1996–97 Washington Capitals
Season record and every player who suited up
33-40-9 · 75 points · 214 goals for, 231 against · Atlantic Division · 18th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Bondra | R | 77 | 46 | 31 | 77 | 7 | 72 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 82 | 14 | 32 | 46 | -2 | 125 |
| Steve Konowalchuk | L | 78 | 17 | 25 | 42 | -3 | 67 |
| Joe Juneau | C | 58 | 15 | 27 | 42 | -11 | 8 |
| Phil Housley | D | 77 | 11 | 29 | 40 | -10 | 24 |
| Sergei Gonchar | D | 57 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 36 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 33 |
| Sylvain Cote | D | 57 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 28 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 54 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 22 |
| Chris Simon | L | 42 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -1 | 165 |
| Jason Allison | C | 53 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 25 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 59 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 30 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 65 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 16 |
| Todd Krygier | L | 47 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 37 |
| Adam Oates | C | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 4 |
| Andrew Brunette | L | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| Ken Klee | D | 80 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 115 |
| Jaroslav Svejkovsky | R | 19 | 7 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 4 |
| Rick Tocchet | R | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Joe Reekie | D | 65 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 107 |
| Mark Tinordi | D | 56 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 118 |
| Mike Eagles | L | 70 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 42 |
| Craig Berube | L | 80 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 218 |
| Brendan Witt | D | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -20 | 88 |
| Anson Carter | R | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Keith Jones | R | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| Richard Zednik | R | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| Kevin Kaminski | C | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 130 |
| Eric Charron | D | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Patrick Boileau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Malgunas | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pat Peake | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Stefan Ustorf | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Carey | G | 40 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 2.75 | 0.893 | 1 | |
| Olie Kolzig | G | 29 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2.59 | 0.906 | 2 | |
| Bill Ranford | G | 18 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2.73 | 0.888 | 0 |