2013–14 Washington Capitals season

The 2013–14 Washington Capitals season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)	2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2 ; Road: 2–0–2)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 14 	Washington 	4–3 	Winnipeg 	SO 	Grubauer 	3,257 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 16 	Washington 	4–3 	Philadelphia 	SO 	Leggio 	19,142 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 17 	Boston 	3–2 	Washington 	SO 	Grubauer 	11,286 	2–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 20 	Chicago 	5–4 	Washington 	SO 	Leggio 	17,047 	2–0–2 	Recap
5 	September 23 	Washington 	2–3 	Boston 	OT 	Holtby 	17,006 	2–0–3 	Recap
6 	September 25 	Nashville 	1–4 	Washington 	 	Neuvirth 	16,748 	3–0–3 	Recap
7 	September 27 	Philadelphia 	3–6 	Washington 	 	Neuvirth 	17,121 	4–0–3 	Recap
8 	September 28 	Washington 	3–4 	Chicago 	OT 	Holtby 	20,650 	4–0–4 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.	
Notes:
Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario.
Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
===Regular season===
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October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)	October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 1 	Washington 	4–6 	Chicago 	 	Holtby 	22,158 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	October 3 	Calgary 	4–5 	Washington 	SO 	Neuvirth 	18,506 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 5 	Washington 	1–2 	Dallas 	 	Holtby 	17,200 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 10 	Carolina 	3–2 	Washington 	 	Holtby 	18,506 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	October 12 	Colorado 	5–1 	Washington 	 	Neuvirth 	18,506 	1–4–0 	2 	Recap
6 	October 14 	Edmonton 	2–4 	Washington 	 	Holtby 	18,506 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap
7 	October 16 	NY Rangers 	2–0 	Washington 	 	Holtby 	18,506 	2–5–0 	4 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Columbus 	1–4 	Washington 	 	Holtby 	18,506 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Washington 	5–4 	Winnipeg 	SO 	Holtby 	15,004 	4–5–0 	8 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Washington 	4–1 	Edmonton 	 	Holtby 	16,839 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Washington 	2–5 	Calgary 	 	Holtby 	19,289 	5–6–0 	10 	Recap
12 	October 28 	Washington 	2–3 	Vancouver 	 	Neuvirth 	18,910 	5–7–0 	10 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final stats
;Skaters
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	78	51	28	79	 	48
 	82	18	61	79	 	54
 	82	24	25	49	7	32
 	80	8 	36	44	 	4
 	82	25	18	43	 	92
 	82	15	27	42	4	36
 	70	9 	29	38	 	64
 	82	10	27	37	 	22
 	58	13	22	35	6	26
 	73	13	18	31	0	32
 	53	1 	23	24	1	22
 	82	2 	16	18	 	26
 	51	8 	7 	15	 	16
 	54	3 	8 	11	 	19
 	33	2 	8 	10	7	53
 	82	3 	7 	10	1	151
 	62	4 	5 	9 	 	28
 	17	3 	6 	9 	 	6
 	29	2 	4 	6 	4	6
 	34	1 	5 	6 	 	23
 	17	1 	3 	4 	0	12
 	37	1 	3 	4 	 	56
 	13	2 	1 	3 	3	0
 	18	1 	2 	3 	3	2
 	9 	0 	3 	3 	0	5
 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0	0
 	10	1 	1 	2 	3	0
 	18	0 	2 	2 	 	28
 	41	2 	0 	2 	 	49
 	20	1 	1 	2 	1	19
 	13	0 	1 	1 	 	4
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	 	0
;Goaltenders
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	48	45	2,656:20	23	15	4	126	2.85	1475	0.915	4	0	2	7
 	17	14	883:23 	6 	5 	5	35 	2.38	469 	0.925	0	0	0	0
 	13	11	766:57 	4 	6 	2	36 	2.82	383 	0.914	0	0	1	0
 	12	12	700:32 	5 	4 	3	27 	2.31	383 	0.930	1	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==
The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.
===Trades===
June 30, 2013 	To Winnipeg Jets3rd-round pick in 20134th-round pick in 2013CGY's 5th-round pick in 2013	To Washington CapitalsCHI's 2nd-round pick in 2013
September 29, 2013	To Anaheim DucksMathieu Perreault 	To Washington CapitalsJohn Mitchell4th-round pick in 2014
March 4, 2014 	To Anaheim DucksANA's 4th-round pick in 2014 	To Washington CapitalsDustin Penner
March 4, 2014 	To Phoenix CoyotesMartin EratJohn Mitchell 	To Washington CapitalsChris BrownRostislav Klesla4th-round pick in 2015
March 5, 2014 	To Buffalo SabresMichal NeuvirthRostislav Klesla 	To Washington CapitalsJaroslav Halak3rd-round pick in 2015
April 19, 2014 	To Nashville PredatorsJaynen Rissling 	To Washington Capitals7th-round pick in 2014
May 1, 2014 	To New York IslandersJaroslav Halak 	To Washington CapitalsCHI's 4th-round pick in 2014
=== Free agents acquired ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
David KolomatisCapitals Sign David Kolomatis 	Manchester Monarchs 	1 year, $550,000
Tyson StrachanCapitals Sign Tyson Strachan, Matt Watkins and David Leggio	Florida Panthers 	1 year, $550,000
Matt Watkins 	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $550,000
David Leggio 	Rochester Americans 	1 year, $550,000
Brandon SegalCapitals Sign Brandon Segal 	Connecticut Whale 	1 year, $550,000
Mikhail GrabovskiCapitals Sign Mikhail Grabovski 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1 year, $3 million
Pheonix CopleyCapitals Sign Pheonix Copley 	Michigan Tech 	2 years, $1.41 million entry-level contract
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Wojtek Wolski 	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	undisclosed
Dany Sabourin 	Graz 99ers 	undisclosed
Jeff Schultz 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $700,000
Matt Hendricks	Nashville Predators 	4 years, $7.4 million
Mike Ribeiro 	Phoenix Coyotes 	4 years, $22 million
Joey Crabb 	Florida Panthers 	2 years, $1.2 million
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Previous team 	Date
Alexander UrbomCapitals Claim Alexander Urbom Off Waivers from New Jersey	New Jersey Devils	October 3, 2013
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date
Alexander UrbomJosefson to IR; Urbom claimed off waivers from Caps	New Jersey Devils	January 8, 2014
=== Player signings ===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Tomas Kundratek 	July 2, 2013 	2 years, $1.1 million
Karl Alzner 	July 10, 2013 	4 years, $11.2 million
Peter LeBlanc 	July 10, 2013 	1 year, $550,000
Nicolas Deschamps 	July 22, 2013 	1 year, $726,000
Andre Burakovsky 	September 4, 2013 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Marcus Johansson 	September 7, 2013 	2 years, $4 million
Connor Carrick 	September 23, 2013	3 years, $2.35 million entry-level contract
Jason Chimera 	November 8, 2013 	2 years, $4 million contract extension
Evgeny Kuznetsov 	March 8, 2014 	2 years, $1.8 million entry-level contract
Dmitri Orlov 	March 13, 2014 	2 years, $4 million contract extension
Caleb Herbert 	March 21, 2014 	2 years, $1.48 million entry-level contract
Chandler Stephenson	April 12, 2014 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Garrett Mitchell 	May 13, 2014 	1 year, $550,000
Christian Djoos 	May 16, 2014 	3 years, $2.135 million entry-level contract
==Draft picks==
Washington Capitals' picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, which was held in Newark, New Jersey on June 30, 2013.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	23 	Andre Burakovsky	LW 	Sweden 	Malmo Redhawks (Swe-2)
2 	53 	Madison Bowey 	D 	Canada 	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 	61 	Zach Sanford 	LW 	United States	Islanders Hockey Club (EJHL)
5 	144	Blake Heinrich 	D 	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
6 	174	Brian Pinho 	C 	United States	St. John's Prep Eagles (USHS-MA)
7 	204	Tyler Lewington 	D 	Canada 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
;Draft notes
* The Chicago Blackhawks' second-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Washington's third and fourth-round picks in 2013 (84th and 114th overall) and Calgary's fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for this pick.     Winnipeg previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Johnny Oduya to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's third-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
* The Washington Capitals’ third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago’s second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2013 (114th overall), Calgary’s fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) and this pick.
* The Washington Capitals’ fourth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago’s second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a third-round pick in 2013 (84th overall), Calgary’s fifth-round pick in 2013 (127th overall) and this pick.
* The Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Chicago’s second-round pick in 2013 (61st overall) to Washington in exchange for a third and fourth-round pick in 2013 (84th and 114th overall) and this pick.     Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2012 that sent Dennis Wideman to Calgary in exchange for Jordan Henry and this pick.
==References==
Category:Washington Capitals seasons
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