2017–18 Washington Capitals season

2017–18 Washington Capitals
Division	TBD Metropolitan
Conference	TBD Eastern
Team information
General Manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

The 2017–18 Washington Capitals season will be the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[1]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Capitals' preseason schedule was released on June 7, 2017.^[2]

2017 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

Game	Date	Opponent
1	September 18	@ New Jersey Devils
2	September 20	@ Montreal Canadiens
3	September 22	St. Louis Blues
4	September 23	Carolina Hurricanes
5	September 27	New Jersey Devils
6	September 29	@ Carolina Hurricanes
7	October 1	@ St. Louis Blues

Regular season

The team released its regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.^[3]

2017–18 game log

October: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

November: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

December: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

January: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

February: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

March: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

April: 0–0–0, 0 points (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

Win (2 Points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated July 1, 2017.^[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
19	Sweden !	Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom (A)	4.0 !C	L	29	2006	Gävle, Sweden
83	Canada !	Beagle, JayJay Beagle	7.0 !RW	R	31	2007	Calgary, Alberta
65	Sweden !	Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky	6.0 !LW	L	22	2013	Klagenfurt, Austria
74	United States !	Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson	2.0 !D	R	27	2008	Natick, Massachusetts
4	United States !	Chorney, TaylorTaylor Chorney	2.0 !D	L	30	2015	Thunder Bay, Ontario
10	Canada !	Connolly, BrettBrett Connolly	7.0 !RW	R	25	2016	Campbell River, British Columbia
20	Denmark !	Eller, LarsLars Eller	6.0 !LW	L	28	2016	Rødovre, Denmark
—	Canada !	Graovac, TylerTyler Graovac	4.0 !C	L	24	2017	Brampton, Ontario
31	Germany !	Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	1.0 !G	L	25	2010	Rosenheim, Germany
70	Canada !	Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby	1.0 !G	L	27	2008	Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
92	Russia !	Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov	4.0 !C	L	25	2010	Chelyabinsk, Russia
2	United States !	Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	2.0 !D	R	30	2014	Virginia, Minnesota
9	Russia !	Orlov, DmitryDmitry Orlov	2.0 !D	L	26	2009	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
44	United States !	Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik (A)	2.0 !D	L	36	2014	San Francisco, California
77	United States !	Oshie, T. J.T. J. Oshie	7.0 !RW	R	30	2015	Mount Vernon, Washington
8	Russia !	Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin (C)	6.0 !LW	R	31	2004	Moscow, Soviet Union
—	Canada !	Smith-Pelly, DevanteDevante Smith-Pelly	6.0 !LW	R	25	2017	Scarborough, Ontario
43	Canada !	Wilson, TomTom Wilson	7.0 !RW	L	23	2013	Toronto, Ontario

John Carlson is an assistant captain

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	To New Jersey Devils Marcus Johansson	To Washington Capitals FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2018 TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018	^[5]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	John Albert	Kärpät	1-year, $650,000	^[6]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Anthony Peluso	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $650,000	^[7]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Devante Smith-Pelly	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $650,000	^[8]
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)	Wayne Simpson	Providence Bruins	1-year	^[9]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20)	Chris Bourque	Hershey Bears	1-year	^[10]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Karl Alzner	Montreal Canadiens	5-year, $23.125 million	^[11]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joe Cannata	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $650,000	^[12]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Paul Carey	New York Rangers	1-year, $650,000	^[13]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kevin Shattenkirk	New York Rangers	4-year, $26.6 million	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Justin Williams	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year, $9 million	^[15]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Garrett Mitchell	Hershey Bears	1-year	^[16]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Stanislav Galiev	Ak Bars Kazan	2-year	^[17]
July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)	Tom Gilbert	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	1-year	^[18]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	Christian Djoos	2-year, $1.3 million	^[19]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	T.J. Oshie	8-year, $46 million	^[20]
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Brett Connolly	2-year, $3 million	^[21]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Pheonix Copley	2-year, $1.3 million	^[22]
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	Chandler Stephenson	2-year, $1.3 million	^[23]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Evgeny Kuznetsov	8-year, $62.4 million	^[24]
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Andre Burakovsky	2-year, $6 million	^[25]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Travis Boyd	1-year, $650,000	^[26]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Philipp Grubauer	1-year, $1.5 million	^[27]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Liam O'Brien	1-year, $650,000	^[28]

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
4	120	Tobias Geisser	D	Switzerland	EVZ Academy (NLB)
5	151	Sebastian Walfridsson	D	Sweden	Modo Hockey (J20 SuperElit
6	182	Benton Maass	D	United States	Elk River High School (USHS)
7	213	Kristian Roykas Marthinsen	LW	Norway	Almtuna IS (J20 SuperElit)

References

↑ National Hockey League (2012). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2013. Triumph Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-60078-785-0.
↑ "Capitals Announce 2017-18 Preseason Schedule". NHL.com. June 7, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Announce 2017-18 Regular-Season Schedule". NHL.com. June 22, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Roster - Washington Capitals - Team". Washington Capitals. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
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↑ "Canadiens agree to terms on a five-year contract with Karl Alzner". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "Avalanche Signs Agozzino, Warsofsky, Cannata". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "Rangers Agree to Terms With Paul Carey". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "Rangers Agree to Terms With Kevin Shattenkirk". nhl.com. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "Justin Williams signs two-year deal with Hurricanes". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
↑ "CAPTAIN GARRETT MITCHELL RETURNS FOR 2017-18 SEASON". hersheybears.com. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
↑ "Stan Galiev signs with Ak Bars, officially leaves Capitals organization for KHL". russianmachineneverbreaks.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
↑ "672 NHL games: Tom Gilbert is coming" (in German). Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Christian Djoos". nhl.com. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign T.J. Oshie". nhl.com. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
↑ "Capitals reach two-year deal with F Connolly". tsn.ca. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Pheonix Copley". nhl.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Chandler Stephenson". nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Evgeny Kuznetsov". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Andre Burakovsky". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Travis Boyd". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Philipp Grubauer". nhl.com. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
↑ "Capitals Re-sign Liam O'Brien". nhl.com. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

Washington Capitals
Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.
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Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster
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