1996-97 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 33-40-9 - 75 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (33-40-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1996-97 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 33-40-9 - 75 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (33-40-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1996-97 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 33 wins and 40 losses and 9 ties for 75 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The Capitals scored 214 goals and allowed 231. Peter Bondra netted 46 goals for Washington, while Dale Hunter contributed 32 assists. Jim Carey topped the squad with 17 wins, and Olaf Kolzig recorded a 2.59 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Jim Schoenfeld coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | R | 77 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 72 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 14.6 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 82 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 125 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 12.7 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | L | 78 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 67 | -3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 155 | 11.0 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 58 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 8 | -11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 12.1 |
| Phil Housley | D | 77 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 24 | -10 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 6.6 |
| Sergei Gonchar | D | 57 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 36 | -11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 129 | 10.1 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 95 | 10.5 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 57 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 4.6 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 22 | -15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 8.4 |
| Chris Simon | L | 42 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 165 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 10.1 |
| Jason Allison | C | 53 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 7.0 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 59 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 65 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 16 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 4.5 |
| Todd Krygier | L | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 37 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 4.1 |
| Adam Oates | C | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18.2 |
| Andrew Brunette | L | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 |
| Ken Klee | D | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 115 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 2.8 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | L | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 23.3 |
| Rick Tocchet | R | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 13.5 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 65 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 107 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1.5 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 56 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 3.8 |
| Mike Eagles | L | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 42 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Craig Berube | L | 80 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 218 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Brendan Witt | D | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 88 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Anson Carter | C | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Keith Jones | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Richard Zednik | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Eric Charron | D | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Bill Ranford | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Boileau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Ustorf | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Pat Peake | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jim Carey | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stewart Malgunas | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1560 | 214 | 342 | 556 | 1624 | -82 | 51 | 89 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 2370 | 9.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Carey | 40 | 2293 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 2.75 | 984 | 879 | .893 |
| Bill Ranford | 18 | 1010 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2.73 | 412 | 366 | .888 |
| Olaf Kolzig | 29 | 1645 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 2.59 | 758 | 687 | .906 |
| Totals | 87 | 4948 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 222 | 2.69 | 2376 | 2154 | .907 |
