2016–17 Washington Capitals season

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2016–17 Washington Capitals
Metropolitan Division champions
Division1st Metropolitan
Conference1st Eastern
2016–17 record55–19–8
Home record32–7–2
Road record23–12–6
Goals for263
Goals against182
Team information
General managerBrian MacLellan
CoachBarry Trotz
CaptainAlexander Ovechkin
Alternate captainsNicklas Backstrom
Brooks Orpik
ArenaVerizon Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsT. J. Oshie
Alexander Ovechkin (33)
AssistsNicklas Backstrom (63)
PointsNicklas Backstrom (86)
Penalty minutesTom Wilson (133)
Plus/minusBrooks Orpik (+32)
WinsBraden Holtby (42)
Goals against averagePhilipp Grubauer (2.04)

The 2016–17 Washington Capitals season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.[1] They finished the season as presidents' Trophy winners for the second consecutive year, and third time in team history.

Standings[edit]

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Washington Capitals 82 55 19 8 53 263 182 +81 118
2 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 50 21 11 46 282 234 +48 111
3 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 50 24 8 47 249 195 +54 108
4 x – New York Rangers 82 48 28 6 45 256 220 +36 102
5 New York Islanders 82 41 29 12 39 241 242 −1 94
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 33 10 32 219 236 −17 88
7 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 31 15 33 215 236 −21 87
8 New Jersey Devils 82 28 40 14 25 183 244 −61 70
Source: National Hockey League[2]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results[edit]

Regular season[edit]

2016–17 Schedule
October: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1), 11 Points
# Oct Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
1 13 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–3 SO Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena (18,630) 0–0–1 1
2 15 7:00 pm New York Islanders 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 1–0–1 3
3 18 7:00 pm Colorado Avalanche 0–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 2–0–1 5
4 20 7:30 pm Washington Capitals 4–2 Florida Panthers BB&T Center (12,440) 3–0–1 7
5 22 7:00 pm New York Rangers 4–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 3–1–1 7
6 26 9:30 pm Washington Capitals 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place (18,347) 3–2–1 7
7 29 10:00 pm Washington Capitals 5–2 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena (18,338) 4–2–1 9
8 30 9:30 pm Washington Capitals 3–1 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome (18,454) 5–2–1 11
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–1), 17 Points
# Nov Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
9 1 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–2 Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre (15,294) 6–2–1 13
10 3 7:00 pm Winnipeg Jets 3–4 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 7–2–1 15
11 5 7:00 pm Florida Panthers 2–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 8–2–1 17
12 8 7:00 pm San Jose Sharks 3–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 8–3–1 17
13 11 8:30 pm Washington Capitals 3–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks United Center (22,075) 9–3–1 19
14 12 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (12,436) 9–4–1 19
15 15 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 1–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena (11,738) 9–4–2 20
16 16 8:00 pm Pittsburgh Penguins 1–7 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 10–4–2 22
17 18 7:00 pm Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 11–4–2 24
18 20 12:30 pm Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 11–5–2 24
19 23 7:00 pm St. Louis Blues 3–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 12–5–2 26
20 25 5:00 pm Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 13–5–2 28
21 26 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19,051) 13–6–2 28
December: 8–3–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 4–1–2), 19 Points
# Dec Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
22 1 7:00 pm New York Islanders 3–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 13–7–2 28
23 3 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 1–2 SO Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (19,092) 13–7–3 29
24 5 7:00 pm Buffalo Sabres 2–3 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 14–7–3 31
25 7 8:00 pm Boston Bruins 3–4 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 15–7–3 33
26 9 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 4–1 Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center (18,234) 16–7–3 35
27 11 5:00 pm Vancouver Canucks 0–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 17–7–3 37
28 13 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 4–2 New York Islanders Barclays Center (12,730) 18–7–3 39
29 16 7:30 pm Washington Capitals 4–3 SO Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (11,892) 19–7–3 41
30 17 7:00 pm Montreal Canadiens 2–1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 19–8–3 41
31 21 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–3 SO Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (20,011) 19–8–4 42
32 23 7:00 pm Tampa Bay Lightning 0–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 20–8–4 44
33 27 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–4 New York Islanders Barclays Center (15,795) 20–9–4 44
34 29 7:00 pm New Jersey Devils 2–1 SO Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 20–9–5 45
35 31 1:00 pm Washington Capitals 6–2 New Jersey Devils Prudential Center (16,514) 21–9–5 47
January: 12–2–1 (Home: 7–0–0 ; Road: 5–2–1), 25 Points
# Jan Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
36 1 7:30 pm Ottawa Senators 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 22–9–5 49
37 3 7:00 pm Toronto Maple Leafs 5–6 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 23–9–5 51
38 5 7:00 pm Columbus Blue Jackets 0–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 24–9–5 53
39 7 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 1–0 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (18,685) 25–9–5 55
40 9 7:30 pm Washington Capitals 4–1 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21,288) 26–9–5 57
41 11 8:00 pm Pittsburgh Penguins 2–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 27–9–5 59
42 13 7:00 pm Chicago Blackhawks 0–6 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 28–9–5 61
43 15 12:30 pm Philadelphia Flyers 0–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 29–9–5 63
44 16 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 7–8 OT Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena (18,653) 29–9–6 64
45 19 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 7–3 St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center (19,316) 30–9–6 66
46 21 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 4–3 OT Dallas Stars American Airlines Center (18,532) 31–9–6 68
47 23 7:00 pm Carolina Hurricanes 1–6 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 32–9–6 70
48 24 7:30 pm Washington Capitals 0–3 Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre (16,683) 32–10–6 70
49 26 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 5–2 New Jersey Devils Prudential Center (13,428) 33–10–6 72
27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles
50 31 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–3 New York Islanders Barclays Center (11,240) 33–11–6 72
February: 9–2–1 (Home: 6–0–0 ; Road: 3–2–1), 19 Points
# Feb Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
51 1 8:00 pm Boston Bruins 3–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 34–11–6 74
52 4 1:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–2 Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre (21,288) 35–11–6 76
53 5 12:00 pm Los Angeles Kings 0–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 36–11–6 78
54 7 7:00 pm Carolina Hurricanes 0–5 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 37–11–6 80
55 9 7:00 pm Detroit Red Wings 3–6 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 38–11–6 82
56 11 7:00 pm Anaheim Ducks 4–6 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 39–11–6 84
57 18 2:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–3 SO Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena (20,027) 39–11–7 85
58 19 12:30 pm Washington Capitals 1–2 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (18,006) 39–12–7 85
59 22 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center (19,849) 40–12–7 87
60 24 7:00 pm Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 41–12–7 89
61 25 5:00 pm Washington Capitals 2–5 Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena (17,150) 41–13–7 89
62 28 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 4–1 New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (18,006) 42–13–7 91
March: 9–5–1 (Home: 6–1–1 ; Road: 3–4–0), 19 Points
# Mar Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
63 2 7:00 pm New Jersey Devils 0–1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 43–13–7 93
64 4 7:00 pm Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 44–13–7 95
65 6 7:00 pm Dallas Stars 4–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 44–14–7 95
66 9 10:30 pm Washington Capitals 2–4 San Jose Sharks SAP Center (17,562) 44–15–7 95
67 11 10:30 pm Washington Capitals 2–4 Los Angeles Kings Staples Center (18,230) 44–16–7 95
68 12 9:30 pm Washington Capitals 2–5 Anaheim Ducks Honda Center (17,174) 44–17–7 95
69 14 7:00 pm Minnesota Wild 2–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 45–17–7 97
70 16 7:00 pm Nashville Predators 2–1 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 45–17–8 98
71 18 7:00 pm Washington Capitals 5–3 Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (19,092) 46–17–8 100
72 21 7:00 pm Calgary Flames 2–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 47–17–8 102
73 23 7:00 pm Columbus Blue Jackets 1–2 SO Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 48–17–8 104
74 25 7:00 pm Arizona Coyotes 1–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 49–17–8 106
75 28 8:00 pm Washington Capitals 5–4 OT Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center (19,188) 50–17–8 108
76 29 10:00 pm Washington Capitals 5–3 Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center (13,820) 51–17–8 110
77 31 10:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–6 Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena (14,290) 51–18–8 110
April: 4–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–0–0), 8 Points
# Apr Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points
78 2 6:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–2 Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena (18,247) 52–18–8 112
79 4 7:30 pm Washington Capitals 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19,415) 53–18–8 114
80 5 8:00 pm New York Rangers 0–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 54–18–8 116
81 8 3:00 pm Washington Capitals 3–1 Boston Bruins TD Garden (17,565) 55–18–8 118
82 9 7:00 pm Florida Panthers 2–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 55–19–8 118
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs[edit]

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs: Washington won 4–2
Game Date Opponent Score Decision Series
1 April 13 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–2 OT Holtby Washington leads 1–0
2 April 15 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 2OT Holtby Series tied 1–1
3 April 17 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 OT Holtby Toronto leads 2–1
4 April 19 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 Holtby Series tied 2–2
5 April 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 OT Holtby Washington leads 3–2
6 April 23 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 OT Holtby Washington won 4–2
Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Pittsburgh won 4–3
Game Date Opponent Score Decision Series
1 April 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Holtby Pittsburgh leads 1–0
2 April 29 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Holtby Pittsburgh leads 2–0
3 May 1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 OT Holtby Pittsburgh leads 2–1
4 May 3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–3 Holtby Pittsburgh leads 3–1
5 May 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Holtby Pittsburgh leads 3–2
6 May 8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 Holtby Series tied 3–3
7 May 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–2 Holtby Pittsburgh won 4–3

  Win   Loss

Player statistics[edit]

Final Stats

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[3]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Braden Holtby 63 63 3680:10 42 13 6 127 2.07 1690 .925 9 0 0 0
Philipp Grubauer 24 19 1264:34 13 6 2 43 2.04 585 .926 3 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Braden Holtby 13 13 803:27 7 6 33 2.46 364 .909 0 0 0 2
Philipp Grubauer 1 0 18:34 0 0 2 6.46 9 .778 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions[edit]

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades[edit]

Date Details Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To St. Louis Blues
1st-round pick in 2016 		To Washington Capitals
1st-round pick in 2016
WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2016 		[4]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-round pick in 2017
2nd-round pick in 2018 		To Washington Capitals
Lars Eller 		[5]
February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15) To Los Angeles Kings
Future considerations 		To Washington Capitals
Tom Gilbert 		[6]
February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) To St. Louis Blues
Zach Sanford
Brad Malone
1st-round pick in 2017
conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019 		To Washington Capitals
Kevin Shattenkirk
Pheonix Copley 		[7]
Notes

Lost via retirement[edit]

Date Player Ref

Player signings[edit]

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) Paul Carey 1-year, $575,000 [16]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) Aaron Ness 2-years, $1.225 million [16]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Zach Sill 2-years, $1.225 million [17]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Tom Wilson 2-years, $4 million [18]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Connor Hobbs 3-years, entry-level contract [19]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Zach Sanford 3-years, entry-level contract [20]
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20) Marcus Johansson 3-years, $13.75 million [21]
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) Dmitry Orlov 1-year, $2.57 million [22]
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Lucas Johansen 3-years, entry-level contract [23]
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Colby Williams 2-years, entry-level contract [23]
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) Garrett Pilon 3-years, entry-level contract [24]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Beck Malenstyn 3-years, entry-level contract [25]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Nathan Walker 2-years, $1.3 million contract extension [25]

Draft picks[edit]

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 28[a] Lucas Johansen D Canada Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 87[b] Garrett Pilon C Canada Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 117 Damien Riat LW Switzerland Switzerland Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)
5 145[c] Beck Malenstyn LW Canada Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 147 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby LW Sweden Sweden Djurgarden-jr. (Swe-Jr)
6 177 Chase Priskie D United States United States Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA
7 207 Dmitriy Zaitsev D Russia Russia Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (NAHL)
Draft notes[26]
  • The Washington Capitals' first-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick and Washington's third-round pick both in 2016 (28th and 87th overall) to Washington in exchange for this pick.[27]
  • [a] The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for Washington's third-round pick in 2016 (87th overall) and this pick.[27]
  • The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Daniel Winnik and Anaheim's fifth-round pick in 2016 to Washington in exchange for Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and this pick.[28]
  • [b] The Washington Capitals' third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (28th overall) and this pick.[27]
St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 2, 2015 that sent T. J. Oshie to Washington in exchange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and this pick.[29]
Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim in exchange for Eric Brewer and this pick.[30]

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  22. ^ "Capitals Re-Sign Dmitry Orlov". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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