Washington Capitals
Eastern · Metropolitan
55-19-8118 pts2016-17
Team Stats
2016-17
- Goals / G
- 3.18
- Goals Against / G
- 2.16
- Power Play %
- 23.1
- Penalty Kill %
- 83.8
- Shots / G
- 30.4
- Shots Against / G
- 27.8
- Faceoff %
- 49.8
Arena
- Arena
- —
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Metropolitan
Leaders
| Stat | Player | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P | Nicklas Backstrom | 86 |
| G | Alex Ovechkin | 33 |
| A | Nicklas Backstrom | 63 |
Skaters
by points
| Player | Pos | # | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | S% | PPG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | #19 | 82 | 23 | 63 | 86 | +17 | 38 | 162 | 14.2 | 8 | 18.3 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | #8 | 82 | 33 | 36 | 69 | +6 | 50 | 313 | 10.5 | 17 | 18.4 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | #92 | 82 | 19 | 40 | 59 | +18 | 46 | 170 | 11.2 | 3 | 16.9 |
| Marcus Johansson | L | #90 | 82 | 24 | 34 | 58 | +25 | 10 | 129 | 18.6 | 5 | 17.0 |
| Kevin Shattenkirk | D | #22 | 80 | 13 | 43 | 56 | -7 | 47 | 161 | 8.1 | 8 | 19.9 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | #77 | 68 | 33 | 23 | 56 | +28 | 36 | 143 | 23.1 | 7 | 17.9 |
| Justin Williams | R | #14 | 80 | 24 | 24 | 48 | +14 | 50 | 167 | 14.4 | 5 | 15.5 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | #2 | 78 | 5 | 34 | 39 | +20 | 32 | 154 | 3.2 | 1 | 22.2 |
| John Carlson | D | — | 72 | 9 | 28 | 37 | +7 | 10 | 180 | 5.0 | 3 | 22.7 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | — | 64 | 12 | 23 | 35 | +13 | 14 | 111 | 10.8 | 2 | 13.3 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | #9 | 82 | 6 | 27 | 33 | +30 | 51 | 125 | 4.8 | 1 | 19.5 |
| Jay Beagle | C | #83 | 81 | 13 | 17 | 30 | +20 | 22 | 100 | 13.0 | 0 | 13.6 |
| Daniel Winnik | C | #26 | 72 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +15 | 49 | 82 | 14.6 | 0 | 12.9 |
| Lars Eller | C | #89 | 81 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +15 | 36 | 115 | 10.4 | 0 | 13.9 |
| Brett Connolly | R | #14 | 66 | 15 | 8 | 23 | +20 | 40 | 81 | 18.5 | 1 | 10.7 |
| Tom Wilson | R | #43 | 82 | 7 | 12 | 19 | +9 | 133 | 95 | 7.4 | 0 | 12.9 |
| Nate Schmidt | D | #88 | 60 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +22 | 16 | 60 | 5.0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | #44 | 79 | 0 | 14 | 14 | +32 | 48 | 93 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.8 |
| Karl Alzner | D | #27 | 82 | 3 | 10 | 13 | +23 | 28 | 81 | 3.7 | 0 | 19.8 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | #13 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 2 | 32 | 9.4 | 3 | 11.1 |
| Taylor Chorney | D | #4 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +8 | 11 | 19 | 5.3 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Aaron Ness | D | #55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 12.8 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | #9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.9 |
| Garrett Mitchell | R | #76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 8.8 |
| Liam O'Brien | C | #38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 6.1 |
| Paul Carey | C | #28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Riley Barber | R | #24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.6 |
Goalies
by wins
| Player | # | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby | #70 | 63 | 63 | 42 | 13 | 6 | .925 | 2.07 | 9 | 1563 |
| Philipp Grubauer | #31 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .926 | 2.04 | 3 | 542 |
Team Profile
16-17 · percentile vs league
GF
3.1893
GA
2.1697
PP%
23.193
PK%
83.879
SF
30.459
SA
27.886
PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league
Advanced
| Power Play % | 23.1 |
| Penalty Kill % | 83.8 |
| Shots For / G | 30.4 |
| Shots Against / G | 27.8 |
| Faceoff % | 49.8 |
| Goal Differential | +84 |
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 |
WSH News
7 items
- How the Capitals won the offseason -- and Ovechkin's returnA three-word social media video signaled the Great 8's return. But the Caps had been quite busy well before that.WSH2d
- Alex Ovechkin re-signs with Capitals: NHL's all-time goals leader back for one year, $4.25 millionThe Capitals legend is back for his 22nd season with the franchise
- 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