1991–92 Washington Capitals season

The 1991–92 Washington Capitals season was the 18th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Capitals were not shut out in any of their regular-season games or playoff games.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 4, 1991 	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 5, 1991 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 9, 1991 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 11, 1991 	5–1 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	4–0–0
5 	L	October 12, 1991 	2–7 	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	4–1–0
6 	W	October 14, 1991 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	5–1–0
7 	W	October 18, 1991 	6–5 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	6–1–0
8 	W	October 19, 1991 	5–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	7–1–0
9 	W	October 23, 1991 	6–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	8–1–0
10 	L	October 24, 1991 	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	8–2–0
11 	L	October 27, 1991 	5–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	8–3–0
12 	W	October 29, 1991 	8–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	9–3–0
13 	W	November 1, 1991 	4–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	10–3–0
14 	W	November 2, 1991 	7–4 	@ New York Islanders (1991–92) 	11–3–0
15 	L	November 8, 1991 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	11–4–0
16 	W	November 10, 1991	10–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	12–4–0
17 	W	November 11, 1991	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	13–4–0
18 	W	November 13, 1991	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	14–4–0
19 	W	November 15, 1991	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	15–4–0
20 	L	November 20, 1991	5–6 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	15–5–0
21 	W	November 22, 1991	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	16–5–0
22 	W	November 23, 1991	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	17–5–0
23 	L	November 25, 1991	4–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	17–6–0
24 	W	November 27, 1991	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	18–6–0
25 	L	November 29, 1991	2–3 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	18–7–0
26 	L	November 30, 1991	1–8 	@ New York Islanders (1991–92) 	18–8–0
27 	W	December 5, 1991 	6–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	19–8–0
28 	W	December 7, 1991 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	20–8–0
29 	L	December 8, 1991 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	20–9–0
30 	W	December 10, 1991	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	21–9–0
31 	L	December 13, 1991	3–5 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	21–10–0
32 	W	December 14, 1991	7–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	22–10–0
33 	W	December 17, 1991	3–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	23–10–0
34 	T	December 18, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	23–10–1
35 	W	December 20, 1991	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	24–10–1
36 	L	December 22, 1991	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	24–11–1
37 	L	December 26, 1991	6–8 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	24–12–1
38 	L	December 28, 1991	2–6 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	24–13–1
39 	W	December 29, 1991	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	25–13–1
40 	W	January 1, 1992 	8–5 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	26–13–1
41 	T	January 3, 1992 	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	26–13–2
42 	T	January 4, 1992 	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	26–13–3
43 	L	January 7, 1992 	3–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	26–14–3
44 	W	January 10, 1992 	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	27–14–3
45 	L	January 12, 1992 	2–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	27–15–3
46 	W	January 14, 1992 	6–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	28–15–3
47 	T	January 16, 1992 	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	28–15–4
48 	L	January 24, 1992 	2–5 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	28–16–4
49 	W	January 26, 1992 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	29–16–4
50 	L	January 28, 1992 	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	29–17–4
51 	W	February 1, 1992 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	30–17–4
52 	L	February 4, 1992 	3–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	30–18–4
53 	L	February 5, 1992 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	30–19–4
54 	W	February 7, 1992 	6–2 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	31–19–4
55 	W	February 9, 1992 	6–2 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	32–19–4
56 	W	February 11, 1992	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	33–19–4
57 	T	February 13, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	33–19–5
58 	L	February 15, 1992	3–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1991–92) 	33–20–5
59 	W	February 18, 1992	4–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	34–20–5
60 	W	February 22, 1992	7–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	35–20–5
61 	W	February 23, 1992	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1991–92) 	36–20–5
62 	W	February 25, 1992	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	37–20–5
63 	L	February 27, 1992	3–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	37–21–5
64 	T	February 29, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	37–21–6
65 	L	March 1, 1992 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	37–22–6
66 	L	March 3, 1992 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	37–23–6
67 	T	March 6, 1992 	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	37–23–7
68 	W	March 7, 1992 	3–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	38–23–7
69 	W	March 9, 1992 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	39–23–7
70 	L	March 14, 1992 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	39–24–7
71 	W	March 15, 1992 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	40–24–7
72 	W	March 17, 1992 	6–4 	St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	41–24–7
73 	L	March 20, 1992 	6–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	41–25–7
74 	W	March 22, 1992 	6–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	42–25–7
75 	L	March 24, 1992 	2–8 	Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	42–26–7
76 	W	March 27, 1992 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	43–26–7
77 	W	March 29, 1992 	7–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	44–26–7
78 	W	April 12, 1992 	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	45–26–7
79 	T	April 13, 1992 	1–1 OT	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	45–26–8
80 	L	April 15, 1992 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	45–27–8
==Playoffs==
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Washington Capitals 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	23	57	80 	47 	10 	7 	4 	2
 	C 	80	28	50	78 	205	-2 	13 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	38	38	76 	78 	-10	13 	0 	7
 	LW/C	80	36	37	73 	35 	24 	14 	1 	7
 	C 	80	29	40	69 	38 	3 	5 	5 	3
 	LW 	66	23	44	67 	50 	-4 	9 	0 	3
 	RW 	71	28	28	56 	42 	16 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	80	14	42	56 	49 	2 	5 	2 	2
 	D 	79	17	37	54 	105	18 	8 	1 	2
 	LW 	78	14	38	52 	49 	20 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	78	17	34	51 	180	1 	6 	0 	1
 	D 	78	11	29	40 	31 	7 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	67	19	18	37 	39 	14 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	67	13	17	30 	107	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	75	6 	9 	15 	221	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	64	0 	13	13 	22 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	5 	7 	12 	64 	14 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	30	2 	10	12 	16 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	4 	6 	10 	206	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	2 	5 	7 	43 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	1 	4 	5 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	34 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	54	0 	0 	0 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	0 	0 	48 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3108	54	29	17	6	166	3.20	1 	1435	1269	.884
 	1123	21	10	7 	2	70 	3.74	1 	558 	488 	.875
 	605 	12	6 	3 	0	35 	3.47	0 	274 	239 	.872
Team: 	4836	80	45	27	8	271	3.36	2 	2267	1996	.880
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	0	11	11 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	5	4 	9 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	6	2 	8 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	4	2 	6 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	4 	6 	19 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	7 	1	5 	6 	13 	1 	0 	1
 	LW/C	7 	3	2 	5 	15 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	7 	1	4 	5 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	5 	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	1 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	2 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	2 	0	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	1 	1 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	419	7 	3	4	22	3.15	0 	212	190	.896
Team: 	419	7 	3	4	22	3.15	0 	212	190	.896
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==
*The Capitals did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1991–92 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1991–92
Washington Capitals season, 1991–92
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