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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park on June 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) less

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San FranciscoGiants at Nationals Park on June 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) less

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals raises the Stanley Cup as the team is honored before a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants at ... more

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In D.C., Oakland, fans celebrate good times

Tens of thousands of fans lined the parade route along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, including hundreds on the steps of the national archives creating a sea of red as they celebrated the Capitals, who won the franchise's first Stanley Cup since it entered the NHL in 1974.

The final bus with Conn Smythe Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Orpik, owner Ted