1995–96 Washington Capitals season

1995–96 Washington Capitals
Division 4th Atlantic
1995–96 record 39–32–11
Goals for 234
Goals against 204
Team information
General Manager David Poile
Coach Jim Schoenfeld
Captain Dale Hunter
Team leaders
<1994–95 1996–97>

The 1995–96 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' 22nd season of play.

Off-season

The Capitals changed colors from red, white and blue to brown and blue.

Regular season

The Capitals tied the Detroit Red Wings for most shutouts for (9) during the regular season.[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 New York Rangers 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
3 Florida Panthers 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
4 Washington Capitals 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
6 New Jersey Devils 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
7 New York Islanders 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 49 29 4 362 284 102
3 New York Rangers ATL 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
4 Florida Panthers ATL 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 40 31 11 282 269 91
6 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 40 32 10 265 248 90
7 Washington Capitals ATL 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
8 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
9 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
10 Hartford Whalers NE 82 34 39 9 237 259 77
11 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 33 42 7 247 262 73
12 New York Islanders ATL 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
13 Ottawa Senators NE 82 18 59 5 191 291 41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 7, 19954–1 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 1–0–0
2LOctober 11, 19951–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 1–1–0
3WOctober 13, 19953–1 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 2–1–0
4WOctober 14, 19952–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 3–1–0
5WOctober 17, 19954–3 @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 4–1–0
6LOctober 18, 19952–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 4–2–0
7LOctober 20, 19954–7 Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 4–3–0
8WOctober 26, 19954–2 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 5–3–0
9WOctober 28, 19954–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 6–3–0
10WOctober 29, 19953–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 7–3–0
11WNovember 1, 19955–2 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 8–3–0
12LNovember 3, 19952–3 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 8–4–0
13WNovember 4, 19953–2 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 9–4–0
14LNovember 7, 19953–4 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 9–5–0
15LNovember 10, 19951–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 9–6–0
16LNovember 11, 19951–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 9–7–0
17TNovember 14, 19952–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 9–7–1
18LNovember 17, 19952–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 9–8–1
19LNovember 18, 19950–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 9–9–1
20WNovember 21, 19953–2 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 10–9–1
21LNovember 24, 19951–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 10–10–1
22WNovember 25, 19954–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 11–10–1
23TNovember 29, 19952–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 11–10–2
24LNovember 30, 19952–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 11–11–2
25LDecember 2, 19953–5 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 11–12–2
26LDecember 5, 19953–4 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 11–13–2
27TDecember 8, 19952–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 11–13–3
28WDecember 10, 19956–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 12–13–3
29WDecember 14, 19954–3 OT New York Islanders (1995–96) 13–13–3
30WDecember 16, 19953–2 New York Rangers (1995–96) 14–13–3
31LDecember 18, 19950–3 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 14–14–3
32WDecember 22, 19956–3 Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 15–14–3
33LDecember 23, 19951–3 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 15–15–3
34WDecember 26, 19954–0 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 16–15–3
35WDecember 28, 19955–4 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 17–15–3
36WDecember 30, 19953–0 Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 18–15–3
37WJanuary 1, 19964–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 19–15–3
38LJanuary 3, 19960–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 19–16–3
39TJanuary 5, 19964–4 OT New York Rangers (1995–96) 19–16–4
40LJanuary 6, 19961–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 19–17–4
41WJanuary 11, 19966–1 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 20–17–4
42LJanuary 13, 19962–4 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 20–18–4
43TJanuary 16, 19961–1 OT Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 20–18–5
44WJanuary 17, 19963–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 21–18–5
45LJanuary 23, 19964–5 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 21–19–5
46LJanuary 25, 19961–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 21–20–5
47WJanuary 26, 19961–0 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 22–20–5
48WJanuary 28, 19963–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 23–20–5
49LJanuary 31, 19963–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 23–21–5
50WFebruary 1, 19964–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 24–21–5
51WFebruary 3, 19966–5 OT New York Islanders (1995–96) 25–21–5
52WFebruary 7, 19962–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 26–21–5
53TFebruary 8, 19964–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 26–21–6
54TFebruary 10, 19964–4 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 26–21–7
55WFebruary 13, 19963–2 Calgary Flames (1995–96) 27–21–7
56LFebruary 15, 19963–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 27–22–7
57WFebruary 16, 19964–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 28–22–7
58LFebruary 18, 19960–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 28–23–7
59LFebruary 22, 19963–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 28–24–7
60LFebruary 24, 19961–2 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 28–25–7
61WFebruary 27, 19965–3 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 29–25–7
62TFebruary 29, 19962–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 29–25–8
63WMarch 2, 19962–0 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 30–25–8
64WMarch 3, 19963–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 31–25–8
65LMarch 9, 19961–6 New York Rangers (1995–96) 31–26–8
66LMarch 10, 19960–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 31–27–8
67WMarch 12, 19969–0 Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 32–27–8
68LMarch 15, 19962–5 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 32–28–8
69WMarch 17, 19962–1 Dallas Stars (1995–96) 33–28–8
70LMarch 19, 19961–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 33–29–8
71TMarch 21, 19963–3 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 33–29–9
72TMarch 23, 19962–2 OT Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 33–29–10
73WMarch 26, 19967–1 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 34–29–10
74WMarch 27, 19961–0 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 35–29–10
75WMarch 29, 19965–0 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 36–29–10
76TMarch 31, 19961–1 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 36–29–11
77WApril 3, 19965–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 37–29–11
78LApril 4, 19962–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 37–30–11
79WApril 6, 19964–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 38–30–11
80WApril 10, 19964–1 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 39–30–11
81LApril 11, 19962–3 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 39–31–11
82LApril 13, 19962–3 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 39–32–11

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 73 16 65 81 3618625
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 67 52 28 80 40181147
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 80 14 50 64 30-3722
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 70 23 22 45 9213713
Jones, KeithKeith Jones RW 68 18 23 41 1038502
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 78 15 26 41 6025404
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote D 81 5 33 38 405302
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 82 13 24 37 1125403
Peake, PatPat Peake C 62 17 19 36 467803
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson D 78 10 25 35 5013400
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 74 7 13 20 307021
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf C 48 7 10 17 148001
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi D 71 3 10 13 11326200
Berube, CraigCraig Berube LW 50 2 10 12 1511101
Klee, KenKen Klee D 66 8 3 11 60-1012
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier LW 16 6 5 11 128100
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 70 4 7 11 75-1000
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie D 78 3 7 10 1497000
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson C 33 0 7 7 163000
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette LW 11 3 3 6 05001
Johnson, JimJim Johnson D 66 2 4 6 34-3000
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt D 48 2 3 5 85-4001
Gendron, MartinMartin Gendron RW 20 2 1 3 8-5000
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 54 1 2 3 164-1000
Allison, JasonJason Allison C 19 0 3 3 2-3000
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst D 3 1 0 1 0-1001
Carey, JimJim Carey G 71 0 1 1 60000
Charron, EricEric Charron D 4 0 1 1 43000
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Chasse, DenisDenis Chasse RW 3 0 0 0 5-1000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 18 0 0 0 20000
Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas D 1 0 0 0 00000
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey 4069 71 35 24 9 153 2.26 916311478.906
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 897 18 4 8 2 46 3.08 0406360.887
Team: 4966 82 39 32 11 199 2.40 920371838.902

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 5 0 7 7 6000
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar D 6 2 4 6 4100
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter C 6 1 5 6 24000
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra RW 6 3 2 5 8201
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka C 6 3 2 5 18100
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette LW 6 1 3 4 0000
Peake, PatPat Peake C 5 2 1 3 12200
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote D 6 2 0 2 12100
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier LW 6 2 0 2 12001
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles C/LW 6 1 1 2 2000
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 2 2 0000
Miller, KellyKelly Miller LW 6 0 1 1 4000
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner D 1 0 0 0 10000
Berube, CraigCraig Berube LW 2 0 0 0 19000
Carey, JimJim Carey G 3 0 0 0 0000
Charron, EricEric Charron D 6 0 0 0 8000
Johnson, JimJim Johnson D 6 0 0 0 6000
Jones, KeithKeith Jones RW 2 0 0 0 7000
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski C 3 0 0 0 16000
Klee, KenKen Klee D 1 0 0 0 0000
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig G 5 0 0 0 4000
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson C 3 0 0 0 4000
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst D 6 0 0 0 0000
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi D 6 0 0 0 16000
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf C 5 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig 341 5 2 3 11 1.94 0167156.934
Carey, JimJim Carey 97 3 0 1 10 6.19 03929.744
Team: 438 6 2 4 21 2.88 0206185.898

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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;

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