2016–17 Washington Capitals season

2016–17 Washington Capitals
Metropolitan Division champions
Division 1st Metropolitan
Conference 1st Eastern
2016–17 record 55–19–8
Home record 32–7–2
Road record 23–12–6
Goals for 263
Goals against 182
Team information
General Manager Brian MacLellan
Coach Barry Trotz
Captain Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains Nicklas Backstrom
Brooks Orpik
Arena Verizon Center
Minor league affiliate(s) Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals T.J. Oshie
Alexander Ovechkin (33)
Assists Nicklas Backstrom (63)
Points Nicklas Backstrom (86)
Penalties in minutes Tom Wilson (133)
Plus/minus Brooks Orpik (+32)
Wins Braden Holtby (42)
Goals against average Philipp Grubauer (2.04)

The 2016–17 Washington Capitals season was the 43rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.[1] They finished the season as President's Trophy winners for the second consecutive year, and third time in team history.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Washington Capitals 82 55 19 8 53 263 182 +81 118
2 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 50 21 11 46 282 234 +48 111
3 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 50 24 8 47 249 195 +54 108
4 x – New York Rangers 82 48 28 6 45 256 220 +36 102
5 New York Islanders 82 41 29 12 39 241 242 −1 94
6 Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 33 10 32 219 236 −17 88
7 Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 31 15 33 215 236 −21 87
8 New Jersey Devils 82 28 40 14 25 183 244 −61 70
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Washington Capitals 82 55 19 8 53 263 182 +81 118
2 x – Pittsburgh Penguins 82 50 21 11 46 282 234 +48 111
3 x – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 50 24 8 47 249 195 +54 108
Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.
Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Montreal Canadiens 82 47 26 9 44 226 200 +26 103
2 x – Ottawa Senators 82 44 28 10 38 212 214 −2 98
3 x – Boston Bruins 82 44 31 7 42 234 212 +22 95
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME x – New York Rangers 82 48 28 6 45 256 220 +36 102
2 AT x – Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 27 15 39 251 242 +9 95
3 ME New York Islanders 82 41 29 12 39 241 242 −1 94
4 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 82 42 30 10 38 234 227 +7 94
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 33 10 32 219 236 −17 88
6 ME Carolina Hurricanes 82 36 31 15 33 215 236 −21 87
7 AT Florida Panthers 82 35 36 11 30 210 237 −27 81
8 AT Detroit Red Wings 82 33 36 13 24 207 244 −37 79
9 AT Buffalo Sabres 82 33 37 12 31 201 237 −36 78
10 ME New Jersey Devils 82 28 40 14 25 183 244 −61 70
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2016–17 Schedule
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = OT/SO Loss

Playoffs

2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

Updated as of April 23, 2017

Skaters

Regular season[2]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 82 23 63 86 17 38
Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 82 33 36 69 6 50
Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov 82 19 40 59 18 46
Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 68 33 23 56 28 36
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 82 24 34 58 25 10
Williams, JustinJustin Williams 80 24 24 48 14 50
Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 78 5 34 39 20 32
Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 72 9 28 37 7 10
Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 64 12 23 35 13 14
Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov 82 6 27 33 30 51
Beagle, JayJay Beagle 81 13 17 30 20 22
Eller, LarsLars Eller 81 12 13 25 15 36
Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly 66 15 8 23 20 40
Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik 72 12 13 25 15 49
Wilson, TomTom Wilson 82 7 12 19 9 133
Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 60 3 14 17 22 16
Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 82 3 10 13 23 28
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 79 0 14 14 32 48
Chorney, TaylorTaylor Chorney 18 1 4 5 8 11
Vrana, JakubJakub Vrana 21 3 3 6 2 2
Sanford, ZachZach Sanford‡ 26 2 1 3 0 6
Carey, PaulPaul Carey 6 0 0 0 -2 0
Barber, RileyRiley Barber 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ness, AaronAaron Ness 2 0 0 0 -1 0
O'Brien, LiamLiam O'Brien 1 0 0 0 0 0
Stephenson, ChandlerChandler Stephenson 4 0 0 0 0 0
Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk† 19 2 12 14 4 10
Playoffs[2]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie 6 3 4 7 1 2
Williams, JustinJustin Williams 6 3 3 6 1 6
Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 6 2 4 6 1 6
Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 6 2 3 5 0 2
Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 6 5 3 8 1 2
Wilson, TomTom Wilson 6 3 0 3 1 12
Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov 6 1 2 3 –1 2
Shattenkirk, KevinKevin Shattenkirk 6 0 3 3 –4 2
Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 6 1 1 2 3 0
Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 6 3 3 6 0 0
Eller, LarsLars Eller 6 0 2 2 0 6
Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov 6 0 2 2 0 2
Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 6 0 2 2 –4 2
Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 4 0 2 2 5 2
Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 6 0 1 1 1 2
Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 2 0 0 0 –1 0
Beagle, JayJay Beagle 6 0 0 0 –2 4
Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly 6 0 0 0 –2 0
Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik 6 0 0 0 –1 0

Goaltenders
Regular season[2]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby 63 63 3680:10 42 13 6 127 2.07 1690 .925 9 0 0 0
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer 24 19 1264:34 13 6 2 43 2.05 585 .927 3 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby 6 5 407:10 4 2 16 2.36 213 .925 0 0 0 2

†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 July 1, 2017.[3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
19 Sweden Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom (A) C L 29 2006 Gävle, Sweden
83 Canada Beagle, JayJay Beagle RW R 31 2007 Calgary, Alberta
65 Sweden Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky LW L 22 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria
74 United States Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson D R 27 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
4 United States Chorney, TaylorTaylor Chorney D L 30 2015 Thunder Bay, Ontario
10 Canada Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly RW R 25 2016 Campbell River, British Columbia
20 Denmark Eller, LarsLars Eller LW L 28 2016 Rødovre, Denmark
— Canada Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac C L 24 2017 Brampton, Ontario
31 Germany Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer G L 25 2010 Rosenheim, Germany
70 Canada Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby G L 27 2008 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
92 Russia Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov C L 25 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia
2 United States Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen D R 30 2014 Virginia, Minnesota
9 Russia Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov D L 26 2009 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
44 United States Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik (A) D L 36 2014 San Francisco, California
77 United States Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie RW R 30 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington
8 Russia Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 31 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union
— Canada Smith-Pelly, DevanteDevante Smith-Pelly LW R 25 2017 Scarborough, Ontario
43 Canada Wilson, TomTom Wilson RW L 23 2013 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]
February 15, 2017 To Los Angeles Kings
Futrue considerations		 To Washington Capitals
Tom Gilbert		 [6]
February 27, 2017 To St. Louis Blues
Zach Sanford
Brad Malone
1st-round pick in 2017
conditional 2nd-round pick in 2019		 To Washington Capitals
Kevin Shattenkirk
Pheonix Copley		 [7]
Notes

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars) 		Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Joe Cannata Utica Comets 1 year, $575,000 [8]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Darren Dietz Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $575,000 [8]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Christian Thomas Springfield Falcons 1 year, $575,000 [8]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Brett Connolly Boston Bruins 1 year, $850,000 [9]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Brad Malone Carolina Hurricanes 1 year, $575,000 [10]
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Mason Mitchell University of Alaska-Anchorage 2 years, entry-level contract [11]
March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) Kris Bindulis Lake Superior State University 3 years, entry-level contract [12]
March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) Hampus Gustafsson Merrimack College 2 years, entry-level contract [12]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars) 		Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Michael Latta Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $600,000 [13]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jason Chimera New York Islanders 2 years, $4.5 million [14]
July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21) Erik Burgdoerfer Buffalo Sabres 1 year, two-way contract [15]

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 (2016-06-24) Paul Carey 1-year, $575,000 [16]
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) Aaron Ness 2-years, $1.225 million [16]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Zach Sill 2-years, $1.225 million [17]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Tom Wilson 2-years, $4 million [18]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Connor Hobbs 3-years, entry-level contract [19]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Zach Sanford 3-years, entry-level contract [20]
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20) Marcus Johansson 3-years, $13.75 million [21]
September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) Dmitry Orlov 1-year, $2.57 million [22]
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Lucas Johansen 3-years, entry-level contract [23]
March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) Colby Williams 2-years, entry-level contract [23]
March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) Garrett Pilon 3-years, entry-level contract [24]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Beck Malenstyn 3-years, entry-level contract [25]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Nathan Walker 2-years, $1.3 million contract extension [25]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals 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 Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3 87[b] Garrett Pilon C Canada Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 117 Damien Riat LW Switzerland Switzerland Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)
5 145[c] Beck Malenstyn LW Canada Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 147 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby LW Sweden Sweden Djurgarden-jr. (Swe-Jr)
6 177 Chase Priskie D United States United States Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA
7 207 Dmitriy Zaitsev D Russia Russia Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (NAHL)
Draft notes[26]
  • 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.[27]
  • [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.[27]
  • 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.[28]
  • [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.[27]
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.[29]
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.[30]

References

  1. ↑ National Hockey League (2012). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2013. Triumph Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-60078-785-0.
  2. 1 2 3 "2016-2017 Regular Season Stats - Points - Washington Capitals - Statistics". Washington Capitals. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Capitals Roster - Washington Capitals - Team". Washington Capitals. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Capitals Select Lucas Johansen in the First Round of the 2016 NHL Draft". Washington Capitals. June 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Capitals Acquire Eller from Montreal". Washington Capitals. June 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Capitals Acquire Tom Gilbert from Los Angeles". Washington Capitals. February 15, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Caps Land Shattenkirk". Washington Capitals. February 27, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Capitals Sign Cannata, Dietz and Thomas". NHL.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Capitals Sign Brett Connolly". NHL.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Capitals Sign Brad Malone". NHL.com. July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Capitals Sign Mason Mitchell". NHL.com. March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Capitals Sign Kris Bindulis and Hampus Gustafsson". NHL.com. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Michael Latta Heading to LA". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Chimera Agrees to Two-Year Deal". NHL.com. July 1, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  15. ↑ "SABRES SIGN BURGDOERFER". Amerks.com. Rochester Americans. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Capitals Re-sign Paul Carey and Aaron Ness". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Capitals Re-sign Zach Sill". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Capitals Re-sign Tom Wilson". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Capitals Sign Connor Hobbs". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Caps Sign Sanford". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Capitals Re-sign Marcus Johansson". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Capitals Re-Sign Dmitry Orlov". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  23. 1 2 "Capitals Sign Lucas Johansen and Colby Williams". capitals.nhl.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Capitals Sign Garrett Pilon". capitalstoday.monumentalsportsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  25. 1 2 "Capitals Sign Beck Malenstyn". capitalstoday.monumentalsportsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  26. ↑ "2016 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  27. 1 2 3 "Blues Take NCAA Player In First Round". June 24, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  28. 1 2 "Leafs deal Winnik, pick to Caps for Laich, Carrick, pick". February 28, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  29. ↑ "T.J. Oshie traded to Capitals; Blues get Brouwer". July 2, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Maple Leafs trade defenceman Holzer to Ducks". March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
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