2016–17 Washington Capitals season

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Rangers	26	17	8	1	17	95	65	+30	35
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	26	16	7	3	14	88	80	+8	35
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	15	5	4	14	77	53	+24	34
4	Washington Capitals	24	14	7	3	14	61	55	+6	31
5	Philadelphia Flyers	27	14	10	3	11	87	85	+2	31
6	New Jersey Devils	24	11	7	6	9	63	66	−3	28
7	Carolina Hurricanes	25	10	10	5	9	58	65	−7	25
8	New York Islanders	24	9	10	5	8	62	71	−9	23

Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New York Rangers	26	17	8	1	17	95	65	+30	35
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	26	16	7	3	14	88	80	+8	35
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	24	15	5	4	14	77	53	+24	34

Source: National Hockey League

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montreal Canadiens	25	17	6	2	16	74	56	+18	36
2	Ottawa Senators	26	15	9	2	12	64	67	−3	32
3	Boston Bruins	26	15	10	1	13	63	58	+5	31

Source: National Hockey League

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	Washington Capitals	24	14	7	3	14	61	55	+6	31
2	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	27	14	10	3	11	87	85	+2	31

3	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	27	14	11	2	12	77	72	+5	30
4	ME	New Jersey Devils	24	11	7	6	9	63	66	−3	28
5	AT	Florida Panthers	26	12	11	3	10	63	67	−4	27
6	AT	Detroit Red Wings	26	12	11	3	9	65	69	−4	27
7	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	24	10	9	5	10	72	77	−5	25
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	25	10	10	5	9	58	65	−7	25
9	AT	Buffalo Sabres	25	9	10	6	8	51	65	−14	24
10	ME	New York Islanders	24	9	10	5	8	62	71	−9	23

Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

Schedule and results

Regular season

2016–17 Schedule

October: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1), 11 Points

November: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–1), 17 Points

December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–1), 1 Points

#	Dec	Time (ET)	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Record	Points
22	1	7:00 PM	New York Islanders	3–0	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center (18,506)	13–7–2	28
23	3	7:00 PM	Washington Capitals	1–2 SO	Tampa Bay Lightning	Amalie Arena (19,092)	13–7–3	29
24	5	7:00 PM	Buffalo Sabres	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
25	7	8:00 PM	Boston Bruins	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
26	9	7:00 PM	Washington Capitals	–	Buffalo Sabres	First Niagara Center	––
27	11	5:00 PM	Vancouver Canucks	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
28	13	7:00 PM	Washington Capitals	–	New York Islanders	Barclays Center	––
29	16	7:30 PM	Washington Capitals	–	Carolina Hurricanes	PNC Arena	––
30	17	7:00 PM	Montreal Canadiens	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
31	21	8:00 PM	Washington Capitals	–	Philadelphia Flyers	Wells Fargo Center	––
32	23	7:00 PM	Tampa Bay Lightning	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
33	27	7:00 PM	Washington Capitals	–	New York Islanders	Barclays Center	––
34	29	7:00 PM	New Jersey Devils	–	Washington Capitals	Verizon Center	––
35	31	1:00 PM	Washington Capitals	–	New Jersey Devils	Prudential Center	––

January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points

Legend: = Win = Loss = OT/SO Loss

Player statistics

As of November 6, 2016

Skaters

Regular season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin	11	7	4	11	1	8
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson	11	6	5	11	4	2
Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom	11	1	8	9	0	4
Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie	11	6	1	7	6	10
Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky	11	2	4	6	0	0
Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov	11	1	5	6	4	2
Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	11	0	5	5	4	2
Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson	11	0	5	5	3	0
Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner	11	2	2	4	6	6
Beagle, JayJay Beagle	11	1	3	4	4	2
Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt	11	0	4	4	0	2
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik	11	0	3	3	7	2
Eller, LarsLars Eller	11	2	0	2	2	10
Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik	7	2	0	2	2	2
Williams, JustinJustin Williams	11	1	1	2	0	6
Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov	11	0	2	2	4	6
Wilson, TomTom Wilson	11	1	0	1	5	10
Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly	6	1	0	1	2	2
Sanford, ZachZach Sanford	9	0	1	1	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[2]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby	9	9	546	6	2	1	20	2.20	252	.921	0	0	0	0
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	2	2	120	2	0	0	2	1.00	43	.953	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated December 3, 2016.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Canada !	Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner	2.0 !D	L	28	2007	Burnaby, British Columbia
19	Sweden !	Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom (A)	4.0 !C	L	29	2006	Gävle, Sweden
83	Canada !	Beagle, JayJay Beagle	7.0 !RW	R	31	2007	Calgary, Alberta
65	Sweden !	Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky	6.0 !LW	L	21	2013	Klagenfurt, Austria
28	United States !	Carey, PaulPaul Carey	4.0 !C	L	28	2015	Boston, Massachusetts
74	United States !	Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson	2.0 !D	R	26	2008	Natick, Massachusetts
4	United States !	Chorney, TaylorTaylor Chorney	2.0 !D	L	29	2015	Thunder Bay, Ontario
10	Canada !	Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly	7.0 !RW	R	24	2016	Campbell River, British Columbia
20	Denmark !	Eller, LarsLars Eller	6.0 !LW	L	27	2016	Rødovre, Denmark
31	Germany !	Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	1.0 !G	L	25	2010	Rosenheim, Germany
70	Canada !	Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby	1.0 !G	L	27	2008	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
90	Sweden !	Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson	4.2 !C/LW	L	26	2009	Landskrona, Sweden
92	Russia !	Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov	3.0 !F	L	24	2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia
2	United States !	Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	2.0 !D	R	30	2014	Virginia, Minnesota
9	Russia !	Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov	2.0 !D	L	25	2009	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
44	United States !	Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik (A)	2.0 !D	L	36	2014	San Francisco, California
77	United States !	Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie	7.0 !RW	R	29	2015	Mount Vernon, Washington
8	Russia !	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin (C)	6.0 !LW	R	31	2004	Moscow, Soviet Union
88	United States !	Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt	2.0 !D	L	25	2013	St. Cloud, Minnesota
13	Czech Republic !	Vrana, JakubJakub Vrana	6.0 !LW	L	20	2014	Praha, Czech Republic
14	Canada !	Williams, JustinJustin Williams	7.0 !RW	L	35	2015	Cobourg, Ontario
43	Canada !	Wilson, TomTom Wilson	7.0 !RW	L	22	2013	Toronto, Ontario
26	Canada !	Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik	6.0 !LW	L	31	2016	Toronto, Ontario

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick in 2016	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2016 WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2016	^[4]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Washington Capitals Lars Eller	^[5]

Notes

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Cannata	Utica Comets	1 year, $575,000	^[6]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Darren Dietz	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $575,000	^[6]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Christian Thomas	Springfield Falcons	1 year, $575,000	^[6]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Brett Connolly	Boston Bruins	1 year, $850,000	^[7]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Brad Malone	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $575,000	^[8]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Michael Latta	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $600,000	^[9]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jason Chimera	New York Islanders	2 years, $4.5 million	^[10]
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)	Erik Burgdoerfer	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, two-way contract	^[11]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	Paul Carey	1-year, $575,000	^[12]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	Aaron Ness	2-years, $1.225 million	^[12]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Zach Sill	2-years, $1.225 million	^[13]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)	Tom Wilson	2-years, $4 million	^[14]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Connor Hobbs	3-years, entry-level contract	^[15]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11)	Zach Sanford	3-years, entry-level contract	^[16]
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)	Marcus Johansson	3-years, $13.75 million	^[17]
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	Dmitry Orlov	1-year, $2.57 million	^[18]

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	28^[a]	Lucas Johansen	D	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	87^[b]	Garrett Pilon	C	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4	117	Damien Riat	LW	Switzerland	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)
5	145^[c]	Beck Malenstyn	LW	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5	147	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	LW	Sweden	Djurgarden-jr. (Swe-Jr)
6	177	Chase Priskie	D	United States	Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA
7	207	Dmitriy Zaitsev	D	Russia	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (NAHL)

Draft notes^[19]

The Washington Capitals’ first-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick and Washington’s third-round pick both in 2016 (28th and 87th overall) to Washington in exchange for this pick.^[20]
^[a] The St. Louis Blues’ first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for Washington’s third-round pick in 2016 (87th overall) and this pick.^[20]
The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Daniel Winnik and Anaheim's fifth-round pick in 2016 to Washington in exchange for Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and this pick.^[21]
^[b] The Washington Capitals' third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (28th overall) and this pick.^[20]

St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 2, 2015 that sent T. J. Oshie to Washington in exchange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and this pick.^[22]

^[c] The Anaheim Ducks' fifth-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and a second-round pick in 2016 to Toronto in exchange for Daniel Winnik and this pick.^[21]

Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim in exchange for Eric Brewer and this pick.^[23]

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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

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Stanley Cup Finals	1998

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

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