 cast, Mario Lopez, Sia

15-71

2,328

December 14, 2017

Will Smith, Queens of the Stone Age

15-72

2,329

December 15, 2017

Hillary Clinton, Khalid

15-73

2,330

January 2, 2018

Ricky Martin

15-74

2,331

January 3, 2018

Seth Meyers, The Four: Battle For Stardom cast, Charlie Puth

15-75

2,332

January 4, 2018

Khloe Kardashian

15-76

2,333

January 5, 2018

Kumail Nanjiani

15-77

2,334

January 8, 2018

Debra Messing

15-78

2,335

January 9, 2018

Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep

15-79

2,336

January 10, 2018

Margot Robbie

15-80

2,337

January 11, 2018

Helen Mirren, Luke Evans

15-81

2,338

January 12, 2018

Ted Danson

15-82

2,339

January 15, 2018

Hugh Jackman, Demi Lovato

15-83

2,340

January 16, 2018

Penelope Cruz, Freddie Highmore, LANCO

15-84

2,341

January 17, 2018

Sarah Jessica Parker, Camila Cabello

15-85

2,342

January 18, 2018

Saoirse Ronan, Dierks Bentley

15-86

2,343

January 19, 2018

Dax Shepard, Nicole Richie, Mumford & sons

15-87

2,344

January 22, 2018

Chadwick Boseman, Jeff Garlin, Kalen Allen

15-88

2,345

January 23, 2018

Hoda Kotb, First Aid Kit

15-89

2,347

January 25, 2018

Ed O'Neill, Pharrell Williams & N.E.R.D.

15-90

2,348

January 26, 2018
(Ellen's Birthday Show)

Kristen Bell, DNCE

15-91

2,349

January 29, 2018

Megan Mullally, The 15:17 to Paris cast

15-92

2,350

January 30, 2018

Season 15's Greatest Moments So Far

15-93

2,351

January 31, 2018

Jamie Dornan, Troye Sivan

15-94

2,352

February 1, 2018

Michelle Obama, Portia de Rossi, Surprise appearances by Jimmy Kimmel, Jamie Foxx, Sofia Vergara, and Chance the Rapper

Ellen's 60th Birthday Extravaganza, Part 1

15-95

2,353

February 2, 2018

Portia de Rossi, Surprise Appearances by Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Hart and Channing Tatum

Ellen's 60th Birthday Extravaganza, Part 2

15-96

2,354

February 5, 2018

Melissa McCarthy, Gus Kenworthy

15-97

2,355

February 6, 2018

Michael B. Jordan, Average Andy at Cirque du Solei

15-98

2,356

February 7, 2018

Milo Ventimiglia, Dax Shepard, Claire & Dave Crosby

15-99

2,357

February 8, 2018

Sean Combs

15-100

2,358

February 9, 2018

Drew Barrymore

15-101

2,359

February 12, 2018

John Krasinski, Greta Gerwig

15-102

2,360

February 13, 2018

Jerry Seinfeld, Nick Foles, Dua Lipa

15-103

2,361

February 14, 2018

Natalie Portman, Dax Shepard

15-104

2,362

February 15, 2018

David Spade, Sam Smith, Kalen Allen

15-105

2,363

February 16, 2018

Steph Curry & Ayesha Curry, Ziqi Li aka Lil' Mushroom

15-106

2,364

February 19, 2018

Chrissy Teigen, The Fosters cast, Macey Hensley

15-107

2,365

February 20, 2018

Diane Keaton, Nate Seltzer

15-108

2,366

February 21, 2018

Bill Gates, Kellie Pickler, Keala Settle

15-109

2,367

February 22, 2018

Oprah Winfrey

15-110

2,368

February 23, 2018

Josh Duhamel, Tavaris Jones

15-111

2,369

February 26, 2018

Heidi Klum, Tonya Harding

15-112

2,370

February 27, 2018

Jimmy Kimmel

15-113

2,371

February 28, 2018

Cast of Scandal

15-114

2,372

March 1, 2018

Adam Rippon, Mandy Moore, Adam Devine, Dan + Shay

15-115

2,373

March 2, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence, Laverne Cox, Meghan Trainor

15-116

2,374

March 12, 2018

Bill Hader, Auli'i Cravalho, Jon Dorenbos

15-117

2,375

March 13, 2018

Dana Carvey, Ronda Rousey, 21 Savage

15-118

2,376

March 14, 2018

Sean Hayes, Nick Robinson, Dua Lipa

15-119

2,377

March 15, 2018

Kendall Jenner, Becca Kufrin, Portugal. The Man

15-120

2,378

March 16, 2018

Jennifer Garner, RuPaul

15-121

2,379

March 19, 2018

Allison Janney, Zach Woods

15-122

2,380

March 20, 2018

Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, John Oliver, Cast of Tag

15-123

2,381

March 21, 2018

Mila Kunis & Kate McKinnon, Camila Cabello, Jenna Fischer & Oliver Hudson

15-124

2,382

March 22, 2018

Ellen Pompeo, Devin Dawson, Adam Rippon

15-125

2,383

March 23, 2018

John Cena, Sigourney Weaver, Jhene Aiko & Rae Sremmurd

15-126

2,384

April 2, 2018

Dwayne Johnson, Logic

15-127

2,385

April 3, 2018

Lauren Graham, Kacey Musgraves

15-128

2,386

April 4, 2018

Seth Rogen, Giada De Laurentiis, Bob Roth

15-129

2,387

April 5, 2018

Kristen Bell, Sen. Kamala Harris

15-130

2,388

April 6, 2018

Ice Cube, Aubrey Plaza

15-131

2,389

April 9, 2018

Alex Rodriguez, Christina Hendricks

15-132

2,390

April 10, 2018

Eva Longoria, Colin Hanks

15-133

2,391

April 11, 2018

Anna Faris, John Legend, Pauly D

15-134

2,392

April 12, 2018

Helen Hunt, Andy Cohen

15-135

2,393

April 13, 2018

Jason Sudeikis, Ali Wong

15-136

2,394

April 16, 2018

Tracee Ellis Ross, Jason Aldean

15-137

2,395

April 17, 2018

Steve Harvey, Samira Wiley, Jon Dorenbos

15-138

2,396

April 18, 2018

Amy Schumer, Evan Rachel Wood, Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line

15-139

2,397

April 19, 2018

Cardi B, Thomas Middleditch, Bazzi

15-140

2,398

April 20, 2018

Elisabeth Moss, Van Jones

Ellen's Earth Day Show

15-141

2,399

April 23, 2018

Macaulay Culkin, Constance Wu & Henry Golding

15-142

2,400

April 24, 2018

Scarlett Johansson, Jake Tapper, Parquet Courts

15-143

2,401

April 25, 2018

Charlize Theron, Danai Gurira

15-144

2,402

April 26, 2018

Chris Hemsworth, Kelly Clarkson

15-145

2,403

April 27, 2018

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keith Urban

15-146

2,404

April 30, 2018

Kim Kardashian West

15-147

2,405

May 1, 2018

Justin Timberlake

15-148

2,406

May 2, 2018

Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough, Ne-Yo and Jenna Dewan

15-149

2,407

May 3, 2018

Julie Bowen , Leon Bridges

15-150

2,408

May 4, 2018

Melissa McCarthy & Life of the Party cast

15-151

2,409

May 7, 2018

Adam Levine, Maroon 5

15-152

2,410

May 8, 2018

Woody Harrelson, Gayle King, Panic! At The Disco

15-153

2,411

May 9, 2018

Rob Lowe

15-154

2,412

May 10, 2018

Jennifer Garner, Kym Douglas

Ellen's Mothers Day Show

15-155

2,413

May 11, 2018

Jane Fonda, Foo Fighters

15-156

2,414

May 14, 2018

Sarah Paulson

15-157

2,415

May 15, 2018

U2's Bono & The Edge, Diane Keaton

15-158

2,416

May 16, 2018

Portia de Rossi, James Bay

15-159

2,417

May 17, 2018

Sandra Bullock, Shawn Mendes

15-160

2,418

May 18, 2018

Jason Bateman, World of Dance finalists The Lab

15-161

2,419

May 21, 2018

Donald Glover & Alden Ehrenreich, The Hatala Sisters

15-162

2,420

May 22, 2018

David Spade, Maren Morris & Zedd, Kalen Allen

15-163

2,421

May 23, 2018

Mark Wahlberg, So You Think You Can Dance All-Stars

15-164

2,422

May 24, 2018

Amy Poehler & Nick Offerman, Tig Notaro

15-165

2,423

May 25, 2018

BTS, Ewan McGregor

15-166

2,424

May 29, 2018

Jon Hamm, Brandi Carlile

15-167

2,425

May 30, 2018

Olivia Munn, Tony Hale

Special Guest Host Sean Hayes

15-168

2,426

May 31, 2018

Jamie Foxx and Corinne Foxx, Fall Out Boy

Special Guest Host Kristen Bell

15-168

2,426

June 1, 2018

Ellen's Biggest Music Stars of Season 15

15-169

2,427

June 4, 2018

Mindy Kaling, Michael Ray

15-170

2,428

June 5, 2018

Jim Parsons, Young Dylan

15-171

2,429

June 6, 2018

Samuel L. Jackson, Dan Reynolds

15-172

2,430

June 7, 2018

Anne Hathaway, Darren Criss

15-174

2,432

June 11, 2018

Howie Mandel, Shaquille O'Neal

15-175

2,433

June 12, 2018

Ellen's Most Memorable Kids of Season 15

15-176

2,434

June 13, 2018

Viral Stars of Season 15 with Kalen Allen

15-176

2,435

June 14, 2018

Ellen's First-Timers of Season 15

15-177

2,436

June 15, 2018

Ellen's Funny Ladies of Season 15

15-178

2,437

June 18, 2018

Ellen's Inspiring Stories of Season 15

15-179

2,438

June 19, 2018

Hollywood's Biggest Stars of Season 15

15-180

2,439

June 20, 2018

Ellen's Funny Guys of Season 15

15-181

2,440

June 21, 2018

Sports All-Stars of Season 15

15-182

2,441

August 29, 2018

Mel B, Grocery Store Joe, Jon Dorenbos

Special Guest Host Lea Michelle

15-183

2,442

August 30, 2018

Kathryn Hahn, BTS

Special Guest Host Mario Lopez

15-184

2,443

August 31, 2018

Topher Grace, Kacey Musgraves

Special Guest Host Mario Lopez