1996–97 Washington Capitals season

1996–97 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Atlantic
1996–97 record	33–40–9
Goals for	214
Goals against	231
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Dale Hunter

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
Florida Panthers	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
New York Rangers	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
Washington Capitals	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
New York Islanders	82	29	41	12	240	250	70

Game log

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

Player stats

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

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;

See also

• 1996–97 NHL season

External links

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