1996-97 Washington Capitals Team Gamelog

Record: 33-40-9 (75 points), Finished 5th in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (33-40-9)

Primary Arena: USAir Arena

Goals For: 214 (23rd of 26), Goals Against: 231 (9th of 26)
SRS: -0.17 (17th of 26), SOS: 0.04 (3rd of 26)

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1800

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1996-10-05		Chicago Blackhawks	2	5	L		23	24	0		0	27	28	1		0
2	1996-10-08	@	Dallas Stars	3	5	L		26	33	2		0	27	29	1		0
3	1996-10-11		Tampa Bay Lightning	6	2	W		31	16	2		1	23	16	0		0
4	1996-10-12		Los Angeles Kings	3	4	L		22	6	0		0	26	6	0		0
5	1996-10-18		Buffalo Sabres	1	4	L		32	22	1		0	26	22	0		1
6	1996-10-19	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	2	L		19	36	1		0	19	43	1		0
7	1996-10-23	@	New York Rangers	3	2	W		23	12	0		0	25	8	1		0
8	1996-10-26	@	St. Louis Blues	6	4	W		28	18	1		0	29	20	1		0
9	1996-10-28	@	Colorado Avalanche	0	1	L		40	10	0		0	34	10	0		0
10	1996-10-30		Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W		28	29	2		0	25	29	1		0
11	1996-11-01		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	2	W		35	23	2		1	41	19	2		0
12	1996-11-02	@	New York Islanders	1	6	L		29	12	1		0	20	12	2		0
13	1996-11-06	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	1	W		26	16	0		0	17	14	0		0
14	1996-11-07	@	Florida Panthers	2	4	L		26	12	0		1	32	12	1		0
15	1996-11-09		New York Rangers	3	2	W		21	11	1		0	25	13	1		0
16	1996-11-12	@	New Jersey Devils	2	3	L	OT	20	20	0		0	26	4	0		0
17	1996-11-14	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	2	W		27	10	2		0	30	8	0		0
18	1996-11-15		Montreal Canadiens	3	1	W		24	14	0		0	31	22	0		0
19	1996-11-18	@	Florida Panthers	4	2	W		29	23	1		0	29	19	0		1
20	1996-11-19		Boston Bruins	2	2	T	OT	30	6	0		0	23	10	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1996-11-22	@	New Jersey Devils	5	1	W		27	29	2		1	39	19	0		0
22	1996-11-23		New Jersey Devils	4	3	W		23	34	1		0	32	21	1		0
23	1996-11-27		Ottawa Senators	1	2	L		32	4	0		0	15	2	0		0
24	1996-11-29		New York Islanders	0	2	L		23	21	0		0	22	21	0		1
25	1996-11-30	@	Montreal Canadiens	2	0	W		20	12	0		0	27	6	0		0
26	1996-12-04		Detroit Red Wings	0	2	L		19	67	0		0	18	63	1		1
27	1996-12-06		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	5	L		29	8	0		0	28	22	1		0
28	1996-12-07	@	New York Islanders	0	2	L		24	34	0		0	23	24	0		0
29	1996-12-11	@	San Jose Sharks	2	3	L		22	25	0		0	28	21	1		1
30	1996-12-13	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4	5	L		37	33	1		1	26	33	1		0
31	1996-12-14	@	Los Angeles Kings	4	4	T	OT	44	14	1		0	31	12	0		0
32	1996-12-17	@	Phoenix Coyotes	3	4	L		34	17	2		0	26	15	0		1
33	1996-12-20		San Jose Sharks	3	2	W		32	21	0		0	21	8	0		0
34	1996-12-21	@	Boston Bruins	3	4	L		31	4	0		0	33	4	0		0
35	1996-12-23	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	3	1	W		34	6	1		0	24	12	0		0
36	1996-12-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	5	L	OT	38	6	0		0	33	6	0		0
37	1996-12-28		Florida Panthers	1	1	T	OT	25	19	0		0	20	21	0		0
38	1996-12-30	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	5	L		28	10	0		1	30	4	0		0
39	1997-01-01		Hartford Whalers	3	2	W	OT	25	26	1		0	24	37	1		1
40	1997-01-03		Phoenix Coyotes	3	0	W		24	30	2		0	22	27	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1997-01-04	@	Hartford Whalers	1	1	T	OT	30	15	0		0	25	15	0		0
42	1997-01-09		New York Rangers	2	0	W		24	18	1		0	25	10	0		0
43	1997-01-11	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	3	T	OT	31	19	2		0	30	17	1		0
44	1997-01-13		Toronto Maple Leafs	6	3	W		35	12	0		1	30	8	2		0
45	1997-01-15	@	Ottawa Senators	1	5	L		22	56	0		0	28	32	3		0
46	1997-01-20	@	Boston Bruins	3	2	W		26	30	1		0	33	26	0		0
47	1997-01-22		New York Rangers	3	5	L		40	25	0		0	28	17	1		0
48	1997-01-24		Dallas Stars	2	5	L		38	20	1		0	34	14	2		0
49	1997-01-26		Edmonton Oilers	1	3	L		41	15	1		0	25	41	0		0
50	1997-01-29		Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L		30	25	0		0	27	29	1		0
51	1997-02-01	@	Florida Panthers	3	1	W		27	30	0		0	21	27	1		0
52	1997-02-02	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	2	T	OT	29	21	1		0	24	23	0		0
53	1997-02-07	@	Calgary Flames	2	5	L		27	14	1		0	27	10	1		0
54	1997-02-09	@	Edmonton Oilers	1	4	L		31	22	0		0	33	22	2		0
55	1997-02-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W		29	23	1		0	27	11	1		0
56	1997-02-14		Tampa Bay Lightning	5	4	W	OT	24	17	2		0	25	19	1		0
57	1997-02-15	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	1	4	L		39	63	0		0	24	83	1		0
58	1997-02-18		Ottawa Senators	1	6	L		32	4	1		0	29	10	0		0
59	1997-02-22	@	Hartford Whalers	0	2	L		28	9	0		0	21	17	0		0
60	1997-02-24		Boston Bruins	3	3	T	OT	45	16	1		0	26	20	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1997-02-26	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	1	W		31	8	1		0	29	6	0		0
62	1997-02-28		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1	4	L		25	10	0		0	33	6	1		1
63	1997-03-02		New York Islanders	0	2	L		39	18	0		0	19	28	1		0
64	1997-03-04		Calgary Flames	2	1	W		24	10	0		0	21	10	0		0
65	1997-03-06		Colorado Avalanche	6	3	W		30	17	3		0	31	19	0		0
66	1997-03-09	@	Philadelphia Flyers	0	5	L		15	54	0		0	25	50	1		0
67	1997-03-11		Vancouver Canucks	4	1	W		31	15	0		0	17	21	1		0
68	1997-03-12	@	New York Rangers	2	3	L		27	35	0		0	41	33	1		0
69	1997-03-15	@	New Jersey Devils	2	3	L		27	11	0		0	27	11	1		0
70	1997-03-16		Hartford Whalers	5	3	W		23	22	0		0	26	18	3		0
71	1997-03-19		New Jersey Devils	2	2	T	OT	30	16	0		0	31	10	1		0
72	1997-03-21		Buffalo Sabres	1	4	L		31	14	0		0	12	16	1		1
73	1997-03-22	@	Montreal Canadiens	3	1	W		20	14	0		1	29	10	0		0
74	1997-03-25		St. Louis Blues	3	2	W		26	6	1		0	25	4	0		0
75	1997-03-26	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	5	L		35	6	0		0	20	10	1		0
76	1997-03-29		Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L		24	6	1		0	27	6	1		0
77	1997-04-01		New Jersey Devils	0	1	L		25	12	0		0	27	10	0		0
78	1997-04-03	@	Ottawa Senators	0	4	L		25	36	0		0	32	14	1		0
79	1997-04-06		Florida Panthers	3	3	T	OT	35	47	1		0	23	30	0		0
80	1997-04-10		Montreal Canadiens	3	2	W		33	8	2		0	23	22	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
81	1997-04-12		New York Islanders	6	2	W		38	8	0		0	22	8	1		0
82	1997-04-13	@	Buffalo Sabres	8	3	W		38	24	2		0	24	14	1		1

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