1996–97 Washington Capitals season

The 1996–97 Washington Capitals season was the team's 23rd season of play. The Capitals finished fifth in the division, and ninth in the conference, and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
3	4	Florida Panthers	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
4	5	New York Rangers	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
5	9	Washington Capitals	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
6	11	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
7	12	New York Islanders	82	29	41	12	240	250	70

Eastern Conference^[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
5	New York Rangers	ATL	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	31	36	15	249	276	77

9	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
11	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	29	41	12	240	250	70
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 1996	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1996	3–5	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	0–2–0
3	W	October 11, 1996	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 1996	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	1–3–0
5	L	October 18, 1996	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	1–4–0
6	L	October 19, 1996	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	1–5–0
7	W	October 23, 1996	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	2–5–0
8	W	October 26, 1996	6–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	3–5–0
9	L	October 28, 1996	0–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	3–6–0
10	W	October 30, 1996	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	4–6–0
11	W	November 1, 1996	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	5–6–0
12	L	November 2, 1996	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	5–7–0
13	W	November 6, 1996	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	6–7–0
14	L	November 7, 1996	2–4	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	6–8–0
15	W	November 9, 1996	3–2	New York Rangers (1996–97)	7–8–0
16	L	November 12, 1996	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	7–9–0
17	W	November 14, 1996	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	8–9–0
18	W	November 15, 1996	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	9–9–0
19	W	November 18, 1996	4–2	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	10–9–0
20	T	November 19, 1996	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	10–9–1
21	W	November 22, 1996	5–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	11–9–1
22	W	November 23, 1996	4–3	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	12–9–1
23	L	November 27, 1996	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	12–10–1
24	L	November 29, 1996	0–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	12–11–1
25	W	November 30, 1996	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	13–11–1
26	L	December 4, 1996	0–2	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	13–12–1
27	L	December 6, 1996	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	13–13–1
28	L	December 7, 1996	0–2	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	13–14–1
29	L	December 11, 1996	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	13–15–1
30	L	December 13, 1996	4–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	13–16–1
31	T	December 14, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	13–16–2
32	L	December 17, 1996	3–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	13–17–2
33	W	December 20, 1996	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	14–17–2
34	L	December 21, 1996	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	14–18–2
35	W	December 23, 1996	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	15–18–2
36	L	December 26, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	15–19–2
37	T	December 28, 1996	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	15–19–3
38	L	December 30, 1996	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	15–20–3
39	W	January 1, 1997	3–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	16–20–3
40	W	January 3, 1997	3–0	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	17–20–3
41	T	January 4, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	17–20–4
42	W	January 9, 1997	2–0	New York Rangers (1996–97)	18–20–4
43	T	January 11, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	18–20–5
44	W	January 13, 1997	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	19–20–5
45	L	January 15, 1997	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	19–21–5
46	W	January 20, 1997	3–2	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	20–21–5
47	L	January 22, 1997	3–5	New York Rangers (1996–97)	20–22–5
48	L	January 24, 1997	2–5	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	20–23–5
49	L	January 26, 1997	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	20–24–5
50	L	January 29, 1997	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	20–25–5
51	W	February 1, 1997	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	21–25–5
52	T	February 2, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	21–25–6
53	L	February 7, 1997	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	21–26–6
54	L	February 9, 1997	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	21–27–6
55	W	February 11, 1997	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	22–27–6
56	W	February 14, 1997	5–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	23–27–6
57	L	February 15, 1997	1–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	23–28–6
58	L	February 18, 1997	1–6	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	23–29–6
59	L	February 22, 1997	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	23–30–6
60	T	February 24, 1997	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	23–30–7
61	W	February 26, 1997	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	24–30–7
62	L	February 28, 1997	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	24–31–7
63	L	March 2, 1997	0–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	24–32–7
64	W	March 4, 1997	2–1	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	25–32–7
65	W	March 6, 1997	6–3	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	26–32–7
66	L	March 9, 1997	0–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	26–33–7
67	W	March 11, 1997	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	27–33–7
68	L	March 12, 1997	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	27–34–7
69	L	March 15, 1997	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	27–35–7
70	W	March 16, 1997	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	28–35–7
71	T	March 19, 1997	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	28–35–8
72	L	March 21, 1997	1–4	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	28–36–8
73	W	March 22, 1997	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	29–36–8
74	W	March 25, 1997	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	30–36–8
75	L	March 26, 1997	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	30–37–8
76	L	March 29, 1997	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	30–38–8
77	L	April 1, 1997	0–1	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	30–39–8
78	L	April 3, 1997	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	30–40–8
79	T	April 6, 1997	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	30–40–9
80	W	April 10, 1997	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	31–40–9
81	W	April 12, 1997	6–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	32–40–9
82	W	April 13, 1997	8–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	33–40–9

Playoffs

The Capitals missed the playoffs for the first time in 15 years due to injuries.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	77	46	31	77	72	7	10	4	3
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	82	14	32	46	125	-2	3	0	5
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	78	17	25	42	67	-3	2	1	3
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	58	15	27	42	8	-11	9	1	3
Housley, PhilPhil Housley	D	77	11	29	40	24	-10	3	1	2
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	57	13	17	30	36	-11	3	0	3
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	77	10	14	24	33	4	0	1	3
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	57	6	18	24	28	11	2	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	54	7	16	23	22	-15	2	0	1
Simon, ChrisChris Simon	LW	42	9	13	22	165	-1	3	0	1
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	53	5	17	22	25	-3	1	0	1
Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin	C	59	7	14	21	30	5	1	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	65	6	11	17	16	-2	2	0	0
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	47	5	11	16	37	-10	1	0	1
Oates, AdamAdam Oates	C	17	4	8	12	4	-2	1	0	1
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	23	4	7	11	12	-3	2	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	80	3	8	11	115	-5	0	0	2
Svejkovsky, JaroslavJaroslav Svejkovsky	RW	19	7	3	10	4	-1	2	0	1
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	13	5	5	10	31	0	1	0	1
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	65	1	8	9	107	8	0	0	0
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	56	2	6	8	118	3	0	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	70	1	7	8	42	-4	0	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	80	4	3	7	218	-11	0	0	1
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	19	3	2	5	7	0	1	0	1
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	44	3	2	5	88	-20	0	0	0
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	11	2	3	5	13	-2	1	0	0
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik	RW	11	2	1	3	4	-5	1	0	0
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski	C	38	1	2	3	130	0	0	0	0
Charron, EricEric Charron	D	25	1	1	2	20	1	0	0	0
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	G	18	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0
Boileau, PatrickPatrick Boileau	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	40	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas	D	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Peake, PatPat Peake	C	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf	C	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey	2293	40	17	18	3	105	2.75	1	984	879	.893
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	1645	29	8	15	4	71	2.59	2	758	687	.906
Ranford, BillBill Ranford	1009	18	8	7	2	46	2.74	0	412	366	.888
Team:	4947	82	33	40	9	222	2.69	3	2154	1932	.897

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

References

↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

External links

"1996–97 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility) Verizon Center

Rivalries	New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins Philadelphia Flyers

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

General managers	Schmidt McNab Crozier Poile McPhee MacLellan

Head coaches	Anderson Sullivan Schmidt McVie Belisle Green Crozier B. Murray T. Murray Schoenfeld Wilson Cassidy Hanlon Boudreau Hunter Oates Trotz

Stanley Cup Finals	1998

Media	TV CSN Mid-Atlantic Radio WFED WJFK Caps Radio 24/7 (Tunein app)

Culture/Lore	Easter Epic 2011 NHL Winter Classic 2015 NHL Winter Classic

Washington Capitals seasons

1970s	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1996–97 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1996–97 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

External links