1996–97 Washington Capitals season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 1996 	2–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 8, 1996 	3–5 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	0–2–0
3 	W	October 11, 1996 	6–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 12, 1996 	3–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	1–3–0
5 	L	October 18, 1996 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	1–4–0
6 	L	October 19, 1996 	1–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	1–5–0
7 	W	October 23, 1996 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	2–5–0
8 	W	October 26, 1996 	6–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	3–5–0
9 	L	October 28, 1996 	0–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	3–6–0
10 	W	October 30, 1996 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	4–6–0
11 	W	November 1, 1996 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	5–6–0
12 	L	November 2, 1996 	1–6 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	5–7–0
13 	W	November 6, 1996 	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	6–7–0
14 	L	November 7, 1996 	2–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	6–8–0
15 	W	November 9, 1996 	3–2 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	7–8–0
16 	L	November 12, 1996	2–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	7–9–0
17 	W	November 14, 1996	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	8–9–0
18 	W	November 15, 1996	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	9–9–0
19 	W	November 18, 1996	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	10–9–0
20 	T	November 19, 1996	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	10–9–1
21 	W	November 22, 1996	5–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	11–9–1
22 	W	November 23, 1996	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	12–9–1
23 	L	November 27, 1996	1–2 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	12–10–1
24 	L	November 29, 1996	0–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	12–11–1
25 	W	November 30, 1996	2–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	13–11–1
26 	L	December 4, 1996 	0–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	13–12–1
27 	L	December 6, 1996 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	13–13–1
28 	L	December 7, 1996 	0–2 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	13–14–1
29 	L	December 11, 1996	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	13–15–1
30 	L	December 13, 1996	4–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	13–16–1
31 	T	December 14, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	13–16–2
32 	L	December 17, 1996	3–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	13–17–2
33 	W	December 20, 1996	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	14–17–2
34 	L	December 21, 1996	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	14–18–2
35 	W	December 23, 1996	3–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	15–18–2
36 	L	December 26, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	15–19–2
37 	T	December 28, 1996	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	15–19–3
38 	L	December 30, 1996	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	15–20–3
39 	W	January 1, 1997 	3–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	16–20–3
40 	W	January 3, 1997 	3–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	17–20–3
41 	T	January 4, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	17–20–4
42 	W	January 9, 1997 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	18–20–4
43 	T	January 11, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	18–20–5
44 	W	January 13, 1997 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	19–20–5
45 	L	January 15, 1997 	1–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	19–21–5
46 	W	January 20, 1997 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	20–21–5
47 	L	January 22, 1997 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	20–22–5
48 	L	January 24, 1997 	2–5 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	20–23–5
49 	L	January 26, 1997 	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	20–24–5
50 	L	January 29, 1997 	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	20–25–5
51 	W	February 1, 1997 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	21–25–5
52 	T	February 2, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	21–25–6
53 	L	February 7, 1997 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	21–26–6
54 	L	February 9, 1997 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	21–27–6
55 	W	February 11, 1997	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	22–27–6
56 	W	February 14, 1997	5–4 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	23–27–6
57 	L	February 15, 1997	1–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	23–28–6
58 	L	February 18, 1997	1–6 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	23–29–6
59 	L	February 22, 1997	0–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	23–30–6
60 	T	February 24, 1997	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	23–30–7
61 	W	February 26, 1997	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	24–30–7
62 	L	February 28, 1997	1–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	24–31–7
63 	L	March 2, 1997 	0–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	24–32–7
64 	W	March 4, 1997 	2–1 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	25–32–7
65 	W	March 6, 1997 	6–3 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	26–32–7
66 	L	March 9, 1997 	0–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	26–33–7
67 	W	March 11, 1997 	4–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	27–33–7
68 	L	March 12, 1997 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	27–34–7
69 	L	March 15, 1997 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	27–35–7
70 	W	March 16, 1997 	5–3 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	28–35–7
71 	T	March 19, 1997 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	28–35–8
72 	L	March 21, 1997 	1–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	28–36–8
73 	W	March 22, 1997 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	29–36–8
74 	W	March 25, 1997 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	30–36–8
75 	L	March 26, 1997 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	30–37–8
76 	L	March 29, 1997 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	30–38–8
77 	L	April 1, 1997 	0–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	30–39–8
78 	L	April 3, 1997 	0–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	30–40–8
79 	T	April 6, 1997 	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	30–40–9
80 	W	April 10, 1997 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	31–40–9
81 	W	April 12, 1997 	6–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	32–40–9
82 	W	April 13, 1997 	8–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	33–40–9
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	77	46	31	77 	72 	7 	10 	4 	3
 	C 	82	14	32	46 	125	-2 	3 	0 	5
 	LW 	78	17	25	42 	67 	-3 	2 	1 	3
 	C 	58	15	27	42 	8 	-11	9 	1 	3
 	D 	77	11	29	40 	24 	-10	3 	1 	2
 	D 	57	13	17	30 	36 	-11	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	10	14	24 	33 	4 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	57	6 	18	24 	28 	11 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	54	7 	16	23 	22 	-15	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	42	9 	13	22 	165	-1 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	53	5 	17	22 	25 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	59	7 	14	21 	30 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	65	6 	11	17 	16 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	47	5 	11	16 	37 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	C 	17	4 	8 	12 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	23	4 	7 	11 	12 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	80	3 	8 	11 	115	-5 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	19	7 	3 	10 	4 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	13	5 	5 	10 	31 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	65	1 	8 	9 	107	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	2 	6 	8 	118	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	70	1 	7 	8 	42 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	80	4 	3 	7 	218	-11	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	19	3 	2 	5 	7 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	44	3 	2 	5 	88 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	2 	3 	5 	13 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	2 	1 	3 	4 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	38	1 	2 	3 	130	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	1 	2 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2293	40	17	18	3	105	2.75	1 	984 	879 	.893
 	1645	29	8 	15	4	71 	2.59	2 	758 	687 	.906
 	1009	18	8 	7 	2	46 	2.74	0 	412 	366 	.888
Team: 	4947	82	33	40	9	222	2.69	3 	2154	1932	.897
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==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
==External links==
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Washington Capitals season, 1996–97
Washington Capitals season, 1996–97
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