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___MASK53___ is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . ___MASK53___ teams usually consist of six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . The Capital Centre ( later known as USAir Arena ) was an indoor arena in the eastern United States , located in Landover , Maryland , a suburb east of Washington , D . C . Opened in late 1973 , it was the primary home for the Washington Bullets of the National ___MASK25___ Association and the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League . The Bullets moved to the Washington area from nearby Baltimore , and the Capitals were an expansion team in the arena ' s second year . The seating capacity was 18 , 756 for ___MASK25___ and 18 , 130 for hockey . The National ___MASK22___ League ( NHL ) is a professional ___MASK53___ league currently composed of 31 member clubs . Of the 30 clubs currently playing , 23 are in the United States and 7 in Canada . Headquartered in New York City , the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ___MASK53___ league in the world , and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . The Stanley Cup , the oldest professional sports trophy in North America , is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season . The National ___MASK25___ Association ( NBA ) is the predominant men ' s professional ___MASK25___ league in North America , and is widely considered to be the premier men ' s professional ___MASK25___ league in the world . It has 30 teams ( 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada ), and is an active member of USA ___MASK25___ ( USAB ), which is recognized by FIBA ( also known as the International ___MASK25___ Federation ) as the national governing body for ___MASK25___ in the United States . The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . NBA players are the world ' s best paid sportsmen , by average annual salary per player . ___MASK25___ is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first ___MASK25___ coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the game ' s history . The 34th NHL All - Star Game was held in Capital Centre in Landover , Maryland , home to the Washington Capitals , on February 9 , 1982 . The Washington Capitals ( often shortened to Caps ) are a professional ___MASK53___ team based in Washington , D . C . They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ). Since their founding in , the Capitals have won one conference championship ( in 1998 ), and nine division titles . In , the team moved their home ___MASK53___ rink from the suburban Capital Centre ( located in Landover , Maryland ) to the new Verizon Center in Washington , D . C .