1995–96 Washington Capitals season

The was the Capitals' twenty-second season of play.
==Offseason==
The Capitals kept their colors red, white and blue.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 7, 1995 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 11, 1995 	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 13, 1995 	3–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 14, 1995 	2–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	3–1–0
5 	W	October 17, 1995 	4–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	4–1–0
6 	L	October 18, 1995 	2–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	4–2–0
7 	L	October 20, 1995 	4–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	4–3–0
8 	W	October 26, 1995 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	5–3–0
9 	W	October 28, 1995 	4–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	6–3–0
10 	W	October 29, 1995 	3–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	7–3–0
11 	W	November 1, 1995 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	8–3–0
12 	L	November 3, 1995 	2–3 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	8–4–0
13 	W	November 4, 1995 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	9–4–0
14 	L	November 7, 1995 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	9–5–0
15 	L	November 10, 1995	1–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	9–6–0
16 	L	November 11, 1995	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	9–7–0
17 	T	November 14, 1995	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	9–7–1
18 	L	November 17, 1995	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	9–8–1
19 	L	November 18, 1995	0–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	9–9–1
20 	W	November 21, 1995	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	10–9–1
21 	L	November 24, 1995	1–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	10–10–1
22 	W	November 25, 1995	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	11–10–1
23 	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	11–10–2
24 	L	November 30, 1995	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	11–11–2
25 	L	December 2, 1995 	3–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	11–12–2
26 	L	December 5, 1995 	3–4 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	11–13–2
27 	T	December 8, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	11–13–3
28 	W	December 10, 1995	6–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	12–13–3
29 	W	December 14, 1995	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	13–13–3
30 	W	December 16, 1995	3–2 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	14–13–3
31 	L	December 18, 1995	0–3 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	14–14–3
32 	W	December 22, 1995	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	15–14–3
33 	L	December 23, 1995	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	15–15–3
34 	W	December 26, 1995	4–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	16–15–3
35 	W	December 28, 1995	5–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	17–15–3
36 	W	December 30, 1995	3–0 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	18–15–3
37 	W	January 1, 1996 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	19–15–3
38 	L	January 3, 1996 	0–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	19–16–3
39 	T	January 5, 1996 	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	19–16–4
40 	L	January 6, 1996 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	19–17–4
41 	W	January 11, 1996 	6–1 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	20–17–4
42 	L	January 13, 1996 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	20–18–4
43 	T	January 16, 1996 	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	20–18–5
44 	W	January 17, 1996 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	21–18–5
45 	L	January 23, 1996 	4–5 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	21–19–5
46 	L	January 25, 1996 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	21–20–5
47 	W	January 26, 1996 	1–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	22–20–5
48 	W	January 28, 1996 	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	23–20–5
49 	L	January 31, 1996 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	23–21–5
50 	W	February 1, 1996 	4–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	24–21–5
51 	W	February 3, 1996 	6–5 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	25–21–5
52 	W	February 7, 1996 	2–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	26–21–5
53 	T	February 8, 1996 	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	26–21–6
54 	T	February 10, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	26–21–7
55 	W	February 13, 1996	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	27–21–7
56 	L	February 15, 1996	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	27–22–7
57 	W	February 16, 1996	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	28–22–7
58 	L	February 18, 1996	0–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	28–23–7
59 	L	February 22, 1996	3–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	28–24–7
60 	L	February 24, 1996	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	28–25–7
61 	W	February 27, 1996	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	29–25–7
62 	T	February 29, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	29–25–8
63 	W	March 2, 1996 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	30–25–8
64 	W	March 3, 1996 	3–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	31–25–8
65 	L	March 9, 1996 	1–6 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	31–26–8
66 	L	March 10, 1996 	0–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	31–27–8
67 	W	March 12, 1996 	9–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	32–27–8
68 	L	March 15, 1996 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	32–28–8
69 	W	March 17, 1996 	2–1 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	33–28–8
70 	L	March 19, 1996 	1–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	33–29–8
71 	T	March 21, 1996 	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	33–29–9
72 	T	March 23, 1996 	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	33–29–10
73 	W	March 26, 1996 	7–1 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	34–29–10
74 	W	March 27, 1996 	1–0 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	35–29–10
75 	W	March 29, 1996 	5–0 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	36–29–10
76 	T	March 31, 1996 	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	36–29–11
77 	W	April 3, 1996 	5–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	37–29–11
78 	L	April 4, 1996 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	37–30–11
79 	W	April 6, 1996 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	38–30–11
80 	W	April 10, 1996 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	39–30–11
81 	L	April 11, 1996 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	39–31–11
82 	L	April 13, 1996 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	39–32–11
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	73	16	65	81 	36 	18 	6 	2 	5
 	RW 	67	52	28	80 	40 	18 	11 	4 	7
 	C 	80	14	50	64 	30 	-3 	7 	2 	2
 	LW 	70	23	22	45 	92 	13 	7 	1 	3
 	RW 	68	18	23	41 	103	8 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	78	15	26	41 	60 	25 	4 	0 	4
 	D 	81	5 	33	38 	40 	5 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	82	13	24	37 	112	5 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	62	17	19	36 	46 	7 	8 	0 	3
 	D 	78	10	25	35 	50 	13 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	74	7 	13	20 	30 	7 	0 	2 	1
 	C 	48	7 	10	17 	14 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	71	3 	10	13 	113	26 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	50	2 	10	12 	151	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	66	8 	3 	11 	60 	-1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	16	6 	5 	11 	12 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	C/LW	70	4 	7 	11 	75 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	3 	7 	10 	149	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	33	0 	7 	7 	16 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	3 	3 	6 	0 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	66	2 	4 	6 	34 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	2 	3 	5 	85 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	20	2 	1 	3 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	54	1 	2 	3 	164	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	0 	3 	3 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	71	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4069	71	35	24	9 	153	2.26	9 	1631	1478	.906
 	897 	18	4 	8 	2 	46 	3.08	0 	406 	360 	.887
Team: 	4966	82	39	32	11	199	2.40	9 	2037	1838	.902
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	0	7	7 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	2	4	6 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	5	6 	24 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	2	5 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	3	2	5 	18 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	3	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	12 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	2	0	2 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	0	2 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	C/LW	6 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	341	5 	2	3	11	1.94	0 	167	156	.934
 	97 	3 	0	1	10	6.19	0 	39 	29 	.744
Team: 	438	6 	2	4	21	2.88	0 	206	185	.898
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1995–96 NHL season
==References==
==External links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1995–96
Washington Capitals season, 1995–96
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