2023–24 Washington Capitals season

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

2023–24 Washington Capitals
DivisionMetropolitan
ConferenceEastern
2023–24 record2–3–1
Home record1–2–0
Road record1–1–1
Goals for13
Goals against23
Team information
General managerBrian MacLellan
CoachSpencer Carbery
CaptainAlexander Ovechkin
Alternate captainsNicklas Backstrom
John Carlson
ArenaCapital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDylan Strome (4)
AssistsJohn Carlson (4)
PointsJohn Carlson
Alexander Ovechkin (5)
Penalty minutesTom Wilson (22)
Plus/minusAlexander Alexeyev
Dylan Strome (+2)
WinsDarcy Kuemper
Hunter Shepard (1)
Goals against averageDarcy Kuemper (3.67)

The Capitals will attempt to return to the playoffs after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2013–14 season (and only the second time since 2006–07), ending their eight-season playoff streak,[2] and will attempt to win the teams 2nd franchise Stanley Cup and their first since 2018.

Standings

Divisional standings
Metropolitan Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Rangers 6 4 2 0 4 18 13 +5 8
2 Philadelphia Flyers 6 3 2 1 3 18 16 +2 7
3 New Jersey Devils 6 3 2 1 2 24 23 +1 7
4 Columbus Blue Jackets 6 3 2 1 2 17 19 −2 7
5 Carolina Hurricanes 7 3 4 0 2 28 33 −5 6
6 New York Islanders 5 2 2 1 2 13 17 −4 5
7 Washington Capitals 6 2 3 1 1 13 23 −10 5
8 Pittsburgh Penguins 6 2 4 0 2 17 20 −3 4
Updated to game(s) played on October 25, 2023. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings
Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT Tampa Bay Lightning 7 3 2 2 3 23 24 −1 8
2 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 6 3 2 1 2 17 19 −2 7
3 AT Montreal Canadiens 6 3 2 1 2 18 21 −3 7
4 AT Ottawa Senators 6 3 3 0 3 25 21 +4 6
5 AT Florida Panthers 6 3 3 0 3 17 18 −1 6
6 AT Buffalo Sabres 7 3 4 0 2 19 22 −3 6
7 ME Carolina Hurricanes 7 3 4 0 2 28 33 −5 6
8 ME New York Islanders 5 2 2 1 2 13 17 −4 5
9 ME Washington Capitals 6 2 3 1 1 13 23 −10 5
10 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 6 2 4 0 2 17 20 −3 4
Updated to game(s) played on October 25, 2023. Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)


Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2023.[5]

2023 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 24Buffalo4–3WashingtonSOStevensonCapital One Arena12,6380–0–1
2September 28Detroit3–4WashingtonLindgrenCapital One Arena12,7461–0–1
3September 30Washington2–5DetroitShepardLittle Caesars Arena11,0501–1–1
4October 3Washington5–4BostonOTKuemperTD Garden17,5652–1–1
5October 5Washington4–2ColumbusLindgrenNationwide Arena11,4913–1–1
6October 7Columbus4–2WashingtonKuemperCapital One Arena12,9613–2–1
Legend:

  Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular Season
2023–24 game log
October: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–1–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 13Pittsburgh4–0WashingtonLindgrenCapital One Arena18,5730–1–00[6]
2October 16Calgary2–3WashingtonSOKuemperCapital One Arena16,4891–1–02[7]
3October 18Washington1–6OttawaKuemperCanadian Tire Centre15,0211–2–02[8]
4October 21Washington2–3MontrealOTKuemperBell Centre21,1051–2–13[9]
5October 24Toronto4–1WashingtonKuemperCapital One Arena16,6411–3–13[10]
6October 25Washington6–4New JerseyShepardPrudential Center16,1172–3–15[11]
7October 27Minnesota–WashingtonCapital One Arena
8October 29San Jose–WashingtonCapital One Arena
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
9November 2NY Islanders–WashingtonCapital One Arena
10November 4Columbus–WashingtonCapital One Arena
11November 8Florida–WashingtonCapital One Arena
12November 10Washington–New JerseyPrudential Center
13November 11Washington–NY IslandersUBS Arena
14November 14Vegas–WashingtonCapital One Arena
15November 18Columbus–WashingtonCapital One Arena
16November 22Buffalo–WashingtonCapital One Arena
17November 24Edmonton–WashingtonCapital One Arena
18November 27Washington–San JoseSAP Center
19November 29Washington–Los AngelesCrypto.com Arena
20November 30Washington–AnaheimHonda Center
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
21December 2Washington–VegasT-Mobile Arena
22December 4Washington–ArizonaMullett Arena
23December 7Dallas–WashingtonCapital One Arena
24December 9NY Rangers–WashingtonCapital One Arena
25December 10Washington–ChicagoUnited Center
26December 14Washington–PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center
27December 16Washington–NashvilleBridgestone Arena
28December 17Washington–CarolinaPNC Arena
29December 20NY Islanders–WashingtonCapital One Arena
30December 21Washington–ColumbusNationwide Arena
31December 23Tampa Bay–WashingtonCapital One Arena
32December 27Washington–NY RangersMadison Square Garden
33December 29Washington–NY IslandersUBS Arena
34December 30Nashville–WashingtonCapital One Arena
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
35January 2Washington–PittsburghPPG Paints Arena
36January 3New Jersey–WashingtonCapital One Arena
37January 5Carolina–WashingtonCapital One Arena
38January 7Los Angeles–WashingtonCapital One Arena
39January 11Seattle–WashingtonCapital One Arena
40January 13NY Rangers–WashingtonCapital One Arena
41January 14Washington–NY RangersMadison Square Garden
42January 16Anaheim–WashingtonCapital One Arena
43January 18St. Louis–WashingtonCapital One Arena
44January 20Washington–St. LouisEnterprise Center
45January 23Washington–MinnesotaXcel Energy Center
46January 24Washington–ColoradoBall Arena
47January 27Washington–DallasAmerican Airlines Center
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
48February 6Montreal–WashingtonCapital One Arena
49February 8Washington–FloridaAmerant Bank Arena
50February 10Washington–BostonTD Garden
51February 11Vancouver–WashingtonCapital One Arena
52February 13Colorado–WashingtonCapital One Arena
53February 17Washington–MontrealBell Centre
54February 20New Jersey–WashingtonCapital One Arena
55February 22Washington–Tampa BayAmalie Arena
56February 24Washington–FloridaAmerant Bank Arena
57February 26Ottawa–WashingtonCapital One Arena
58February 27Washington–DetroitLittle Caesars Arena
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
59March 1Philadelphia–WashingtonCapital One Arena
60March 3Arizona–WashingtonCapital One Arena
61March 7Washington–PittsburghPPG Paints Arena
62March 9Chicago–WashingtonCapital One Arena
63March 11Washington–WinnipegCanada Life Centre
64March 13Washington–EdmontonRogers Place
65March 14Washington–SeattleClimate Pledge Arena
66March 16Washington–VancouverRogers Arena
67March 18Washington–CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome
68March 20Toronto–WashingtonCapital One Arena
69March 22Carolina–WashingtonCapital One Arena
70March 24Winnipeg–WashingtonCapital One Arena
71March 26Detroit–WashingtonCapital One Arena
72March 28Washington–TorontoScotiabank Arena
73March 30Boston–WashingtonCapital One Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
74April 2Washington–BuffaloKeyBank Center
75April 4Pittsburgh–WashingtonCapital One Arena
76April 5Washington–CarolinaPNC Arena
77April 7Ottawa–WashingtonCapital One Arena
78April 9Washington–DetroitLittle Caesars Arena
79April 11Washington–BuffaloKeyBank Center
80April 13Tampa Bay–WashingtonCapital One Arena
81April 15Boston–WashingtonCapital One Arena
82April 16Washington–PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center

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

Player stats

Roster

Updated October 9, 2023[12][13]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Russia Alexander Alexeyev D L 23 2018 St. Petersburg, Russia
96 Canada Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW R 27 2022 Slave Lake, Alberta
19 Sweden Nicklas Backstrom (A) C L 35 2006 Gävle, Sweden
74 United States John Carlson (A) D R 33 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
26 United States Nic Dowd C R 33 2018 Huntsville, Alabama
6 Canada Joel Edmundson Injured Reserve D L 30 2023 Brandon, Manitoba
42 Slovakia Martin Fehervary D L 24 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia
3 United States Nick Jensen D R 33 2019 Rogers, Minnesota
22 Canada Lucas Johansen D L 25 2017 Port Moody, British Columbia
35 Canada Darcy Kuemper G L 33 2022 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
92 Russia Evgeny Kuznetsov C L 31 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia
79 United States Charlie Lindgren G R 29 2022 Lakeville, Minnesota
47 Canada Beck Malenstyn RW L 25 2016 Delta, British Columbia
39 Canada Anthony Mantha RW L 29 2021 Longueuil, Quebec
24 Canada Connor McMichael C L 22 2019 Scarborough, Ontario
15 United States Sonny Milano LW L 27 2022 Massapequa, New York
77 United States T. J. Oshie RW R 36 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington
8 Russia Alexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 38 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union
67 United States Max Pacioretty Injured Reserve LW L 34 2023 New Canaan, Connecticut
45 Canada Matthew Phillips RW R 25 2023 Calgary, Alberta
21 Belarus Aliaksei Protas C L 22 2019 Vitebsk, Belarus
38 Sweden Rasmus Sandin D L 23 2023 Uppsala, Sweden
17 Canada Dylan Strome C L 26 2022 Mississauga, Ontario
57 United States Trevor van Riemsdyk D R 32 2020 Middletown, New Jersey
43 Canada Tom Wilson RW R 29 2012 Toronto, Ontario

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades
DateDetailsRef
June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29) To San Jose Sharks
7th-round pick in 2025		 To Washington Capitals
PIT 7th-round pick in 2023		 [14]
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)		 [15]

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)Max PaciorettyCarolina Hurricanes1-yearFree agency[16]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)Pierrick DubeLaval Rocket (AHL)2-year†Free agency[17]
Matthew PhillipsCalgary Flames1-yearFree agency[17]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)Alex LimogesWinnipeg Jets1-yearFree agency[18]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)Chase PriskieAnaheim Ducks1-yearFree agency[19]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)Connor BrownEdmonton Oilers1-yearFree-agency[20]
Matt IrwinVancouver Canucks1-yearFree-agency[21]
Garrett PilonOttawa Senators1-yearFree-agency[22]
Conor ShearyTampa Bay Lightning3-yearFree-agency[23]
Craig SmithDallas Stars1-yearFree-agency[24]
July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06)Zachary FucaleTraktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)2-yearFree-agency[25]
July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)Gabriel CarlssonVäxjö Lakers (SHL)3-yearFree-agency[26]
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)Bobby NardellaHV71 (SHL)1-yearFree-agency[27]

Signings
DatePlayerTermRef
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)Hunter Shepard1-year[17]
Dylan McIlrath2-year[17]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)Martin Fehervary3-year[28]
Riley Sutter1-year[29]
July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)Andrew Cristall3-year†[30]
August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)Tom Wilson7-year‡[31]

Draft picks
See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals selections at 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

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)

Notes:

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