Washington Capitals 1996-1997 Season Schedule & Scores

Overall record:	33-38-2
Home record:	19-17-0
Away record:	14-21-2

The Washington Capitals had a disappointing 1996-1997 season, finishing with a losing record and missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. Despite some bright spots, such as the emergence of young stars Peter Bondra and Olaf Kolzig, the team struggled to find consistency and ultimately fell short of expectations.

Away		Home	Date	Result
CHI	@	WSH	Sat, Oct 5th, 1996	W5-2
WSH	@	DAL	Tue, Oct 8th, 1996	L3-5
TB	@	WSH	Fri, Oct 11th, 1996	L2-6
LA	@	WSH	Sat, Oct 12th, 1996	W4-3
BUF	@	WSH	Fri, Oct 18th, 1996	W4-1
WSH	@	PIT	Sat, Oct 19th, 1996	L1-2
WSH	@	NYR	Wed, Oct 23rd, 1996	W3-2
WSH	@	STL	Sat, Oct 26th, 1996	W6-4
WSH	@	COL	Mon, Oct 28th, 1996	L0-1
PHI	@	WSH	Wed, Oct 30th, 1996	L2-4
PIT	@	WSH	Fri, Nov 1st, 1996	L2-4
WSH	@	NYI	Sat, Nov 2nd, 1996	L1-6
WSH	@	TB	Wed, Nov 6th, 1996	W2-1
WSH	@	FLA	Thu, Nov 7th, 1996	L2-4
NYR	@	WSH	Sat, Nov 9th, 1996	L2-3
WSH	@	NJ	Tue, Nov 12th, 1996	L2-3
WSH	@	PHI	Thu, Nov 14th, 1996	W5-2
MTL	@	WSH	Fri, Nov 15th, 1996	L1-3
WSH	@	FLA	Mon, Nov 18th, 1996	W4-2
BOS	@	WSH	Tue, Nov 19th, 1996	T2-2
WSH	@	NJ	Fri, Nov 22nd, 1996	W5-1
NJ	@	WSH	Sat, Nov 23rd, 1996	L3-4
OTT	@	WSH	Wed, Nov 27th, 1996	W2-1
NYI	@	WSH	Fri, Nov 29th, 1996	W2-0
WSH	@	MTL	Sat, Nov 30th, 1996	W2-0
DET	@	WSH	Wed, Dec 4th, 1996	W2-0
PIT	@	WSH	Fri, Dec 6th, 1996	W5-3
WSH	@	NYI	Sat, Dec 7th, 1996	L0-2
WSH	@	SJ	Wed, Dec 11th, 1996	L2-3
WSH	@	ANA	Fri, Dec 13th, 1996	L4-5
WSH	@	LA	Sat, Dec 14th, 1996	T4-4
WSH	@	PHX	Tue, Dec 17th, 1996	L3-4
SJ	@	WSH	Fri, Dec 20th, 1996	L2-3
WSH	@	BOS	Sat, Dec 21st, 1996	L3-4
WSH	@	TB	Mon, Dec 23rd, 1996	W3-1
WSH	@	DET	Thu, Dec 26th, 1996	L4-5
FLA	@	WSH	Sat, Dec 28th, 1996	T1-1
WSH	@	PIT	Mon, Dec 30th, 1996	L3-5
CAR	@	WSH	Wed, Jan 1st, 1997	L2-3
PHX	@	WSH	Fri, Jan 3rd, 1997	L0-3
WSH	@	CAR	Sat, Jan 4th, 1997	T1-1
NYR	@	WSH	Thu, Jan 9th, 1997	L0-2
WSH	@	PHI	Sat, Jan 11th, 1997	T3-3
TOR	@	WSH	Mon, Jan 13th, 1997	L3-6
WSH	@	OTT	Wed, Jan 15th, 1997	L1-5
WSH	@	BOS	Mon, Jan 20th, 1997	W3-2
NYR	@	WSH	Wed, Jan 22nd, 1997	W5-3
DAL	@	WSH	Fri, Jan 24th, 1997	W5-2
EDM	@	WSH	Sun, Jan 26th, 1997	W3-1
PHI	@	WSH	Wed, Jan 29th, 1997	W2-1
WSH	@	FLA	Sat, Feb 1st, 1997	W3-1
WSH	@	BUF	Sun, Feb 2nd, 1997	T2-2
WSH	@	CGY	Fri, Feb 7th, 1997	L2-5
WSH	@	EDM	Sun, Feb 9th, 1997	L1-4
WSH	@	VAN	Tue, Feb 11th, 1997	W5-2
TB	@	WSH	Fri, Feb 14th, 1997	L4-5
WSH	@	TB	Sat, Feb 15th, 1997	L1-4
OTT	@	WSH	Tue, Feb 18th, 1997	W6-1
WSH	@	CAR	Sat, Feb 22nd, 1997	L0-2
BOS	@	WSH	Mon, Feb 24th, 1997	T3-3
WSH	@	TOR	Wed, Feb 26th, 1997	W3-1
ANA	@	WSH	Fri, Feb 28th, 1997	W4-1
NYI	@	WSH	Sun, Mar 2nd, 1997	W2-0
CGY	@	WSH	Tue, Mar 4th, 1997	L1-2
COL	@	WSH	Thu, Mar 6th, 1997	L3-6
WSH	@	PHI	Sun, Mar 9th, 1997	L0-5
VAN	@	WSH	Tue, Mar 11th, 1997	L1-4
WSH	@	NYR	Wed, Mar 12th, 1997	L2-3
WSH	@	NJ	Sat, Mar 15th, 1997	L2-3
CAR	@	WSH	Sun, Mar 16th, 1997	L3-5
NJ	@	WSH	Wed, Mar 19th, 1997	T2-2
BUF	@	WSH	Fri, Mar 21st, 1997	W4-1
WSH	@	MTL	Sat, Mar 22nd, 1997	W3-1
STL	@	WSH	Tue, Mar 25th, 1997	L2-3
WSH	@	CHI	Wed, Mar 26th, 1997	L3-5
PHI	@	WSH	Sat, Mar 29th, 1997	W5-3
NJ	@	WSH	Tue, Apr 1st, 1997	W1-0
WSH	@	OTT	Thu, Apr 3rd, 1997	L0-4
FLA	@	WSH	Sun, Apr 6th, 1997	T3-3
MTL	@	WSH	Thu, Apr 10th, 1997	L2-3
NYI	@	WSH	Sat, Apr 12th, 1997	L2-6
WSH	@	BUF	Sun, Apr 13th, 1997	W8-3