2016–17 Washington Capitals season

The 2016–17 Washington Capitals season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974. They finished the season as President's Trophy winners for the second consecutive year, and third time in team history.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
2016–17 Schedule	2016–17 Schedule	 	 	 	 	 	 	
October: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1), 11 Points
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# 	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
===Playoffs===
2017 Stanley Cup playoffs	2017 Stanley Cup playoffs	 	 	 	
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs: Washington won 4–2
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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
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	23	63	86	17	38
 	82	33	36	69	6 	50
 	82	19	40	59	18	46
 	82	24	34	58	25	10
 	68	33	23	56	28	36
 	80	24	24	48	14	50
 	78	5 	34	39	20	32
 	72	9 	28	37	7 	10
 	64	12	23	35	13	14
 	82	6 	27	33	30	51
 	81	13	17	30	20	22
 	72	12	13	25	15	49
 	81	12	13	25	15	36
 	66	15	8 	23	20	40
 	82	7 	12	19	9 	133
 	60	3 	14	17	22	16
† 	19	2 	12	14	4 	10
 	79	0 	14	14	32	48
 	82	3 	10	13	23	28
 	21	3 	3 	6 	2 	2
 	18	1 	4 	5 	8 	11
‡ 	26	2 	1 	3 	0 	6
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	–2	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	13	6	7	13	0 	2
 	13	4	8	12	2 	4
 	13	5	5	10	–1	8
 	13	3	6	9 	0 	6
 	13	5	3	8 	–4	8
 	13	2	6	8 	–1	2
 	13	3	3	6 	5 	2
 	13	1	5	6 	–4	6
 	13	0	5	5 	–2	10
 	13	2	2	4 	1 	4
 	11	1	3	4 	6 	4
 	13	1	3	4 	0 	19
 	13	3	0	3 	–2	34
 	13	0	3	3 	–1	2
 	13	0	2	2 	–7	11
 	7 	0	0	0 	–1	2
 	13	0	0	0 	–5	4
 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0
 	13	0	0	0 	–4	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	–2	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	63	63	3680:10	42	13	6	127	2.07	1690	.925	9	0	0	0
 	24	19	1264:34	13	6 	2	43 	2.04	585 	.926	3	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	13	13	803:27	7	6	33	2.46	364	.909	0	0	0	2
 	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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick in 2016 	To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2016WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2016	
 	To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 20172nd-round pick in 2018 	To Washington Capitals Lars Eller 	
 	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations 	To Washington Capitals Tom Gilbert 	
 	To St. Louis Blues Zach SanfordBrad Malone1st-round pick in 2017conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019	To Washington Capitals Kevin ShattenkirkPheonix Copley 	
;Notes
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Joe Cannata 	Utica Comets 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Darren Dietz 	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Christian Thomas 	Springfield Falcons 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Brett Connolly 	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $850,000 	
 	Brad Malone 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Mason Mitchell 	University of Alaska-Anchorage	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Kris Bindulis 	Lake Superior State University	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Hampus Gustafsson	Merrimack College 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Michael Latta 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jason Chimera 	New York Islanders	2 years, $4.5 million 	
 	Erik Burgdoerfer	Buffalo Sabres 	1 year, two-way contract 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player	New team	Date	Ref
=== Lost via retirement ===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Paul Carey 	1-year, $575,000 	
 	Aaron Ness 	2-years, $1.225 million 	
 	Zach Sill 	2-years, $1.225 million 	
 	Tom Wilson 	2-years, $4 million 	
 	Connor Hobbs 	3-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Zach Sanford 	3-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Marcus Johansson	3-years, $13.75 million 	
 	Dmitry Orlov 	1-year, $2.57 million 	
 	Lucas Johansen 	3-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Colby Williams 	2-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Garrett Pilon 	3-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Beck Malenstyn 	3-years, entry-level contract 	
 	Nathan Walker 	2-years, $1.3 million contract extension	
==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 	Lucas Johansen 	D 	Canada 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 	87 	Garrett Pilon 	C 	Canada 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 	117	Damien Riat 	LW 	Switzerland 	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)
5 	145	Beck Malenstyn 	LW 	Canada 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 	147	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	LW 	Sweden 	Djurgarden-jr. (Swe-Jr)
6 	177	Chase Priskie 	D 	United States	Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA
7 	207	Dmitriy Zaitsev 	D 	Russia 	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (NAHL)
;Draft notes
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
: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.
* The Anaheim Ducks' fifth-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and a second-round pick in 2016 to Toronto in exchange for Daniel Winnik and this pick. 
: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.
==References==
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