Washington Capitals
Eastern · Metropolitan
40-3092 pts1997-98
Team Stats
1997-98
- Goals / G
- 2.67
- Goals Against / G
- 2.46
- Power Play %
- 15.7
- Penalty Kill %
- 89.2
- Shots / G
- 27.1
- Shots Against / G
- 27.9
- Faceoff %
- 52.3
Arena
- Arena
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- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Metropolitan
Leaders
| Stat | Player | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P | Peter Bondra | 78 |
| G | Peter Bondra | 52 |
| A | Adam Oates | 58 |
Skaters
by points
| Player | Pos | # | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | S% | PPG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | R | — | 76 | 52 | 26 | 78 | +14 | 44 | 284 | 18.3 | 11 | 21.6 |
| Adam Oates | C | — | 82 | 18 | 58 | 76 | +6 | 36 | 121 | 14.9 | 3 | 23.1 |
| Calle Johansson | D | — | 73 | 15 | 20 | 35 | -11 | 30 | 163 | 9.2 | 10 | 24.7 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | L | — | 80 | 10 | 24 | 34 | +9 | 80 | 131 | 7.6 | 2 | 16.4 |
| Joe Juneau | C | — | 56 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -8 | 26 | 87 | 10.3 | 4 | 16.4 |
| Phil Housley | D | — | 64 | 6 | 25 | 31 | -10 | 24 | 116 | 5.2 | 4 | 18.9 |
| Jeff Brown | D | — | 60 | 4 | 24 | 28 | +5 | 32 | 102 | 3.9 | 4 | 21.5 |
| Dale Hunter | C | — | 82 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +1 | 103 | 82 | 9.8 | 0 | 11.7 |
| Richard Zednik | R | — | 65 | 17 | 9 | 26 | -2 | 28 | 148 | 11.5 | 2 | 11.8 |
| Andrew Brunette | L | — | 28 | 11 | 12 | 23 | +2 | 12 | 42 | 26.2 | 4 | 15.3 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | — | 48 | 3 | 18 | 21 | -11 | 18 | 67 | 4.5 | 1 | 17.5 |
| Sergei Gonchar | D | — | 72 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +2 | 66 | 134 | 3.7 | 2 | 19.9 |
| Chris Simon | L | — | 28 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 38 | 71 | 9.9 | 4 | 17.3 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | — | 47 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +9 | 39 | 57 | 14.0 | 0 | 20.4 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | — | 38 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +1 | 14 | 40 | 15.0 | 1 | 14.8 |
| Jan Bulis | C | — | 48 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 18 | 37 | 13.5 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Craig Berube | L | — | 74 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 189 | 68 | 8.8 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Kelly Miller | L | — | 76 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 41 | 68 | 10.3 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Todd Krygier | L | — | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 30 | 71 | 2.8 | 0 | 13.2 |
| Jeff Toms | L | — | 46 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -17 | 15 | 69 | 5.8 | 0 | 11.3 |
| Joe Reekie | D | — | 68 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +15 | 70 | 59 | 3.4 | 0 | 20.4 |
| Brian Bellows | L | — | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 6 | 26 | 23.1 | 5 | 17.4 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | — | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +5 | 20 | 38 | 7.9 | 0 | 14.8 |
| Brendan Witt | D | — | 64 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 112 | 68 | 1.5 | 0 | 17.6 |
| Ken Klee | D | — | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 46 | 44 | 9.1 | 0 | 11.2 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | R | — | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 10 | 29 | 13.8 | 2 | 11.3 |
| Mike Eagles | L | — | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 16 | 25 | 4.0 | 0 | 9.7 |
| Jan Benda | C | — | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 |
| Benoit Gratton | C | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Nolan Baumgartner | D | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.9 |
| Brad Church | L | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.8 |
| David Harlock | D | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Dwayne Hay | L | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Pat Peake | C | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 12.7 |
| Ryan Mulhern | C | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Stewart Malgunas | D | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.9 |
Goalies
by wins
| Player | # | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olie Kolzig | — | 64 | 63 | 33 | 18 | — | .920 | 2.20 | 5 | 1590 |
| Bill Ranford | — | 22 | 19 | 7 | 12 | — | .901 | 2.79 | 0 | 500 |
Team Profile
97-98 · percentile vs league
GF
2.6756
GA
2.4660
PP%
15.752
PK%
89.2100
SF
27.152
SA
27.944
PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league
Advanced
| Power Play % | 15.7 |
| Penalty Kill % | 89.2 |
| Shots For / G | 27.1 |
| Shots Against / G | 27.9 |
| Faceoff % | 52.3 |
| Goal Differential | +17 |
Scoring Trend
last 20 · GF / GA
Season History
51 seasons
| Season | Record | PTS | GF/G | GA/G | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-26 | 43-30-9 | 95 | 3.18 | 2.90 | +23 |
| 24-25 | 51-22-9 | 111 | 3.49 | 2.79 | +57 |
| 23-24 | 40-31-11 | 91 | 2.63 | 3.07 | -36 |
| 22-23 | 35-37-10 | 80 | 3.09 | 3.18 | -8 |
| 21-22 | 44-26-12 | 100 | 3.29 | 2.95 | +28 |
| 20-21 | 36-15-5 | 77 | 3.36 | 2.88 | +27 |
| 19-20 | 41-20-8 | 90 | 3.42 | 3.07 | +24 |
| 18-19 | 48-26-8 | 104 | 3.34 | 3.02 | +26 |
| 17-18 | 49-26-7 | 105 | 3.12 | 2.90 | +18 |
| 16-17 | 55-19-8 | 118 | 3.18 | 2.16 | +84 |
| 15-16 | 56-18-8 | 120 | 3.02 | 2.33 | +57 |
| 14-15 | 45-26-11 | 101 | 2.89 | 2.43 | +38 |
| 13-14 | 38-30-14 | 90 | 2.74 | 2.79 | -4 |
| 12-13 | 27-18-3 | 57 | 3.04 | 2.71 | +16 |
| 11-12 | 42-32-8 | 92 | 2.66 | 2.76 | -8 |
| 10-11 | 48-23-11 | 107 | 2.67 | 2.33 | +28 |
| 09-10 | 54-15-13 | 121 | 3.82 | 2.77 | +86 |
| 08-09 | 50-24-8 | 108 | 3.27 | 2.93 | +28 |
| 07-08 | 43-31-8 | 94 | 2.90 | 2.77 | +11 |
| 06-07 | 28-40-14 | 70 | 2.85 | 3.35 | -41 |
| 05-06 | 29-41-12 | 70 | 2.80 | 3.66 | -70 |
| 03-04 | 23-46-3 | 59 | 2.27 | 3.09 | -67 |
| 02-03 | 39-29-6 | 92 | 2.73 | 2.68 | +4 |
| 01-02 | 36-33-2 | 85 | 2.78 | 2.93 | -12 |
| 00-01 | 41-27-4 | 96 | 2.84 | 2.57 | +22 |
| 99-00 | 44-24-2 | 102 | 2.77 | 2.37 | +33 |
| 98-99 | 31-45 | 68 | 2.44 | 2.66 | -18 |
| 97-98 | 40-30 | 92 | 2.67 | 2.46 | +17 |
| 96-97 | 33-40 | 75 | 2.61 | 2.82 | -17 |
| 95-96 | 39-32 | 89 | 2.85 | 2.49 | +30 |
| 94-95 | 22-18 | 52 | 2.83 | 2.50 | +16 |
| 93-94 | 39-35 | 88 | 3.30 | 3.13 | +14 |
| 92-93 | 43-34 | 93 | 3.87 | 3.40 | +39 |
| 91-92 | 45-27 | 98 | 4.12 | 3.44 | +55 |
| 90-91 | 37-36 | 81 | 3.23 | 3.23 | 0 |
| 89-90 | 36-38 | 78 | 3.55 | 3.44 | +9 |
| 88-89 | 41-29 | 92 | 3.81 | 3.24 | +46 |
| 87-88 | 38-33 | 85 | 3.51 | 3.11 | +32 |
| 86-87 | 38-32 | 86 | 3.56 | 3.48 | +7 |
| 85-86 | 50-23 | 107 | 3.94 | 3.40 | +43 |
| 84-85 | 46-25 | 101 | 4.03 | 3.00 | +82 |
| 83-84 | 48-27 | 101 | 3.85 | 2.83 | +82 |
| 82-83 | 39-25 | 94 | 3.83 | 3.54 | +23 |
| 81-82 | 26-41 | 65 | 3.99 | 4.22 | -19 |
| 80-81 | 26-36 | 70 | 3.58 | 3.96 | -31 |
| 79-80 | 27-40 | 67 | 3.26 | 3.66 | -32 |
| 78-79 | 24-41 | 63 | 3.41 | 4.22 | -65 |
| 77-78 | 17-49 | 48 | 2.44 | 4.01 | -126 |
| 76-77 | 24-42 | 62 | 2.76 | 3.84 | -86 |
| 75-76 | 11-59 | 32 | 2.80 | 4.92 | -170 |
| 74-75 | 8-67 | 21 | 2.26 | 5.58 | -265 |
Recent results
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WSH News
7 items
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- Ovechkin returning for 22nd season with Capitals on 1-year dealNHL career goals leader Alex Ovechkin will return for the 2026-27 season with the Capitals.WSH3d
- Capitals Sign Alex Ovechkin To One-Year ContractThe “w8” is over. According to a team announcement, the Washington Capitals have signed Alex Ovechkin to a one-year, $4.25MM contract for the 2026-27 season. Next season will be Ovechkin’s 22nd in the NHL, and likely his last. According to Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network, Ovechkin will earn a salary of $1MM for the […]
- GM: Capitals still have cap room, roster space for OvechkinCapitals general manager Chris Patrick told ESPN that his club has room in its lineup and under the salary cap to bring back captain Alex Ovechkin, despite adding several high-profile names through trades and free agency.WSH3d
- Alex Ovechkin: Returning to Washington for 2026-27Ovechkin signed a one-year, $4.25 million contract with the Capitals on Thursday. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.
- Capitals sign Boone Jenner, Vincent Desharnais to 4-year dealsThe Capitals have signed center Boone Jenner to a four-year, $23 million contract and defenseman Vincent Desharnais to a four-year, $16.8 million deal.WSH4d