2016–17 Washington Capitals season

2016–17 Washington Capitals
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
2016–17 record	13–7–3
Home record	8–4–0
Road record	5–3–3
Goals for	58
Goals against	53
Team information
General Manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom Brooks Orpik
Arena	Verizon Center
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (12)
Assists	Nicklas Backstrom (14)
Points	Nicklas Backstrom (21)
Penalties in minutes	Tom Wilson (21)
Plus/minus	T. J. Oshie (+10)
Wins	Braden Holtby (10)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (1.80)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Washington Capitals season is the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.[1] Regular season Standings Divisional standings Metropolitan Division Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 New York Rangers 26 17 8 1 17 95 65 +30 35 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 26 16 7 3 14 88 80 +8 35 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 24 15 5 4 14 77 53 +24 34 4 Washington Capitals 24 14 7 3 14 61 55 +6 31 5 Philadelphia Flyers 27 14 10 3 11 87 85 +2 31 6 New Jersey Devils 24 11 7 6 9 63 66 −3 28 7 Carolina Hurricanes 25 10 10 5 9 58 65 −7 25 8 New York Islanders 24 9 10 5 8 62 71 −9 23 Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Conference standings Top 3 (Metropolitan Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 New York Rangers 26 17 8 1 17 95 65 +30 35 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 26 16 7 3 14 88 80 +8 35 3 Columbus Blue Jackets 24 15 5 4 14 77 53 +24 34 Source: National Hockey League Top 3 (Atlantic Division) Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 Montreal Canadiens 25 17 6 2 16 74 56 +18 36 2 Ottawa Senators 26 15 9 2 12 64 67 −3 32 3 Boston Bruins 26 15 10 1 13 63 58 +5 31 Source: National Hockey League Eastern Conference Wild Card Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts 1 ME Washington Capitals 24 14 7 3 14 61 55 +6 31 2 ME Philadelphia Flyers 27 14 10 3 11 87 85 +2 31 3 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 27 14 11 2 12 77 72 +5 30 4 ME New Jersey Devils 24 11 7 6 9 63 66 −3 28 5 AT Florida Panthers 26 12 11 3 10 63 67 −4 27 6 AT Detroit Red Wings 26 12 11 3 9 65 69 −4 27 7 AT Toronto Maple Leafs 24 10 9 5 10 72 77 −5 25 8 ME Carolina Hurricanes 25 10 10 5 9 58 65 −7 25 9 AT Buffalo Sabres 25 9 10 6 8 51 65 −14 24 10 ME New York Islanders 24 9 10 5 8 62 71 −9 23 Updated to game(s) played on December 5, 2016. Source: National Hockey League Schedule and results Regular season 2016–17 Schedule October: 5–2–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1), 11 Points # Oct Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 1 13 7:00 PM Washington Capitals 2–3 SO Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena (18,630) 0–0–1 1 2 15 7:00 PM New York Islanders 1–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 1–0–1 3 3 18 7:00 PM Colorado Avalanche 0–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 2–0–1 5 4 20 7:30 PM Washington Capitals 4–2 Florida Panthers BB&T Center (12,440) 3–0–1 7 5 22 7:00 PM New York Rangers 4–2 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 3–1–1 7 6 26 9:30 PM Washington Capitals 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Place (18,347) 3–2–1 7 7 29 10:00 PM Washington Capitals 5–2 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Arena (18,338) 4–2–1 9 8 30 9:30 PM Washington Capitals 3–1 Calgary Flames Scotiabank Saddledome (18,454) 5–2–1 11 November: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–1), 17 Points # Nov Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 9 1 8:00 PM Washington Capitals 3–2 Winnipeg Jets MTS Centre (15,294) 6–2–1 13 10 3 7:00 PM Winnipeg Jets 3–4 OT Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 7–2–1 15 11 5 7:00 PM Florida Panthers 2–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 8–2–1 17 12 8 7:00 PM San Jose Sharks 3–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 8–3–1 17 13 11 8:30 PM Washington Capitals 3–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks United Center (22,075) 9–3–1 19 14 12 7:00 PM Washington Capitals 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena (12,436) 9–4–1 19 15 15 7:00 PM Washington Capitals 1–2 OT Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena (11,738) 9–4–2 20 16 16 8:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins 1–7 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 10–4–2 22 17 18 7:00 PM Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 11–4–2 24 18 20 12:30 PM Columbus Blue Jackets 2–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 11–5–2 24 19 23 7:00 PM St. Louis Blues 3–4 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 12–5–2 26 20 25 5:00 PM Buffalo Sabres 1–3 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 13–5–2 28 21 26 7:00 PM Washington Capitals 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre (19,051) 13–6–2 28 December: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–1), 1 Points # Dec Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 22 1 7:00 PM New York Islanders 3–0 Washington Capitals Verizon Center (18,506) 13–7–2 28 23 3 7:00 PM Washington Capitals 1–2 SO Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena (19,092) 13–7–3 29 24 5 7:00 PM Buffalo Sabres – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 25 7 8:00 PM Boston Bruins – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 26 9 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – Buffalo Sabres First Niagara Center –– 27 11 5:00 PM Vancouver Canucks – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 28 13 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – New York Islanders Barclays Center –– 29 16 7:30 PM Washington Capitals – Carolina Hurricanes PNC Arena –– 30 17 7:00 PM Montreal Canadiens – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 31 21 8:00 PM Washington Capitals – Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center –– 32 23 7:00 PM Tampa Bay Lightning – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 33 27 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – New York Islanders Barclays Center –– 34 29 7:00 PM New Jersey Devils – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 35 31 1:00 PM Washington Capitals – New Jersey Devils Prudential Center –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points # Jan Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 36 1 7:30 PM Ottawa Senators – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 37 3 7:00 PM Toronto Maple Leafs – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 38 5 7:00 PM Columbus Blue Jackets – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 39 7 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre –– 40 9 7:30 PM Washington Capitals – Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre –– 41 11 8:00 PM Pittsburgh Penguins – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 42 13 7:00 PM Chicago Blackhawks – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 43 15 12:30 PM Philadelphia Flyers – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 44 16 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – Pittsburgh Penguins PPG Paints Arena –– 45 19 8:00 PM Washington Capitals – St. Louis Blues Scottrade Center –– 46 21 8:00 PM Washington Capitals – Dallas Stars American Airlines Center –– 47 23 7:00 PM Carolina Hurricanes – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 48 24 7:30 PM Washington Capitals – Ottawa Senators Canadian Tire Centre –– 49 26 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – New Jersey Devils Prudential Center –– 50 31 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – New York Islanders Barclays Center –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points # Feb Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 51 1 8:00 PM Boston Bruins – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 52 4 1:00 PM Washington Capitals – Montreal Canadiens Bell Centre –– 53 5 12:00 PM Los Angeles Kings – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 54 7 7:00 PM Carolina Hurricanes – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 55 9 7:00 PM Detroit Red Wings – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 56 11 7:00 PM Anaheim Ducks – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 57 18 2:00 PM Washington Capitals – Detroit Red Wings Joe Louis Arena –– 58 19 12:30 PM Washington Capitals – New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) –– 59 22 8:00 PM Washington Capitals – Philadelphia Flyers Wells Fargo Center –– 60 24 7:00 PM Edmonton Oilers – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 61 25 5:00 PM Washington Capitals – Nashville Predators Bridgestone Arena –– 62 28 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – New York Rangers Madison Square Garden (IV) –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points # Mar Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 63 2 7:00 PM New Jersey Devils – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 64 4 7:00 PM Philadelphia Flyers – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 65 6 7:00 PM Dallas Stars – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 66 9 10:30 PM Washington Capitals – San Jose Sharks SAP Center –– 67 11 10:30 PM Washington Capitals – Los Angeles Kings Staples Center –– 68 12 9:30 PM Washington Capitals – Anaheim Ducks Honda Center –– 69 14 7:00 PM Minnesota Wild – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 70 16 7:00 PM Nashville Predators – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 71 18 7:00 PM Washington Capitals – Tampa Bay Lightning Amalie Arena –– 72 21 7:00 PM Calgary Flames – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 73 23 7:00 PM Columbus Blue Jackets – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 74 25 7:00 PM Arizona Coyotes – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 75 28 8:00 PM Washington Capitals – Minnesota Wild Xcel Energy Center –– 76 29 10:00 PM Washington Capitals – Colorado Avalanche Pepsi Center –– 77 31 10:00 PM Washington Capitals – Arizona Coyotes Gila River Arena –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0), 0 Points # Apr Time (ET) Visitor Score Home Location/Attendance Record Points 78 2 6:00 PM Washington Capitals – Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena –– 79 4 7:30 PM Washington Capitals – Toronto Maple Leafs Air Canada Centre –– 80 5 8:00 PM New York Rangers – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– 81 8 3:00 PM Washington Capitals – Boston Bruins TD Garden –– 82 9 7:00 PM Florida Panthers – Washington Capitals Verizon Center –– Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss Player statistics As of November 6, 2016 Skaters Regular season[2] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 11 7 4 11 1 8 Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 11 6 5 11 4 2 Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 11 1 8 9 0 4 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 11 6 1 7 6 10 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 11 2 4 6 0 0 Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov 11 1 5 6 4 2 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 11 0 5 5 4 2 Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 11 0 5 5 3 0 Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 11 2 2 4 6 6 Beagle, JayJay Beagle 11 1 3 4 4 2 Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 11 0 4 4 0 2 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 11 0 3 3 7 2 Eller, LarsLars Eller 11 2 0 2 2 10 Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik 7 2 0 2 2 2 Williams, JustinJustin Williams 11 1 1 2 0 6 Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov 11 0 2 2 4 6 Wilson, TomTom Wilson 11 1 0 1 5 10 Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly 6 1 0 1 2 2 Sanford, ZachZach Sanford 9 0 1 1 0 2 Goaltenders Regular season[2] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby 9 9 546 6 2 1 20 2.20 252 .921 0 0 0 0 Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer 2 2 120 2 0 0 2 1.00 43 .953 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. Roster Updated December 3, 2016.[3] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 27 Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner D L 28 2007 Burnaby, British Columbia 19 Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom (A) C L 29 2006 Gävle, Sweden 83 Beagle, JayJay Beagle RW R 31 2007 Calgary, Alberta 65 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky LW L 21 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria 28 Carey, PaulPaul Carey C L 28 2015 Boston, Massachusetts 74 Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson D R 26 2008 Natick, Massachusetts 4 Chorney, TaylorTaylor Chorney D L 29 2015 Thunder Bay, Ontario 10 Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly RW R 24 2016 Campbell River, British Columbia 20 Eller, LarsLars Eller LW L 27 2016 Rødovre, Denmark 31 Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer G L 25 2010 Rosenheim, Germany 70 Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby G L 27 2008 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan 90 Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson C/LW L 26 2009 Landskrona, Sweden 92 Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov F L 24 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia 2 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen D R 30 2014 Virginia, Minnesota 9 Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov D L 25 2009 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union 44 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik (A) D L 36 2014 San Francisco, California 77 Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie RW R 29 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington 8 Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 31 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union 88 Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt D L 25 2013 St. Cloud, Minnesota 13 Vrana, JakubJakub Vrana LW L 20 2014 Praha, Czech Republic 14 Williams, JustinJustin Williams RW L 35 2015 Cobourg, Ontario 43 Wilson, TomTom Wilson RW L 22 2013 Toronto, Ontario 26 Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik LW L 31 2016 Toronto, Ontario Transactions The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season. Trades Date Details Ref June 24, 2016 To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick in 2016 To Washington Capitals 1st-round pick in 2016 WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2016 [4] June 24, 2016 To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018 To Washington Capitals Lars Eller [5] Notes Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Joe Cannata Utica Comets 1 year, $575,000 [6] July 1, 2016 Darren Dietz Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $575,000 [6] July 1, 2016 Christian Thomas Springfield Falcons 1 year, $575,000 [6] July 1, 2016 Brett Connolly Boston Bruins 1 year, $850,000 [7] July 2, 2016 Brad Malone Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $575,000 [8] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Michael Latta Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $600,000 [9] July 1, 2016 Jason Chimera New York Islanders 2 years, $4.5 million [10] July 21, 2016 Erik Burgdoerfer Buffalo Sabres 1 year, two-way contract [11] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date Ref Lost via retirement Date Player Ref Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 24, 2016 Paul Carey 1-year, $575,000 [12] June 24, 2016 Aaron Ness 2-years, $1.225 million [12] June 30, 2016 Zach Sill 2-years, $1.225 million [13] June 30, 2016 Tom Wilson 2-years, $4 million [14] July 1, 2016 Connor Hobbs 3-years, entry-level contract [15] July 11, 2016 Zach Sanford 3-years, entry-level contract [16] July 20, 2016 Marcus Johansson 3-years, $13.75 million [17] September 21, 2016 Dmitry Orlov 1-year, $2.57 million [18] Draft picks Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 28^[a] Lucas Johansen D Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 3 87^[b] Garrett Pilon C Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 4 117 Damien Riat LW Switzerland Geneve-Servette HC (NLA) 5 145^[c] Beck Malenstyn LW Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 5 147 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby LW Sweden Djurgarden-jr. (Swe-Jr) 6 177 Chase Priskie D United States Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA 7 207 Dmitriy Zaitsev D Russia Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (NAHL) Draft notes[19] The Washington Capitals’ first-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick and Washington’s third-round pick both in 2016 (28th and 87th overall) to Washington in exchange for this pick.[20] ^[a] The St. Louis Blues’ first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for Washington’s third-round pick in 2016 (87th overall) and this pick.[20] The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Daniel Winnik and Anaheim's fifth-round pick in 2016 to Washington in exchange for Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and this pick.[21] ^[b] The Washington Capitals' third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 24, 2016 that sent a first-round pick in 2016 (26th overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a first-round pick in 2016 (28th overall) and this pick.[20] St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 2, 2015 that sent T. J. Oshie to Washington in exchange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and this pick.[22] ^[c] The Anaheim Ducks' fifth-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on February 28, 2016 that sent Brooks Laich, Connor Carrick and a second-round pick in 2016 to Toronto in exchange for Daniel Winnik and this pick.[21] Toronto previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Korbinian Holzer to Anaheim in exchange for Eric Brewer and this pick.[23] References National Hockey League (2012). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2013. Triumph Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-60078-785-0. "2015-2016 Regular Season Stats - Points - Washington Capitals - Statistics". Washington Capitals. Retrieved April 13, 2016. "Capitals Roster - Washington Capitals - Team". Washington Capitals. Retrieved December 3, 2016. "Capitals Select Lucas Johansen in the First Round of the 2016 NHL Draft". Washington Capitals. June 24, 2016. 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