1995–96 Washington Capitals season

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
1	W	October 7, 1995	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1995	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	W	October 13, 1995	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	2–1–0
4	W	October 14, 1995	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	3–1–0
5	W	October 17, 1995	4–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	4–1–0
6	L	October 18, 1995	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	4–2–0
7	L	October 20, 1995	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	4–3–0
8	W	October 26, 1995	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	5–3–0
9	W	October 28, 1995	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	6–3–0
10	W	October 29, 1995	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	7–3–0
11	W	November 1, 1995	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	8–3–0
12	L	November 3, 1995	2–3	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	8–4–0
13	W	November 4, 1995	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	9–4–0
14	L	November 7, 1995	3–4	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	9–5–0
15	L	November 10, 1995	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	9–6–0
16	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	9–7–0
17	T	November 14, 1995	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	9–7–1
18	L	November 17, 1995	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–8–1
19	L	November 18, 1995	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–9–1
20	W	November 21, 1995	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	10–9–1
21	L	November 24, 1995	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–10–1
22	W	November 25, 1995	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–10–1
23	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	11–10–2
24	L	November 30, 1995	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	11–11–2
25	L	December 2, 1995	3–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	11–12–2
26	L	December 5, 1995	3–4	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	11–13–2
27	T	December 8, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	11–13–3
28	W	December 10, 1995	6–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	12–13–3
29	W	December 14, 1995	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	13–13–3
30	W	December 16, 1995	3–2	New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–13–3
31	L	December 18, 1995	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–14–3
32	W	December 22, 1995	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	15–14–3
33	L	December 23, 1995	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	15–15–3
34	W	December 26, 1995	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	16–15–3
35	W	December 28, 1995	5–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	17–15–3
36	W	December 30, 1995	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	18–15–3
37	W	January 1, 1996	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	19–15–3
38	L	January 3, 1996	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	19–16–3
39	T	January 5, 1996	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96)	19–16–4
40	L	January 6, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	19–17–4
41	W	January 11, 1996	6–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	20–17–4
42	L	January 13, 1996	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	20–18–4
43	T	January 16, 1996	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	20–18–5
44	W	January 17, 1996	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	21–18–5
45	L	January 23, 1996	4–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	21–19–5
46	L	January 25, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	21–20–5
47	W	January 26, 1996	1–0	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–20–5
48	W	January 28, 1996	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	23–20–5
49	L	January 31, 1996	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	23–21–5
50	W	February 1, 1996	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	24–21–5
51	W	February 3, 1996	6–5 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	25–21–5
52	W	February 7, 1996	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	26–21–5
53	T	February 8, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	26–21–6
54	T	February 10, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–21–7
55	W	February 13, 1996	3–2	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	27–21–7
56	L	February 15, 1996	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	27–22–7
57	W	February 16, 1996	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	28–22–7
58	L	February 18, 1996	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	28–23–7
59	L	February 22, 1996	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	28–24–7
60	L	February 24, 1996	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	28–25–7
61	W	February 27, 1996	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	29–25–7
62	T	February 29, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	29–25–8
63	W	March 2, 1996	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	30–25–8
64	W	March 3, 1996	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	31–25–8
65	L	March 9, 1996	1–6	New York Rangers (1995–96)	31–26–8
66	L	March 10, 1996	0–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	31–27–8
67	W	March 12, 1996	9–0	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	32–27–8
68	L	March 15, 1996	2–5	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	32–28–8
69	W	March 17, 1996	2–1	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	33–28–8
70	L	March 19, 1996	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	33–29–8
71	T	March 21, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	33–29–9
72	T	March 23, 1996	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	33–29–10
73	W	March 26, 1996	7–1	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	34–29–10
74	W	March 27, 1996	1–0 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	35–29–10
75	W	March 29, 1996	5–0	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	36–29–10
76	T	March 31, 1996	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	36–29–11
77	W	April 3, 1996	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	37–29–11
78	L	April 4, 1996	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	37–30–11
79	W	April 6, 1996	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	38–30–11
80	W	April 10, 1996	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	39–30–11
81	L	April 11, 1996	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	39–31–11
82	L	April 13, 1996	2–3	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	36	18	6	2	5
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	67	52	28	80	40	18	11	4	7
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	80	14	50	64	30	-3	7	2	2
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	70	23	22	45	92	13	7	1	3
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	68	18	23	41	103	8	5	0	2
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	78	15	26	41	60	25	4	0	4
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	81	5	33	38	40	5	3	0	2
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	82	13	24	37	112	5	4	0	3
Peake, PatPat Peake	C	62	17	19	36	46	7	8	0	3
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	78	10	25	35	50	13	4	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	74	7	13	20	30	7	0	2	1
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf	C	48	7	10	17	14	8	0	0	1
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	71	3	10	13	113	26	2	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	50	2	10	12	151	1	1	0	1
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	66	8	3	11	60	-1	0	1	2
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	16	6	5	11	12	8	1	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	70	4	7	11	75	-1	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	78	3	7	10	149	7	0	0	0
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	C	33	0	7	7	16	3	0	0	0
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	11	3	3	6	0	5	0	0	1
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	66	2	4	6	34	-3	0	0	0
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	48	2	3	5	85	-4	0	0	1
Gendron, MartinMartin Gendron	RW	20	2	1	3	8	-5	0	0	0
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski	C	54	1	2	3	164	-1	0	0	0
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	19	0	3	3	2	-3	0	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	3	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	71	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Charron, EricEric Charron	D	4	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Chasse, DenisDenis Chasse	RW	3	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey	4069	71	35	24	9	153	2.26	9	1631	1478	.906
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	897	18	4	8	2	46	3.08	0	406	360	.887
Team:	4966	82	39	32	11	199	2.40	9	2037	1838	.902

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	5	0	7	7	6	0	0
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	6	2	4	6	4	1	0
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	6	1	5	6	24	0	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	6	3	2	5	8	2	1
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	6	3	2	5	18	1	0
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	6	1	3	4	0	0	0
Peake, PatPat Peake	C	5	2	1	3	12	2	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	6	2	0	2	12	1	0
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	6	2	0	2	12	0	1
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	2	0	2	2	0	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	1	0	0	0	10	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	2	0	0	0	19	0	0
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charron, EricEric Charron	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	2	0	0	0	7	0	0
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski	C	3	0	0	0	16	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	5	0	0	0	4	0	0
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	6	0	0	0	16	0	0
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	341	5	2	3	11	1.94	167	156	.934
Carey, JimJim Carey	97	3	0	1	10	6.19	39	29	.744
Team:	438	6	2	4	21	2.88	206	185	.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;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/1996.html
↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ "1995-96 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

External links

"1995–96 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Verizon Center Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility)

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL Reading Royals

General managers	Schmidt McNab Crozier Poile McPhee MacLellan

Head coaches	Anderson Sullivan Schmidt McVie Belisle Green Crozier B. Murray T. Murray Schoenfeld Wilson Cassidy Hanlon Boudreau Hunter Oates Trotz

Media	TV CSN Mid-Atlantic Radio WFED WJFK

Culture/Lore	Easter Epic 2011 NHL Winter Classic 2015 NHL Winter Classic

Washington Capitals seasons

1970s	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

1995–96 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Rat Trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1995–96 Washington Capitals season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links