1995–96 Washington Capitals season
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The 1995–96 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 22nd season of play. The Capitals made the playoffs, but lost their opening round series 4–2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1995–96 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
1995–96 record | 39–32–11 |
Home record | 21–15–5 |
Road record | 18–17–6 |
Goals for | 234 |
Goals against | 204 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Jim Schoenfeld |
Captain | Dale Hunter |
Arena | USAir Arena |
Average attendance | 15,155 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Hampton Roads Admirals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Peter Bondra (52) |
Assists | Michal Pivonka (65) |
Points | Michal Pivonka (81) |
Penalty minutes | Kevin Kaminski (164) |
Plus/minus | Mark Tinordi (+26) |
Wins | Jim Carey (35) |
Goals against average | Jim Carey (2.26) |
Off-season
editThe Capitals introduced a new logo and color scheme featuring blue, black and bronze.[1][2]
Regular season
editThe Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings for most shutouts for (9) during the regular season.[3]
Final standings
editNo. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | New York Rangers | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
3 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
4 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
3 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
5 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
7 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
9 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
11 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 73 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Schedule and results
editRegular season
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October: 7–3–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–2–0)
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November: 4–8–2 (home: 2–5–1; road: 2–3–1)
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December: 7–4–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–3–1)
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January: 5–6–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 1–4–0)
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February: 6–4–3 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–3–3)
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March: 7–4–3 (home: 4–3–2; road: 3–1–1)
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April: 3–3–0 (home: 0–2–0; road: 3–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
edit1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
20 | Michal Pivonka | C | 73 | 16 | 65 | 81 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 67 | 52 | 28 | 80 | 18 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
90 | Joe Juneau | C | 80 | 14 | 50 | 64 | −3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −4 | 6 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 70 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
9[a] | Keith Jones | RW | 68 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 |
55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 78 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 25 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
3 | Sylvain Cote | D | 81 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 12 |
32 | Dale Hunter | C | 82 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 112 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
14 | Pat Peake | C | 62 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 12 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 78 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Kelly Miller | LW | 74 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
16 | Stefan Ustorf | C | 48 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
24 | Mark Tinordi | D | 71 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 16 |
27 | Craig Berube | LW | 50 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 151 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 19 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 66 | 8 | 3 | 11 | −1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Todd Krygier† | LW | 16 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 12 |
36 | Mike Eagles | C | 70 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −1 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Joe Reekie | D | 78 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Jeff Nelson | C | 33 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
18 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −5 | 0 |
4 | Jim Johnson | D | 66 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Martin Gendron | RW | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Kevin Kaminski | C | 54 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Steve Poapst | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Jim Carey | G | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
28 | Eric Charron† | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
38 | Nolan Baumgartner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 |
26 | Denis Chasse†‡ | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
26 | Stewart Malgunas† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Richard Zednik | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Jim Carey | 71 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 1631 | 153 | 2.26 | .906 | 9 | 4069 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6.18 | .744 | 0 | 97 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 18 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 406 | 46 | 3.08 | .887 | 0 | 897 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 167 | 11 | 1.93 | .934 | 0 | 341 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Milt Schmidt | [6] |
NHL First All-Star team | Jim Carey (Goaltender) | [7] | |
Vezina Trophy | Jim Carey | [8] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Bondra | [9] |
Draft picks
editWashington's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 17 | Brad Church | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
1 | 23 | Miika Elomo | Finland | Kiekko-67 Turku (Finland) |
2 | 43 | Dwayne Hay | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
4 | 93 | Sebastien Charpentier | Canada | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
4 | 95 | Joel Theriault | Canada | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
5 | 105 | Benoit Gratton | Canada | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
5 | 124 | Joel Cort | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
6 | 147 | Frederick Jobin | Canada | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
8 | 199 | Vasili Turkovsky | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 225 | Scott Swanson | United States | Omaha Lancers (USHL) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Jones wore number 26 through November 14.
References
edit- "Washington Capitals 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- "1995-96 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ LaCanfora, Jason (June 23, 1995). "Caps change their image with a new logo, colors". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "Capitals Jersey History". Washington Capitals. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ a b "1995-96 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "Vezina Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.