1995–96 Washington Capitals season

1995–96 Washington Capitals
Division	4th Atlantic
1995–96 record	39–32–11
Goals for	234
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Dale Hunter

The 1995–96 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals' twenty-second season of play.

Offseason

The Capitals kept their colors red, white and blue.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	229	315	54

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1995	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	L	October 11, 1995	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	1–1–0
3	W	October 13, 1995	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	2–1–0
4	W	October 14, 1995	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	3–1–0
5	W	October 17, 1995	4–3	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	4–1–0
6	L	October 18, 1995	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	4–2–0
7	L	October 20, 1995	4–7	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	4–3–0
8	W	October 26, 1995	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	5–3–0
9	W	October 28, 1995	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	6–3–0
10	W	October 29, 1995	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	7–3–0
11	W	November 1, 1995	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	8–3–0
12	L	November 3, 1995	2–3	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	8–4–0
13	W	November 4, 1995	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	9–4–0
14	L	November 7, 1995	3–4	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	9–5–0
15	L	November 10, 1995	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	9–6–0
16	L	November 11, 1995	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	9–7–0
17	T	November 14, 1995	2–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	9–7–1
18	L	November 17, 1995	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–8–1
19	L	November 18, 1995	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–9–1
20	W	November 21, 1995	3–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	10–9–1
21	L	November 24, 1995	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–10–1
22	W	November 25, 1995	4–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–10–1
23	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	11–10–2
24	L	November 30, 1995	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	11–11–2
25	L	December 2, 1995	3–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	11–12–2
26	L	December 5, 1995	3–4	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	11–13–2
27	T	December 8, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	11–13–3
28	W	December 10, 1995	6–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	12–13–3
29	W	December 14, 1995	4–3 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	13–13–3
30	W	December 16, 1995	3–2	New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–13–3
31	L	December 18, 1995	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	14–14–3
32	W	December 22, 1995	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	15–14–3
33	L	December 23, 1995	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	15–15–3
34	W	December 26, 1995	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	16–15–3
35	W	December 28, 1995	5–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	17–15–3
36	W	December 30, 1995	3–0	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	18–15–3
37	W	January 1, 1996	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	19–15–3
38	L	January 3, 1996	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	19–16–3
39	T	January 5, 1996	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96)	19–16–4
40	L	January 6, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	19–17–4
41	W	January 11, 1996	6–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	20–17–4
42	L	January 13, 1996	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	20–18–4
43	T	January 16, 1996	1–1 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	20–18–5
44	W	January 17, 1996	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	21–18–5
45	L	January 23, 1996	4–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	21–19–5
46	L	January 25, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	21–20–5
47	W	January 26, 1996	1–0	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–20–5
48	W	January 28, 1996	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	23–20–5
49	L	January 31, 1996	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	23–21–5
50	W	February 1, 1996	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	24–21–5
51	W	February 3, 1996	6–5 OT	New York Islanders (1995–96)	25–21–5
52	W	February 7, 1996	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	26–21–5
53	T	February 8, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	26–21–6
54	T	February 10, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	26–21–7
55	W	February 13, 1996	3–2	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	27–21–7
56	L	February 15, 1996	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	27–22–7
57	W	February 16, 1996	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	28–22–7
58	L	February 18, 1996	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	28–23–7
59	L	February 22, 1996	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	28–24–7
60	L	February 24, 1996	1–2	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	28–25–7
61	W	February 27, 1996	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	29–25–7
62	T	February 29, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	29–25–8
63	W	March 2, 1996	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	30–25–8
64	W	March 3, 1996	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	31–25–8
65	L	March 9, 1996	1–6	New York Rangers (1995–96)	31–26–8
66	L	March 10, 1996	0–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	31–27–8
67	W	March 12, 1996	9–0	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	32–27–8
68	L	March 15, 1996	2–5	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	32–28–8
69	W	March 17, 1996	2–1	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	33–28–8
70	L	March 19, 1996	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	33–29–8
71	T	March 21, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	33–29–9
72	T	March 23, 1996	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	33–29–10
73	W	March 26, 1996	7–1	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	34–29–10
74	W	March 27, 1996	1–0 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	35–29–10
75	W	March 29, 1996	5–0	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	36–29–10
76	T	March 31, 1996	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	36–29–11
77	W	April 3, 1996	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	37–29–11
78	L	April 4, 1996	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	37–30–11
79	W	April 6, 1996	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	38–30–11
80	W	April 10, 1996	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	39–30–11
81	L	April 11, 1996	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	39–31–11
82	L	April 13, 1996	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	39–32–11

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	73	16	65	81	36	18	6	2	5
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	67	52	28	80	40	18	11	4	7
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	80	14	50	64	30	-3	7	2	2
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	70	23	22	45	92	13	7	1	3
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	68	18	23	41	103	8	5	0	2
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	78	15	26	41	60	25	4	0	4
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	81	5	33	38	40	5	3	0	2
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	82	13	24	37	112	5	4	0	3
Peake, PatPat Peake	C	62	17	19	36	46	7	8	0	3
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	78	10	25	35	50	13	4	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	74	7	13	20	30	7	0	2	1
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf	C	48	7	10	17	14	8	0	0	1
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	71	3	10	13	113	26	2	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	50	2	10	12	151	1	1	0	1
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	66	8	3	11	60	-1	0	1	2
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	16	6	5	11	12	8	1	0	0
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	70	4	7	11	75	-1	0	0	0
Reekie, JoeJoe Reekie	D	78	3	7	10	149	7	0	0	0
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	C	33	0	7	7	16	3	0	0	0
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	11	3	3	6	0	5	0	0	1
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	66	2	4	6	34	-3	0	0	0
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt	D	48	2	3	5	85	-4	0	0	1
Gendron, MartinMartin Gendron	RW	20	2	1	3	8	-5	0	0	0
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski	C	54	1	2	3	164	-1	0	0	0
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	19	0	3	3	2	-3	0	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	3	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	1
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	71	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Charron, EricEric Charron	D	4	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Chasse, DenisDenis Chasse	RW	3	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Malgunas, StewartStewart Malgunas	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Carey, JimJim Carey	4069	71	35	24	9	153	2.26	9	1631	1478	.906
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	897	18	4	8	2	46	3.08	0	406	360	.887
Team:	4966	82	39	32	11	199	2.40	9	2037	1838	.902

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau	C	5	0	7	7	6	0	0	0
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	6	2	4	6	4	1	0	0
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	6	1	5	6	24	0	0	0
Bondra, PeterPeter Bondra	RW	6	3	2	5	8	2	0	1
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	6	3	2	5	18	1	0	0
Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette	LW	6	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
Peake, PatPat Peake	C	5	2	1	3	12	2	0	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	D	6	2	0	2	12	1	0	0
Krygier, ToddTodd Krygier	LW	6	2	0	2	12	0	0	1
Eagles, MikeMike Eagles	C/LW	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk	LW	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Baumgartner, NolanNolan Baumgartner	D	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Berube, CraigCraig Berube	LW	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charron, EricEric Charron	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Kaminski, KevinKevin Kaminski	C	3	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	G	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Nelson, JeffJeff Nelson	C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tinordi, MarkMark Tinordi	D	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
Ustorf, StefanStefan Ustorf	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kolzig, OlafOlaf Kolzig	341	5	2	3	11	1.94	0	167	156	.934
Carey, JimJim Carey	97	3	0	1	10	6.19	0	39	29	.744
Team:	438	6	2	4	21	2.88	0	206	185	.898

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

External links

• 1995–96 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.