ARLINGTON, V.A. — After a Washington Capitals victory in Seattle, Dylan Strome pulled out his phone and went to Google, searching for a definition behind the words Charlie Lindgren just shared with his team: "What is ogapey love?"

The term is actually "agape love," which Lindgren declared for his locker room as he formed a heart with his hands.

It's something that the 31-year-old netminder first came about after reading Christian books with his wife, Mikkayla, and since then, he has held it close.

"Agape love is the most unconditional love really out there," Lindgren told The Hockey News, adding, "How deep that love is... I threw it out there after the Seattle game, and even some guys still joke about it now. It's a special kind of love."

For Lindgren, it was the perfect term to apply to the Capitals dressing room; the team quickly formed a tight bond over the first days of training camp, which hasn't faded as it enters the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

"It's fitting, because obviously, as you know, there's a lot of love in the locker room," Lindgren said. "We really enjoy each other, and like I said, it's special."

Though Lindgren was the one to introduce the term to the locker room, it's become a common theme, with players crediting D.C.'s success this season to the tightness in the room.

“It doesn’t matter what happen, we stick together and we always believe," captain Alex Ovechkin said. "Since Day 1, when new pieces, new faces come to the locker room, you can feel it. We support each other and the most important thing is we have fun. It doesn’t matter; up or down, we try to be positive and try to win the games. That’s the most important thing.”

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For the Capitals, it's a fundamental building block, and one that every player and member of the coaching staff has helped establish.

"That's part of the culture, is creating that family atmosphere where guys care about one another and they love each other," coach Spencer Carbery said, adding, "It's an important part of a winning team, that ingredient of having that cohesiveness of a team that cares about one another."

Even Anthony Beauvillier, who just joined the team in early March, said it's one of the closest rooms he's experienced in his career.

"Definitely one of the tightest, for sure. I've been fortunate to be part of some really good locker rooms, and yeah, coming in at the start, I think I would say it's a really tight group and one of the tightest I've been a part of, for sure," Beauvillier said.

As Washington continues its season, the team continues to put trust in one another and hopes that agape love can be an X-Factor against the Carolina Hurricanes.

"Guys have fun with it... It's such a fun group to come to the rink every day and participate and work hard, and fun to go to battle in the games with these guys," Lindgren said. "It's cool to see the year we've had. It's been a lot of fun, and hopefully, keep on going here."