2023–24_Washington_Capitals_season

2023–24 Washington Capitals
2023–24 Washington Capitals
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2023–24 record	40–31–11
Home record	22–12–7
Road record	18–19–4
Goals for	220
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Spencer Carbery
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom; John Carlson; T. J. Oshie; Tom Wilson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL); South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (31)
Assists	John Carlson (42)
Points	Dylan Strome (67)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (133)
Plus/minus	Anthony Mantha (+5)
Wins	Charlie Lindgren (25)
Goals against average	Charlie Lindgren (2.67)
	← 2022–23

2023–24 Washington Capitals season

National Hockey League season

The 2023–24 Washington Capitals season was the 50th season (49th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[1]

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The Capitals returned to the playoffs after missing them for the first time since 2013–14 season (and only the second time since 2006–07), ending their eight-season playoff streak,^[2] and attempted to win the team's second Stanley Cup and their first since 2018. The Capitals clinched the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference on April 16, 2024, following a 2–1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.^[3] In the playoffs, the Capitals were swept by the New York Rangers in the first round, the first time they were swept out of the first round in franchise history.^[4]

Standings

Schedule and results

Regular Season

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2023–24 game log

October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–1–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 13	Pittsburgh	4–0	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	0–1–0	0	^[8]
2	October 16	Calgary	2–3	Washington	SO	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	16,489	1–1–0	2	^[9]
3	October 18	Washington	1–6	Ottawa		Kuemper	Canadian Tire Centre	15,021	1–2–0	2	^[10]
4	October 21	Washington	2–3	Montreal	OT	Kuemper	Bell Centre	21,105	1–2–1	3	^[11]
5	October 24	Toronto	4–1	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	16,641	1–3–1	3	^[12]
6	October 25	Washington	6–4	New Jersey		Shepard	Prudential Center	16,117	2–3–1	5	^[13]
7	October 27	Minnesota	2–3	Washington	SO	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	16,602	3–3–1	7	^[14]
8	October 29	San Jose	1–3	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	15,856	4–3–1	9	^[15]

November: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 4–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
9	November 2	NY Islanders	3–0	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	16,209	4–4–1	9	^[16]
10	November 4	Columbus	1–2	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	5–4–1	11	^[17]
11	November 8	Florida	4–3	Washington	OT	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	16,104	5–4–2	12	^[18]
12	November 10	Washington	4–2	New Jersey		Lindgren	Prudential Center	16,514	6–4–2	14	^[19]
13	November 11	Washington	4–1	NY Islanders		Shepard	UBS Arena	16,519	7–4–2	16	^[20]
14	November 14	Vegas	0–3	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	16,598	8–4–2	18	^[21]
15	November 18	Columbus	3–4	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	9–4–2	20	^[22]
16	November 22	Buffalo	3–4	Washington	OT	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	18,573	10–4–2	22	^[23]
17	November 24	Edmonton	5–0	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	10–5–2	22	^[24]
18	November 27	Washington	1–2	San Jose		Kuemper	SAP Center	10,759	10–6–2	22	^[25]
19	November 29	Washington	2–1	Los Angeles		Lindgren	Crypto.com Arena	18,145	11–6–2	24	^[26]
20	November 30	Washington	5–4	Anaheim		Kuemper	Honda Center	14,336	12–6–2	26	^[27]

December: 5–5–4 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 3–5–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
21	December 2	Washington	1–4	Vegas		Kuemper	T-Mobile Arena	18,140	12–7–2	26	^[28]
22	December 4	Washington	0–6	Arizona		Kuemper	Mullett Arena	4,600	12–8–2	26	^[29]
23	December 7	Dallas	5–4	Washington	SO	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	15,850	12–8–3	27	^[30]
24	December 9	NY Rangers	0–4	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	13–8–3	29	^[31]
25	December 10	Washington	4–2	Chicago		Kuemper	United Center	18,258	14–8–3	31	^[32]
26	December 14	Washington	3–4	Philadelphia	SO	Lindgren	Wells Fargo Center	18,557	14–8–4	32	^[33]
27	December 16	Washington	1–3	Nashville		Lindgren	Bridgestone Arena	17,267	14–9–4	32	^[34]
28	December 17	Washington	2–1	Carolina	SO	Kuemper	PNC Arena	18,700	15–9–4	34	^[35]
29	December 20	NY Islanders	2–3	Washington	OT	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	18,573	16–9–4	36	^[36]
30	December 21	Washington	3–2	Columbus	OT	Lindgren	Nationwide Arena	18,172	17–9–4	38	^[37]
31	December 23	Tampa Bay	2–1	Washington	SO	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	17–9–5	39	^[38]
32	December 27	Washington	1–5	NY Rangers		Kuemper	Madison Square Garden	18,006	17–10–5	39	^[39]
33	December 29	Washington	1–5	NY Islanders		Kuemper	UBS Arena	17,255	17–11–5	39	^[40]
34	December 30	Nashville	3–2	Washington	SO	Shepard	Capital One Arena	18,573	17–11–6	40	^[41]

January: 5–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 1–4–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
35	January 2	Washington	4–3	Pittsburgh		Kuemper	PPG Paints Arena	18,190	18–11–6	42	^[42]
36	January 3	New Jersey	6–3	Washington		Shepard	Capital One Arena	17,156	18–12–6	42	^[43]
37	January 5	Carolina	6–2	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	18,573	18–13–6	42	^[44]
38	January 7	Los Angeles	3–4	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	18,573	19–13–6	44	^[45]
39	January 11	Seattle	4–1	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	17,935	19–14–6	44	^[46]
40	January 13	NY Rangers	2–3	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	20–14–6	46	^[47]
41	January 14	Washington	1–2	NY Rangers		Lindgren	Madison Square Garden	18,006	20–15–6	46	^[48]
42	January 16	Anaheim	0–2	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	15,961	21–15–6	48	^[49]
43	January 18	St. Louis	2–5	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	17,909	22–15–6	50	^[50]
44	January 20	Washington	0–3	St. Louis		Lindgren	Enterprise Center	18,096	22–16–6	50	^[51]
45	January 23	Washington	3–5	Minnesota		Kuemper	Xcel Energy Center	18,437	22–17–6	50	^[52]
46	January 24	Washington	2–6	Colorado		Lindgren	Ball Arena	18,136	22–18–6	50	^[53]
47	January 27	Washington	4–5	Dallas	OT	Lindgren	American Airlines Center	18,532	22–18–7	51	^[54]

February: 5–4–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–2–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
48	February 6	Montreal	5–2	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	16,959	22–19–7	51	^[55]
49	February 8	Washington	2–4	Florida		Kuemper	Amerant Bank Arena	17,645	22–20–7	51	^[56]
50	February 10	Washington	3–0	Boston		Lindgren	TD Garden	17,850	23–20–7	53	^[57]
51	February 11	Vancouver	3–2	Washington	OT	Kuemper	Capital One Arena	18,573	23–20–8	54	^[58]
52	February 13	Colorado	6–3	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	17,878	23–21–8	54	^[59]
53	February 17	Washington	4–3	Montreal		Kuemper	Bell Centre	21,105	24–21–8	56	^[60]
54	February 20	New Jersey	2–6	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	17,232	25–21–8	58	^[61]
55	February 22	Washington	5–3	Tampa Bay		Lindgren	Amalie Arena	19,092	26–21–8	60	^[62]
56	February 24	Washington	2–3	Florida	OT	Lindgren	Amerant Bank Arena	19,887	26–21–9	61	^[63]
57	February 26	Ottawa	3–6	Washington		Kuemper	Capital One Arena	17,296	27–21–9	63	^[64]
58	February 27	Washington	3–8	Detroit		Lindgren	Little Caesars Arena	19,515	27–22–9	63	^[65]

March: 9–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 4–3–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
59	March 1	Philadelphia	2–5	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	28–22–9	65	^[66]
60	March 3	Arizona	5–2	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	28–23–9	65	^[67]
61	March 7	Washington	6–0	Pittsburgh		Lindgren	PPG Paints Arena	17,093	29–23–9	67	^[68]
62	March 9	Chicago	1–4	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	30–23–9	69	^[69]
63	March 11	Washington	0–3	Winnipeg		Lindgren	Canada Life Centre	13,716	30–24–9	69	^[70]
64	March 13	Washington	2–7	Edmonton		Kuemper	Rogers Place	18,347	30–25–9	69	^[71]
65	March 14	Washington	2–1	Seattle		Lindgren	Climate Pledge Arena	17,151	31–25–9	71	^[72]
66	March 16	Washington	2–1	Vancouver		Lindgren	Rogers Arena	18,859	32–25–9	73	^[73]
67	March 18	Washington	5–2	Calgary		Lindgren	Scotiabank Saddledome	16,793	33–25–9	75	^[74]
68	March 20	Toronto	7–3	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	17,727	33–26–9	75	^[75]
69	March 22	Carolina	6–7	Washington	SO	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	34–26–9	77	^[76]
70	March 24	Winnipeg	0–3	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	35–26–9	79	^[77]
71	March 26	Detroit	3–4	Washington	OT	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–26–9	81	^[78]
72	March 28	Washington	1–5	Toronto		Lindgren	Scotiabank Arena	18,577	36–27–9	81	^[79]
73	March 30	Boston	3–2	Washington	SO	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–27–10	82	^[80]

April: 4–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–3–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
74	April 2	Washington	2–6	Buffalo		Lindgren	KeyBank Center	14,390	36–28–10	82	^[81]
75	April 4	Pittsburgh	4–1	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	36–29–10	82	^[82]
76	April 5	Washington	2–4	Carolina		Kuemper	PNC Arena	18,724	36–30–10	82	^[83]
77	April 7	Ottawa	3–2	Washington	OT	Lindgren	Capital One Arena	17,902	36–30–11	83	^[84]
78	April 9	Washington	2–1	Detroit		Lindgren	Little Caesars Arena	19,515	37–30–11	85	^[85]
79	April 11	Washington	2–4	Buffalo		Lindgren	KeyBank Center	15,454	37–31–11	85	^[86]
80	April 13	Tampa Bay	2–4	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	38–31–11	87	^[87]
81	April 15	Boston	0–2	Washington		Lindgren	Capital One Arena	18,573	39–31–11	89	^[88]
82	April 16	Washington	2–1	Philadelphia		Lindgren	Wells Fargo Center	19,411	40–31–11	91	^[89]

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	A
Charlie Lindgren	50	48	2,852:23	25	16	7	127	2.67	1,431	.911	6	0
Darcy Kuemper	33	30	1,866:32	13	14	3	103	3.31	940	.890	1	1
Hunter Shepard	4	4	244:50	2	1	1	13	3.19	123	.894	0	0

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29)	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2025	To Washington Capitals PIT 7th-round pick in 2023	^[100]
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	To Montreal Canadiens MIN 3rd-round pick in 2024 7th-round pick in 2024	To Washington Capitals Joel Edmundson (50% retained)	^[101]
March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)	To Vegas Golden Knights Anthony Mantha (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2026	^[102]
March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Joel Edmundson (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals NYI 3rd-round pick in 2024 CHI 5th-round pick in 2025	^[103]
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)	To Carolina Hurricanes Evgeny Kuznetsov (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2025	^[104]

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Max Pacioretty	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Pierrick Dube	Laval Rocket (AHL)	2-year†	Free agency	^[106]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Matthew Phillips	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[106]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Alex Limoges	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	^[107]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	Chase Priskie	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency	^[108]
December 28, 2023 (2023-12-28)	Ethan Bear	Vancouver Canucks	2-year	Free agency	^[109]
March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)	Matthew Phillips	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	^[110]

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Connor Brown	Edmonton Oilers	1-year	Free-agency	^[111]
	Matt Irwin	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free-agency	^[112]
	Garrett Pilon	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free-agency	^[113]
	Conor Sheary	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-year	Free-agency	^[114]
	Craig Smith	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free-agency	^[115]
July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06)	Zachary Fucale	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	2-year	Free-agency	^[116]
July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)	Gabriel Carlsson	Växjö Lakers (SHL)	3-year	Free-agency	^[117]
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	Bobby Nardella	HV71 (SHL)	1-year	Free-agency	^[118]
February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)	Matthew Phillips	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	^[119]

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Hunter Shepard	1-year	^[106]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Dylan McIlrath	2-year	^[106]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Martin Fehervary	3-year	^[120]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Riley Sutter	1-year	^[121]
July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)	Andrew Cristall	3-year†	^[122]
August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)	Tom Wilson	7-year‡	^[123]
December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	Clay Stevenson	2-year‡	^[124]
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	Rasmus Sandin	5-year	^[125]

2023–24_Washington_Capitals_season

2023–24 Washington Capitals season

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular Season

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Goaltenders

Roster

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	55	23	4	43	282	229	+53	114
2	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	23	7	44	279	216	+63	111
3	x – New York Islanders	82	39	27	16	29	246	263	−17	94
4	x – Washington Capitals	82	40	31	11	32	220	257	−37	91
5	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	32	12	32	255	251	+4	88
6	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	38	33	11	30	235	261	−26	87
7	e – New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	33	264	283	−19	81
8	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	27	43	12	21	237	300	−63	66

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	45	29	8	37	291	268	+23	98
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	40	31	11	32	220	257	−37	91

3	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	32	9	27	278	274	+4	91
4	ME	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	32	12	32	255	251	+4	88
5	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	38	33	11	30	235	261	−26	87
6	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	39	37	6	33	246	244	+2	84
7	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	33	264	283	−19	81
8	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	37	41	4	25	255	281	−26	78
9	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	30	36	16	20	236	289	−53	76
10	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	27	43	12	21	237	300	−63	66

No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	L	24	2018	St. Petersburg, Russia
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	R	27	2022	Slave Lake, Alberta
19	Nicklas Backstrom (A)	C	L	36	2006	Gävle, Sweden
25	Ethan Bear	D	R	26	2023	Regina, Saskatchewan
74	John Carlson (A)	D	R	34	2008	Natick, Massachusetts
26	Nic Dowd	C	R	33	2018	Huntsville, Alabama
42	Martin Fehervary	D	L	24	2018	Bratislava, Slovakia
3	Nick Jensen	D	R	33	2019	Rogers, Minnesota
35	Darcy Kuemper	G	L	33	2022	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
79	Charlie Lindgren	G	R	30	2022	Lakeville, Minnesota
47	Beck Malenstyn	RW	L	26	2016	Delta, British Columbia
24	Connor McMichael	C	L	23	2019	Scarborough, Ontario
15	Sonny Milano	LW	L	27	2022	Massapequa, New York
77	T. J. Oshie (A)	RW	R	37	2015	Mount Vernon, Washington
8	Alexander Ovechkin (C)	LW	R	38	2004	Moscow, Soviet Union
67	Max Pacioretty	LW	L	35	2023	New Canaan, Connecticut
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	L	23	2019	Vitebsk, Belarus
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	L	24	2023	Uppsala, Sweden
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	L	31	2018	Campbellville, Ontario
17	Dylan Strome	C	L	27	2022	Mississauga, Ontario
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	R	32	2020	Middletown, New Jersey
43	Tom Wilson (A)	RW	R	30	2012	Toronto, Ontario

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Ryan Leonard	RW	United States	U.S NTDP (USHL)
2	40	Andrew Cristall	LW	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4	104	Patrick Thomas	C	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
5	136	Cameron Allen	D	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	200	Brett Hyland	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)