2017–18 Washington Capitals season

2017–18 Washington Capitals
	Stanley Cup champions
	Eastern Conference champions
	Metropolitan Division champions
Division	1st Metropolitan
Conference	3rd Eastern
2017–18 record	49–26–7
Home record	28–11–2
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	259
Goals against	239
Team information
General Manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom; Brooks Orpik
Arena	Capital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL); South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (49)
Assists	Evgeny Kuznetsov (56)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (87)
Penalties in minutes	Tom Wilson (187)
Plus/minus	Matt Niskanen (+24)
Wins	Braden Holtby (34)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (2.35)

The 2017–18 Washington Capitals season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[1] They played their home games at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. They were led by head coach Barry Trotz in his fourth season as coach of the Capitals. The Capitals won their first Stanley Cup in organization history, defeating the inaugural-season Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Finals.

The team finished the regular season with 105 points, winning the Metropolitan Division for the third year in a row. In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they lost the first two games of their first round series against the Columbus Blue Jackets before winning the next four games to advance to the Conference Semifinals against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, who ended the Capitals' playoffs each of the previous two years.^[2]^[3] The Capitals defeated the Penguins in six games to advance the Eastern Conference Finals, their first trip to a conference championship series since 1998.^[4] The Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals in seven games, after overcoming a 3-2 series deficit following a Game 5 loss for the first time in franchise history, to earn their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals since 1998, when they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings.^[5]^[6] The Capitals faced the first-year Vegas Golden Knights and defeated them in five games to earn the organization's first ever Stanley Cup,^[7]^[8] while becoming the 100th Stanley Cup champion since 1914. Alexander Ovechkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs.^[9]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98
4	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
5	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
7	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
8	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	49	26	7	46	259	239	+20	105
2	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	29	6	45	272	250	+22	100
3	x – Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	26	14	40	251	243	+8	98

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	54	23	5	48	296	236	+60	113
2	x – Boston Bruins	82	50	20	12	47	270	214	+56	112
3	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	49	26	7	42	277	232	+45	105

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	45	30	7	39	242	230	+12	97
2	ME	x – New Jersey Devils	82	44	29	9	39	248	244	+4	97

3	AT	Florida Panthers	82	44	30	8	41	248	246	+2	96
4	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	36	35	11	33	228	256	−28	83
5	ME	New York Islanders	82	35	37	10	32	264	296	−32	80
6	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	31	231	268	−37	77
7	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	30	39	13	25	217	255	−38	73
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	82	29	40	13	27	209	264	−55	71
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	82	28	43	11	26	221	291	−70	67
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	25	45	12	24	199	280	−81	62

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Capitals' preseason schedule was released on June 7, 2017.^[10]

2017 preseason game log: 2–5–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 2–2–0)

Regular season

The team released its regular season schedule on June 22, 2017.^[11]

2017–18 game log

October: 5–6–1, 11 points (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 4–3–1)

November: 9–5–0, 18 points (Home: 7–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)

December: 10–2–2, 22 points (Home: 8–0–0; Road: 2–2–2)

January: 6–2–2, 14 points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–0–1)

February: 6–6–2, 14 points (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–4–1)

March: 10–4–0, 20 points (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–3–0)

April: 3–1–0, 6 points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–0–0)

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

Playoffs

The Capitals endured hardships during their first successful Stanley Cup run through 24 games, and simultaneously became the second Stanley Cup champion to trail at least once in all four playoff rounds (1991 Pittsburgh Penguins) and drop the first two games of the first series at home (2011 Boston Bruins). This also makes such run the third-longest Stanley Cup run, tied with four other runs.^[12]

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Columbus Blue Jackets: Washington won 4–2

Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins: Washington won 4–2

Eastern Conference Finals vs. (A1) Tampa Bay Lightning: Washington won 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Washington won 4–1

Win Loss

Player statistics

Final Stats^[13]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Alexander Ovechkin	82	49	38	87	3	32
Evgeny Kuznetsov	79	27	56	83	3	48
John Carlson	82	15	53	68	0	32
Nicklas Backstrom	81	21	50	71	5	46
T. J. Oshie	74	18	29	47	2	31
Lars Eller	81	18	20	38	–6	38
Tom Wilson	78	14	21	35	10	187
Dmitry Orlov	82	10	21	31	10	22
Jakub Vrana	73	13	14	27	2	12
Matt Niskanen	68	7	22	29	24	36
Brett Connolly	70	15	12	27	−6	30
Jay Beagle	79	7	15	22	3	16
Andre Burakovsky	56	12	13	25	3	27
Chandler Stephenson	67	6	12	18	13	8
Devante Smith-Pelly	75	7	9	16	−6	38
Alex Chiasson	61	9	9	18	1	26
Christian Djoos	63	3	11	14	13	10
Madison Bowey	51	0	12	12	–3	24
Brooks Orpik	81	0	10	10	−9	68
Taylor Chorney^‡	23	1	3	4	8	6
Nathan Walker^†	7	1	0	1	1	4
Aaron Ness	8	0	1	1	2	8
Travis Boyd	8	0	1	1	2	2
Jakub Jerabek^†	11	1	3	4	−1	0
Michal Kempny^†	22	2	1	3	1	14
Tyler Graovac	5	0	0	0	–3	2
Liam O'Brien	3	0	0	0	0	5
Anthony Peluso	2	0	0	0	0	4
Shane Gersich	3	0	1	1	–1	0

Playoffs^[13]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Alex Ovechkin	24	15	12	27	8	8
Brett Connolly	24	6	3	9	4	6
Jakub Vrana	23	3	5	8	5	2
Chandler Stephenson	24	2	5	7	3	8
Nicklas Backstrom	20	5	18	23	-1	6
Lars Eller	24	7	11	18	6	14
Devante Smith-Pelly	24	7	1	8	-2	12
Alex Chiasson	16	1	1	2	0	4
Travis Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Gersich	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Tom Wilson	21	5	10	15	11	31
Andre Burakovsky	13	2	4	6	2	4
T.J. Oshie	24	8	13	21	5	31
Nathan Walker	1	0	1	1	1	0
Jay Beagle	23	2	6	8	7	8
Evgeny Kuznetsov	24	12	20	32	14	14
Matt Niskanen	23	1	7	8	4	8
Michal Kempny	24	2	3	5	1	10
Dmitry Orlov	24	2	6	8	5	4
Jakub Jerabek	2	0	1	1	-1	2
Christian Djoos	22	0	1	1	3	4
Brooks Orpik	24	1	4	5	15	13
John Carlson	24	5	15	20	11	8

Goaltenders

Regular season^[13]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Braden Holtby	50	50	2,829:35	31	15	4	143	3.03	1,520	.906	0	0	0	2
Philipp Grubauer	31	24	1,628:41	12	9	3	62	2.29	836	.926	3	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	2	2	105:23	0	1	8	4.58	49	.836	0	0	0	0
Braden Holtby	23	22	1385:33	16	6	50	2.17	616	.918	2	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Statistics reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Capitals only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	To New Jersey Devils Marcus Johansson	To Washington Capitals FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2018 TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2018	^[14]
February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09)	To New York Rangers John Albert Hubert Labrie	To Washington Capitals Adam Chapie Joe Whitney	^[15]
February 19, 2018 (2018-02-19)	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2018	To Washington Capitals Michal Kempny	^[16]
February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)	To Montreal Canadiens 5th-round draft pick in 2019	To Washington Capitals Jakub Jerabek	^[17]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	John Albert	Kärpät	1-year, $650,000	^[18]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Anthony Peluso	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $650,000	^[19]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Devante Smith-Pelly	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $650,000	^[20]
July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)	Wayne Simpson	Providence Bruins	1-year, $650,000	^[21]
October 4, 2017 (2017-10-04)	Alex Chiasson	Calgary Flames	1-year, $660,000	^[22]
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)	Juuso Ikonen	Brynäs IF	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[23]
May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)	Mathias Bau	Hershey Bears	1-year, $700,000 entry-level contract	^[24]
May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)	Maximilian Kammerer	Düsseldorfer EG	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[25]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20)	Chris Bourque	Hershey Bears	1-year	^[26]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Karl Alzner	Montreal Canadiens	5-year, $23.125 million	^[27]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Joe Cannata	Colorado Avalanche	1-year, $650,000	^[28]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Paul Carey	New York Rangers	1-year, $650,000	^[29]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Kevin Shattenkirk	New York Rangers	4-year, $26.6 million	^[30]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Justin Williams	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year, $9 million	^[31]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Garrett Mitchell	Hershey Bears	1-year	^[32]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Stanislav Galiev	Ak Bars Kazan	2-year	^[33]
July 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)	Tom Gilbert	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	1-year	^[34]
August 15, 2017 (2017-08-15)	Cody Corbett	Idaho Steelheads	1-year	^[35]
September 13, 2017 (2017-09-13)	Christian Thomas	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1-year	^[36]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
Nathan Walker	Edmonton Oilers	December 20, 2017 (2017-12-20)	^[37]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Nathan Walker	Edmonton Oilers	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)	^[38]
Taylor Chorney	Columbus Blue Jackets	February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)	^[39]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	Christian Djoos	2-year, $1.3 million	^[40]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	T. J. Oshie	8-year, $46 million	^[41]
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Brett Connolly	2-year, $3 million	^[42]
June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)	Pheonix Copley	2-year, $1.3 million	^[43]
June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)	Chandler Stephenson	2-year, $1.3 million	^[44]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)	Evgeny Kuznetsov	8-year, $62.4 million	^[45]
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	Andre Burakovsky	2-year, $6 million	^[46]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Travis Boyd	1-year, $650,000	^[47]
July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)	Philipp Grubauer	1-year, $1.5 million	^[48]
July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14)	Liam O'Brien	1-year, $650,000	^[49]
February 10, 2018 (2018-02-10)	Lars Eller	5-year, $17.5 million contract extension	^[50]
March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22)	Tobias Geisser	3-year, $2.6 million entry-level contract	^[51]
March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)	Shane Gersich	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[52]
April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04)	Brian Pinho	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract	^[53]
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)	Axel Jonsson Fjallby	3-year, $2.58 million entry-level contract	^[54]
May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04)	Ilya Samsonov	3-year, $4.425 million entry-level contract	^[55]
May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)	Aaron Ness	1-year, $650,000 contract extension	^[56]
May 18, 2018 (2018-05-18)	Tyler Lewington	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension	^[57]

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
4	120	Tobias Geisser	D	Switzerland	EVZ Academy (NLB)
5	151	Sebastian Walfridsson	D	Sweden	Modo Hockey (J20 SuperElit)
6	182	Benton Maass	D	United States	Elk River High School (USHS)
7	213	Kristian Roykas Marthinsen	LW	Norway	Almtuna IS (J20 SuperElit)

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