2019–20_Washington_Capitals_season

2019–20 Washington Capitals
2019–20 Washington Capitals
Metropolitan Division champions
Division	1st Metropolitan
Conference	3rd Eastern
2019–20 record	41–20–8
Home record	18–10–5
Road record	23–10–3
Goals for	240
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Todd Reirden
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom; John Carlson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Average attendance	18,570
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL); South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (48)
Assists	John Carlson (60)
Points	John Carlson (75)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (93)
Plus/minus	Michal Kempny (+19)
Wins	Braden Holtby (25)
Goals against average	Ilya Samsonov (2.55)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Washington Capitals season

NHL ice hockey team season

The 2019–20 Washington Capitals season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[2] The Capitals entered the season as the 4-time defending Metropolitan Division champions. They would go on to win the division for the fifth year in a row.

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The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]^[4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[5] The Capitals advanced to the playoffs, but were eliminated by the New York Islanders in the first round in five games.^[6]

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[11]

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2019–20 game log

October: 9–2–3, 21 points (Home: 2–1–2; Road: 7–1–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 2	@ St. Louis	3–2	OT	Holtby	Enterprise Center	18,096	1–0–0	2	^[12]
2	October 4	@ NY Islanders	2–1		Samsonov	Nassau Coliseum	13,917	2–0–0	4	^[13]
3	October 5	Carolina	2–3	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	2–0–1	5	^[14]
4	October 8	Dallas	3–4	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	2–0–2	6	^[15]
5	October 10	@ Nashville	5–6		Holtby	Bridgestone Arena	17,386	2–1–2	6	^[16]
6	October 12	@ Dallas	4–1		Samsonov	American Airlines Center	18,532	3–1–2	8	^[17]
7	October 14	Colorado	3–6		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	3–2–2	8	^[18]
8	October 16	Toronto	4–3		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	4–2–2	10	^[19]
9	October 18	NY Rangers	5–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	5–2–2	12	^[20]
10	October 20	@ Chicago	5–3		Holtby	United Center	21,187	6–2–2	14	^[21]
11	October 22	@ Calgary	5–3		Holtby	Scotiabank Saddledome	18,002	7–2–2	16	^[22]
12	October 24	@ Edmonton	3–4	OT	Holtby	Rogers Place	17,144	7–2–3	17	^[23]
13	October 25	@ Vancouver	6–5	SO	Samsonov	Rogers Arena	18,871	8–2–3	19	^[24]
14	October 29	@ Toronto	4–3	OT	Holtby	Scotiabank Arena	19,258	9–2–3	21	^[25]

November: 10–2–2, 22 points (Home: 6–1–2; Road: 4–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
15	November 1	Buffalo	6–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	10–2–3	23	^[26]
16	November 3	Calgary	4–2		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	11–2–3	25	^[27]
17	November 7	@ Florida	5–4	OT	Holtby	BB&T Center	14,085	12–2–3	27	^[28]
18	November 9	Vegas	5–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	13–2–3	29	^[29]
19	November 11	Arizona	3–4	SO	Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	13–2–4	30	^[30]
20	November 13	@ Philadelphia	2–1	SO	Holtby	Wells Fargo Center	18,159	14–2–4	32	^[31]
21	November 15	Montreal	2–5		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	14–3–4	32	^[32]
22	November 16	@ Boston	3–2	SO	Holtby	TD Garden	17,850	15–3–4	34	^[33]
23	November 18	Anaheim	5–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	16–3–4	36	^[34]
24	November 20	@ NY Rangers	1–4		Holtby	Madison Square Garden	17,239	16–4–4	36	^[35]
25	November 23	Vancouver	1–2	SO	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	16–4–5	37	^[36]
26	November 27	Florida	4–3		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	17–4–5	39	^[37]
27	November 29	Tampa Bay	4–3	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	18–4–5	41	^[38]
28	November 30	@ Detroit	5–2		Samsonov	Little Caesars Arena	19,190	19–4–5	43	^[39]

December: 8–5–0, 16 points (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 5–3–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
29	December 3	@ San Jose	5–2		Holtby	SAP Center	17,562	20–4–5	45	^[40]
30	December 4	@ Los Angeles	3–1		Samsonov	Staples Center	16,102	21–4–5	47	^[41]
31	December 6	@ Anaheim	3–2		Holtby	Honda Center	15,945	22–4–5	49	^[42]
32	December 9	Columbus	2–5		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	22–5–5	49	^[43]
33	December 11	Boston	3–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	23–5–5	51	^[44]
34	December 14	@ Tampa Bay	5–2		Samsonov	Amalie Arena	19,092	24–5–5	53	^[45]
35	December 16	@ Columbus	0–3		Holtby	Nationwide Arena	16,602	24–6–5	53	^[46]
36	December 20	@ New Jersey	6–3		Samsonov	Prudential Center	15,021	25–6–5	55	^[47]
37	December 21	Tampa Bay	3–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	26–6–5	57	^[48]
38	December 23	@ Boston	3–7		Holtby	TD Garden	17,850	26–7–5	57	^[49]
39	December 27	Columbus	2–1	OT	Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	27–7–5	59	^[50]
40	December 28	@ Carolina	4–6		Holtby	PNC Arena	18,680	27–8–5	59	^[51]
41	December 31	NY Islanders	3–4		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	27–9–5	59	^[52]

January: 8–3–0, 16 points (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
42	January 3	@ Carolina	4–3		Samsonov	PNC Arena	18,680	28–9–5	61	^[53]
43	January 5	San Jose	5–4	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	29–9–5	63	^[54]
44	January 7	Ottawa	6–1		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	30–9–5	65	^[55]
45	January 8	@ Philadelphia	2–3		Holtby	Wells Fargo Center	18,595	30–10–5	65	^[56]
46	January 11	New Jersey	1–5		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	30–11–5	65	^[57]
47	January 13	Carolina	2–0		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	31–11–5	67	^[58]
48	January 16	New Jersey	5–2		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	32–11–5	69	^[59]
49	January 18	@ NY Islanders	6–4		Samsonov	Nassau Coliseum	13,917	33–11–5	71	^[60]
50	January 27	@ Montreal	4–2		Holtby	Bell Centre	21,302	34–11–5	73	^[61]
51	January 29	Nashville	4–5		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	34–12–5	73	^[62]
52	January 31	@ Ottawa	5–3		Samsonov	Canadian Tire Centre	14,279	35–12–5	75	^[63]

February: 4–7–1, 9 points (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–4–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
53	February 2	Pittsburgh	3–4		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	35–13–5	75	^[64]
54	February 4	Los Angeles	4–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–13–5	77	^[65]
55	February 8	Philadelphia	2–7		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–14–5	77	^[66]
56	February 10	NY Islanders	3–5		Samsonov	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–15–5	77	^[67]
57	February 13	@ Colorado	3–2		Holtby	Pepsi Center	18,146	37–15–5	79	^[68]
58	February 15	@ Arizona	1–3		Holtby	Gila River Arena	17,139	37–16–5	79	^[69]
59	February 17	@ Vegas	2–3		Holtby	T-Mobile Arena	18,399	37–17–5	79	^[70]
60	February 20	Montreal	3–4	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	37–17–6	80	^[71]
61	February 22	@ New Jersey	2–3		Samsonov	Prudential Center	16,514	37–18–6	80	^[72]
62	February 23	Pittsburgh	5–3		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	38–18–6	82	^[73]
63	February 25	Winnipeg	4–3	SO	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	39–18–6	84	^[74]
64	February 27	@ Winnipeg	0–3		Samsonov	Bell MTS Place	15,325	39–19–6	84	^[75]

March: 2–1–2, 6 points (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 2–0–2)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 1	@ Minnesota	4–3		Holtby	Xcel Energy Center	17,388	40–19–6	86	^[76]
66	March 4	Philadelphia	2–5		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,573	40–20–6	86	^[77]
67	March 5	@ NY Rangers	5–6	OT	Samsonov	Madison Square Garden	17,277	40–20–7	87	^[78]
68	March 7	@ Pittsburgh	5–2		Holtby	PPG Paints Arena	18,656	41–20–7	89	^[79]
69	March 9	@ Buffalo	2–3	SO	Holtby	KeyBank Center	16,539	41–20–8	90	^[80]

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Opponent	Location
70	March 12	Detroit	Capital One Arena
71	March 14	Chicago	Capital One Arena
72	March 16	Edmonton	Capital One Arena
73	March 19	@ Columbus	Nationwide Arena
74	March 20	Ottawa	Capital One Arena
75	March 22	@ Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena
76	March 24	St. Louis	Capital One Arena
77	March 26	NY Rangers	Capital One Arena
78	March 28	@ Detroit	Little Caesars Arena
79	March 30	@ Buffalo	KeyBank Center
80	March 31	Toronto	Capital One Arena
81	April 2	Minnesota	Capital One Arena
82	April 4	@ Florida	BB&T Center

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

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Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Braden Holtby	48	47	2,743:10	25	14	6	142	3.11	1,385	.897	0	0	1	4
Ilya Samsonov	26	22	1,411:02	16	6	2	60	2.55	689	.913	1	0	0	2

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2019 BUF's 5th-round pick in 2019	To Washington Capitals SJS's 3rd-round pick in 2019	^[95]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2019 7th-round pick in 2020	To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2019	^[95]
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)	To Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky	To Washington Capitals Scott Kosmachuk 2nd-round pick in 2020 ARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[96]
December 2, 2019 (2019-12-02)	To Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson	To Washington Capitals 5th-round pick in 2021	^[97]
February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18)	To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Washington Capitals Brenden Dillon	^[98]
February 23, 2020 (2020-02-23)	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Washington Capitals Ilya Kovalchuk	^[99]

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Riley Barber	to Montreal Canadiens	1-year	^[100]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brett Connolly	to Florida Panthers	4-year	^[101]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Garnet Hathaway	from Calgary Flames	4-year	^[102]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brendan Leipsic	from Los Angeles Kings	1-year	^[103]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Philippe Maillet	from Ontario Reign (AHL)	2-year	^[104]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Aaron Ness	to Arizona Coyotes	2-year	^[105]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Richard Panik	from Arizona Coyotes	4-year	^[106]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Nathan Walker	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	^[107]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jayson Megna	to Colorado Avalanche	1-year	^[108]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Mathias Bau Hansen	to Dornbirn Bulldogs (EBEL)	1-year	^[109]
August 17, 2019 (2019-08-17)	Chase Priskie	to Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	^[110]
August 22, 2019 (2019-08-22)	Dmitrij Jaskin	from/to Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	1-year	^[111]
August 29, 2019 (2019-08-29)	Mason Mitchell	to Rochester Americans (AHL)	-year	^[112]
September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)	Hampus Gustafsson	to Rögle BK (SHL)	1-year	^[113]
October 28, 2019 (2019-10-28)	Devante Smith-Pelly	to Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	^[114]

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	Michael Sgarbossa	2-year	^[116]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Vitek Vanecek	3-year	^[117]
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Aliaksei Protas	3-year	^[118]
July 11, 2019 (2019-07-11)	Brett Leason	3-year	^[119]
July 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)	Connor McMichael	3-year	^[120]
July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13)	Colby Williams	1-year	^[121]
July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	Jakub Vrana	2-year	^[122]
July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)	Christian Djoos	1-year	^[123]
July 27, 2019 (2019-07-27)	Chandler Stephenson	1-year	^[124]
January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	Nicklas Backstrom	5-year	^[125]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Connor McMichael	C	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
2	56	Brett Leason	RW	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
3	91¹	Aliaksei Protas	C	Belarus	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5	153²	Martin Has	D	Czech Republic	Tappara U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)

2019–20_Washington_Capitals_season

2019–20 Washington Capitals season

Standings

Divisional standings

Eastern Conference

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	90
2	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	89
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	86
4	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	81
5	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	81
6	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	80
7	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	79
8	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	68

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	Boston Bruins	70	44	14	12	38	227	174	+53	.714	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[8]
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	43	21	6	35	245	195	+50	.657
3	Washington Capitals	69	41	20	8	31	240	215	+25	.652
4	Philadelphia Flyers	69	41	21	7	31	232	196	+36	.645
5	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	40	23	6	29	224	196	+28	.623	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[8]
6	Carolina Hurricanes	68	38	25	5	27	222	193	+29	.596
7	New York Islanders	68	35	23	10	24	192	193	−1	.588
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	36	25	9	28	238	227	+11	.579
9	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	33	22	15	25	180	187	−7	.579
10	Florida Panthers	69	35	26	8	30	231	228	+3	.565
11	New York Rangers	70	37	28	5	31	234	222	+12	.564
12	Montreal Canadiens	71	31	31	9	19	212	221	−9	.500
13	Buffalo Sabres	69	30	31	8	22	195	217	−22	.493
14	New Jersey Devils	69	28	29	12	22	189	230	−41	.493
15	Ottawa Senators	71	25	34	12	18	191	243	−52	.437
16	Detroit Red Wings	71	17	49	5	13	145	267	−122	.275