1980-81

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc.
Material - Knit (polyester)
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - The letters are single-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of knit material. The spacing between the letters on the home jerseys is wider than other years.
Tagging Neck - There are two tags in the neck of the 80-81 jerseys. There is a Maska manufacturer's tag centered in the neck and a size tag sewn off-center towards the right shoulder (to the left if you are looking at the front of the jersey).
Tagging Hem - There is a small single-color Maska logo embroidered onto the far right side of the back hem.
Notes - 1980-81 was the first year that had the small "WASHINGTON" on the logo.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with ribbon style strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - Jerseys were recycled from the previous year (or sometimes earlier) for preseason use.

Regular Season - There is a possibility that a second set of jerseys was worn at the very end of the season.

1981-82

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc.
Material - Knit - both thin and heavy
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - The letters are single-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of knit material.
Tagging Neck - There are two tags sewn in the neck of the 81-82 jerseys. A Maska manufacturer's tag is sewn in the middle of the neck and the size tag is sewn off-center towards the right shoulder (to the left if you are looking at the front of the jersey).
Tagging Hem - There is a single-color Maska logo embroidered onto the right side of the back hem. It is closer to the middle of the jersey than the previous year. There are 2 versions of the Maska logo, one small and one large. Both of these were worn in 1981/82.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with ribbon style strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - Jerseys were recycled from the previous year (or sometimes earlier) for preseason use.

Regular Season - One set was worn for the entire regular season.

1982-83

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc.
Material - Knit - heavy material
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - The letters are single-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of heavy knit material.
Regular Season Tagging Neck - There are two tags sewn in the neck of the 82-83 regular season jerseys. A Maska manufacturer's tag is sewn in the middle of the neck and the size tag is sewn off-center towards the right shoulder (to the left if you are looking at the front of the jersey).
Regular Season Tagging Hem - There is a large single-color Maska logo embroidered onto the back hem. It is positioned slightly off-center to the right.
Playoff Set Tagging Neck - There are two tags sewn in the neck of the 82-83 playoff jerseys. A Maska manufacturer's tag is sewn in the middle of the neck and the size tag is sewn off-center towards the right shoulder (to the left if you are looking at the front of the jersey).
Playoff Set Tagging Hem - There is a large single-color Maska logo embroidered onto the back hem. It is positioned slightly off-center to the right.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with ribbon style strap.
Notes - A lot of the regular season jerseys (maybe all?) had the nameplates removed and then had shorter nameplates sewn back on by the team. The nameplates that were taken off were used on the playoff set jerseys.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - Jerseys were recycled from the previous year (or sometimes earlier) for preseason use.

Regular Season - One set was worn for the entire regular season.

Playoffs - A new set was worn in the playoffs. The regular season jerseys have what I call "Maska" numbers. The playoff jerseys have what I call "CCM" numbers (as this style is the same as that used on all of the CCM jerseys). Maska-left CCM-right.

1983-84

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Mesh
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Single-color letters sewn onto a mesh namebar.
Tagging Neck - There is a CCM manufacturers tag, which is made of a shiny nylon or polyester material, in the neck. There is usually a size handwritten on this tag in blue ink, although it is typically faded either partially or completely from washing. Under the tag, is a second tag which has a "born on date" printed on it.
Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo on the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the both home and road jerseys. Most 1983-84 jerseys have the Trademark symbol (R with a circle around it) after the M, like that shown in the photo.
Patches - Capital Centre 10th Anniversary Patch - This patch was worn on home jerseys only and was added roughly 8-10 games into the season. It was not worn in the 83/84 playoffs.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with ribbon style strap.
Notes - The 1983-84 and 1984-85 jerseys have only 4 stars on the sleeves. All other years have 5 stars.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - Jerseys may have been recycled from the previous year, however, on September 30, 1983 the Captials played an exhibition game against Team USA wearing their regular season jerseys.

Regular Season - One set of jerseys was worn for the entire regular season.

Playoffs - A new set of jerseys was worn for the playoffs. The playoff set did not have the Capital Centre 10th Anniversary patch.

1984-85

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Mesh
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Single-color letters sewn onto a mesh namebar.
Tagging Neck - There is a CCM manufacturers tag, which is made of a shiny nylon or polyester material, in the neck. There is usually a size handwritten on this tag in blue ink, although it is typically faded either partially or completely from washing. Under the tag, is a second tag which has a "born on date" printed on it.
Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo on the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the both home and road jerseys. Most 1984-85 jerseys have a tiny asterisk after the M, which can just barely be seen in the photo below, but some 84-85 jerseys have the Trademark symbol (R with a circle around it) like the 1983-84 jerseys.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with ribbon style strap.
Notes - The 1983-84 and 1984-85 jerseys have only 4 stars on the sleeves. All other years have 5 stars.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - One set of jerseys was worn for the entire regular season.

Playoffs - A new set of jerseys was worn for the playoffs.

1985-86

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Knit
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Single-color tackle-twill letters sewn onto a namebar made of knit material.
Tagging Neck - Some of the 85-86 jerseys have the same tagging as the 84-85s. Others have slightly different tagging, shown below. It consists of a CCM manufacturers tag, which is made of a shiny nylon or polyester material, in the neck. There is usually a size handwritten on this tag in blue ink, although it is typically faded either partially or completely from washing. Under the tag, is a second tag which has a "born on date" printed on it.
Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo embroidered into the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the home white jerseys and can be either red/red/blue or blue/blue/red for the road red jerseys.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with velcro and snap fight strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - One set of jerseys was worn for the entire regular season.

Playoffs - A new set of jerseys was worn for the playoffs.

1986-87

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Knit (regular season) and Air-Knit (playoffs)
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Single-color tackle-twill letters sewn onto a namebar made of the same material as the jersey.
Regular Season Tagging Neck - For the regular season knit jerseys, there is a Maska manufacturers tag, which is made of a shiny nylon or polyester material, sewn higher up in the neck near the collar. The size is usually handwritten on the tag in blue ink, although it is typically faded either partially or completely from washing. There is a date (born on) tag underneath this tag.
Regular Season Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo embroidered into the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the home white jerseys and blue/blue/red for the road red jerseys.
Playoff Set Tagging Neck - For the playoff Air-knit jerseys, there is a Maska manufacturers tag, which is made of a shiny nylon or polyester material, sewn in the seam of where the shoulder yoke meets the back of the jersey. The size is usually handwritten on the tag in blue ink, although it is typically faded either partially or completely from washing. "Patents Pending" is written on the back of the tag in both english and french.
Playoff Set Tagging Hem - same as regular season
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with velcro and snap fight strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - One set (knit) was worn for the entire regular season.

Playoffs - A new set (Air-Knit) was worn for the playoffs.

1987-88

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Air-Knit
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Two-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of Airknit material.
Tagging Neck - There is a manufacturer’s tag in the neck, which usually has the size hand-written size on it in blue ink, which may or may not be faded from washing. "Patents pending" is written on the back of the tag in both english and french.
Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo embroidered into the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the home white jerseys and blue/blue/red for the road red jerseys.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with velcro and snap fight strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - It is very likely that only one set of home white jerseys was worn during the regular season, but that there were two sets of road red jerseys.

Playoffs - A new set of home white jerseys was issued for the playoffs (or possibly near the end of the regular season). The road red set 2 was worn in the playoffs.

1988-89

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Air-Knit
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Two-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of Airknit material.
Tagging Neck - There is a Maska manufacturers tag, which is made of a dull thread-like material, in the neck. The size is usually handwritten on this tag in blue ink, which may or may not be faded from washing. "Patents pending" is written on the back of the tag in both english and french.
Tagging Hem - There is a three-color CCM logo embroidered into the back right hem. This tag has white letters on a colored background that is red/red/blue for the home white jerseys and blue/blue/red for the road red jerseys.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with velcro and snap fight strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - It is very likely that only one set of home white jerseys was worn during the regular season, but that there were two sets of road red jerseys.

Playoffs - A new set of home white jerseys was issued for the playoffs (or possibly near the end of the regular season). The road red set 2 was worn in the playoffs.

1989-90

Manufacturer - Sport Maska Inc. / CCM
Material - Air-Knit
Numbers - Both the back and shoulder numbers are two-color tackle-twill.
Namebar - Two-color tackle-twill letters attached to a namebar made of Airknit material.
Tagging Neck - There is a Maska manufacturers tag, which is made of a dull thread-like material, in the neck. The size is usually handwritten on this tag in blue ink, which may or may not be faded from washing. "Patents pending" is written on the back of the tag in both english and french.
Tagging Hem - For set 1, the CCM logo on the tail of the jersey is a two-color logo with blue letters on white blocks for both the home and road jerseys. In addition, set 2 jerseys have the black and orange NHL shield embroidered to the right of the CCM logo. For the playoffs, all jerseys had the CCM logo with the NHL shield.
Fight Strap - Nylon base sewn onto jersey with velcro and snap fight strap.
Jersey Sets

Preseason - not sure yet.

Regular Season - Set 1, without the NHL shield, was worn until sometime in December. Set 2, with the NHL shield, was worn from sometime in December throughout the regular season.

Playoffs - It is possible that a new set was worn in the playoffs.