1996–97 Washington Capitals season
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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. It was their last full season playing at USAir Arena.
1996–97 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 9th Eastern |
1996–97 record | 33–40–9 |
Home record | 19–17–5 |
Road record | 14–23–4 |
Goals for | 214 |
Goals against | 231 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Jim Schoenfeld |
Captain | Dale Hunter |
Arena | US Airways Arena |
Average attendance | 15,761 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates Hampton Roads Admirals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Peter Bondra (46) |
Assists | Dale Hunter (32) |
Points | Peter Bondra (77) |
Penalty minutes | Craig Berube (218) |
Plus/minus | Sylvain Cote (+11) |
Wins | Jim Carey (17) |
Goals against average | Olaf Kolzig (2.59) |
Regular season
editFinal standings
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 4–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–3–0)
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November: 9–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–3–0)
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December: 2–9–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–7–1)
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January: 5–5–2 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–1–2)
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February: 4–6–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–4–1)
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March: 6–7–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 1–4–0)
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April: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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 | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
12 | Peter Bondra | RW | 77 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 7 | 72 |
32 | Dale Hunter | C | 82 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −2 | 125 |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk | LW | 78 | 17 | 25 | 42 | −3 | 67 |
90 | Joe Juneau | C | 58 | 15 | 27 | 42 | −11 | 8 |
96 | Phil Housley | D | 77 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −10 | 24 |
55 | Sergei Gonchar | D | 57 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −11 | 36 |
10 | Kelly Miller | LW | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 33 |
3 | Sylvain Cote | D | 57 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 28 |
20 | Michal Pivonka | C | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −15 | 22 |
17 | Chris Simon† | LW | 42 | 9 | 13 | 22 | −1 | 165 |
41 | Jason Allison‡ | C | 53 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −3 | 25 |
13[a] | Andrei Nikolishin† | C | 59 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
6 | Calle Johansson | D | 65 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −2 | 16 |
21 | Todd Krygier | LW | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −10 | 37 |
77 | Adam Oates† | C | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 4 |
18 | Andrew Brunette | LW | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −3 | 12 |
2 | Ken Klee | D | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −5 | 115 |
34 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | RW | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | −1 | 4 |
92 | Rick Tocchet† | RW | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
29 | Joe Reekie | D | 65 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 107 |
24 | Mark Tinordi | D | 56 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 118 |
36 | Mike Eagles | C/LW | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 42 |
27 | Craig Berube | LW | 80 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −11 | 218 |
33[b] | Anson Carter‡ | RW | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −20 | 88 |
26 | Keith Jones‡ | RW | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 13 |
44 | Richard Zednik | RW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −5 | 4 |
23 | Kevin Kaminski | C | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 130 |
28 | Eric Charron | D | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
30 | Bill Ranford† | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
45 | Patrick Boileau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Jim Carey‡ | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
9 | Curtis Leschyshyn†‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Stewart Malgunas | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | Pat Peake | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
16 | Stefan Ustorf | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
Goaltending
edit- † = 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 | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
30 | Jim Carey‡ | 40 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 984 | 105 | 2.75 | .893 | 1 | 2293 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 29 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 758 | 71 | 2.59 | .906 | 2 | 1645 |
30 | Bill Ranford† | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 412 | 46 | 2.74 | .888 | 0 | 1009 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Bondra | [3] |
Dale Hunter[c] |
Milestones
editMilestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Phil Housley | October 30, 1996 | [5] |
Draft picks
editWashington's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 4 | Alexander Volchkov | Russia | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
1 | 17 | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | Czech Republic | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
2 | 43 | Jan Bulis | Czech Republic | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
3 | 58 | Sergei Zimakov | Russia | Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
3 | 74 | David Weninger | Canada | Michigan Technological University (WCHA) |
3 | 78 | Shawn McNeil | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
4 | 85 | Justin Davis | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
5 | 126 | Matt Lahey | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
6 | 153 | A. J. Van Bruggen | United States | Northern Michigan University (WCHA) |
7 | 180 | Michael Anderson | United States | University of Minnesota (WCHA) |
8 | 206 | Oleg Orekhovsky | Russia | Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 232 | Chad Cavanagh | Canada | London Knights (OHL) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Washington Capitals 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- "1996-97 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1996-97 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "All-Star Game Rosters | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. January 18, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "1982 NHL Entry Draft -- Phil Housley". www.hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
Played in his 1,000th career NHL game for Washington on Oct. 30, 1996, vs. Philadelphia.
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.