1996-97 Washington Capitals Schedule and Results

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

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