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 Roster
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 BondraR774631777271010403231414.6
Dale HunterC82143246125-239005011012.7
Steve KonowalchukL7817254267-325113115511.0
Joe JuneauC581527428-1199103012412.1
Phil HousleyD7711294024-1031710201676.6
Sergei GoncharD5713173036-1137013012910.1
Kelly MillerL771014243340011309510.5
Sylvain CoteD576182428112700001314.6
Michal PivonkaC547162322-15240210838.4
Chris SimonL4291322165-13000108910.1
Jason AllisonC535172225-3150010717.0
Andrei NikolishinC5971421305130000739.6
Calle JohanssonD656111716-22400001334.5
Todd KrygierL475111637-101400101214.1
Adam OatesC1748124-21000102218.2
Andrew BrunetteL23471112-32300002317.4
Ken KleeD803811115-50001201082.8
Jaroslav SvejkovskyL1973104-12100103023.3
Rick TocchetR1355103101000103713.5
Joe ReekieD651891078000100651.5
Mark TinordiD562681183000101533.8
Mike EaglesL7017842-4000100382.6
Craig BerubeL80437218-11000010557.3
Brendan WittD4432588-20000000417.3
Anson CarterC19325701000102810.7
Keith JonesR1123513-21000001216.7
Richard ZednikR112134-5100000219.5
Kevin KaminskiC381231300010000128.3
Eric CharronD25112201000000119.1
Bill RanfordG18011700000000
Stewart MalgunasD60002200000030.0
Patrick BoileauD1000000000000
Stefan UstorfF60002-300000070.0
Pat PeakeR40004100000090.0
Jim CareyG40000200000000
Olaf KolzigG29000400000000
Curtis LeschyshynD2000200000000
Totals15602143425561624-8251898933423709.0

Goaltenders:

Player GP Min W L T/OL ENG SHO GA GAA Shts SVS SV%
Jim Carey40229317183211052.75984879.893
Bill Ranford18101087210462.73412366.888
Olaf Kolzig291645815462712.59758687.906
Totals87494833409932222.6923762154.907


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