The “T” in Capitals forms a hockey stick that has a red puck next to it and the three stars along the top are an addition to the original look. The red, white and blue colors are representative of the capital city of the USA, it’s a wordmark of “WASHINGTON” in red and “capitals” in blue italics.

In the early 2000′s, the Washington logo changed again, though the color scheme remained the same. Out went the eagle and in came the Capitol dome. The full name “WASHINGTON CAPITALS” returned to the logo and with a puck and crossed is two sticks behind the capital dome. Two brown stars on either side of the dome.

The Capitals removed the wordmark “CAPITALS” in 1998. The same streaking eagle is flying from right to left.

The Capitals changed their colors and logo in the mid-90s as black became popular in the NHL. At least the streaking eagle is a logo, as opposed to the wordmark that just spells out the team name. The stars made their first appearance on this logo and though the design turned away from the lettering that had preceded it, “CAPITALS” is still a prominent feature in this one.

Unused Logo

A white, grey, black and yellow eagles’ head in front of a red, white and blue plaque background.

Proposed logo for the Washington Capitals during the 1995 rebranding phase.

Unused Logo

Wordmark “WASHINGTON” in blue and “Capitals” in a custom Olde English font above the capital building in red, white and blue with a white star in the center.

Proposed logo for the Washington Capitals during the 1995 rebranding phase.

The first Washington logo was very basic and straightforward. The slant of the blue letters goes to the left instead of the right, a wordmark “WASHINGTON” in red and “capitals” in blue, the stick is red and is the letter “t,” the puck is blue and the font is more plain.