2022–23 Washington Capitals season

2022–23 Washington Capitals
Division	6th Metropolitan
Conference	13th Eastern
2022–23 record	35–37–10
Home record	18–16–7
Road record	17–21–3
Goals for	255
Goals against	265
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom John Carlson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Average attendance	18,573[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (42)
Assists	Evgeny Kuznetsov (43)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (75)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (78)
Plus/minus	Trevor van Riemsdyk (+10)
Wins	Darcy Kuemper (22)
Goals against average	Darcy Kuemper (2.87)

The 2022–23 Washington Capitals season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[2] The Capitals missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2013–14 season (and only the second time since 2006–07 and changing their colors back to a more patriotic color scheme), ending their eight-season playoff streak, being eliminated from playoff contention on April 4, 2023, after the Florida Panthers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 2–1.^[3] The Capitals ended a streak of 15 consecutive winning seasons, one of twelve NHL teams to ever have a streak that long.^[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	21	9	39	266	213	+53	113
2	x – New Jersey Devils	82	52	22	8	39	291	226	+65	112
3	x – New York Rangers	82	47	22	13	37	277	219	+58	107
4	x – New York Islanders	82	42	31	9	36	243	222	+21	93
5	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	31	11	31	262	264	−2	91
6	e – Washington Capitals	82	35	37	10	27	255	265	−10	80
7	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	31	38	13	26	222	277	−55	75
8	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	48	9	15	214	330	−116	59

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ME	x – New York Islanders	82	42	31	9	36	243	222	+21	93
2	AT	x – Florida Panthers	82	42	32	8	36	290	273	+17	92
3	ME	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	31	11	31	262	264	−2	91
4	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	42	33	7	30	296	300	−4	91
5	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	39	35	8	31	261	271	−10	86
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	35	37	10	28	240	279	−39	80
7	ME	e – Washington Capitals	82	35	37	10	27	255	265	−10	80
8	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	31	38	13	26	222	277	−55	75
9	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	31	45	6	21	232	307	−75	68
10	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	48	9	15	214	330	−116	59

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 6, 2022.^[7]

2022–23 game log
October: 5–4–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 12 Boston Bruins 2–5 Kuemper 18,573 0–1–0 0 [8] 2 October 13 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2–3 Lindgren 18,914 0–2–0 0 [9] 3 October 15 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 Kuemper 18,573 1–2–0 2 [10] 4 October 17 Vancouver Canucks 6–4 Kuemper 18,573 2–2–0 4 [11] 5 October 20 @ Ottawa Senators 2–5 Kuemper 14,210 2–3–0 4 [12] 6 October 22 Los Angeles Kings 4–3 Kuemper 18,573 3–3–0 6 [13] 7 October 24 @ New Jersey Devils 6–3 Lindgren 11,405 4–3–0 8 [14] 8 October 27 @ Dallas Stars 0–2 Kuemper 18,235 4–4–0 8 [15] 9 October 29 @ Nashville Predators 3–0 Kuemper 17,159 5–4–0 10 [16] 10 October 31 @ Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 SO Kuemper 16,211 5–4–1 11 [17]
November: 5–7–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 1–4–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 11 November 1 Vegas Golden Knights 2–3 OT Lindgren 18,573 5–4–2 12 [18] 12 November 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Kuemper 18,527 5–5–2 12 [19] 13 November 5 Arizona Coyotes 2–3 Kuemper 18,573 5–6–2 12 [20] 14 November 7 Edmonton Oilers 5–4 Lindgren 18,573 6–6–2 14 [21] 15 November 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–4 Kuemper 18,573 6–7–2 14 [22] 16 November 11 Tampa Bay Lightning 5–1 Kuemper 18,573 7–7–2 16 [23] 17 November 13 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 3–6 Kuemper 19,092 7–8–2 16 [24] 18 November 15 @ Florida Panthers 2–5 Kuemper 13,813 7–9–2 16 [25] 19 November 17 @ St. Louis Blues 4–5 SO Lindgren 18,096 7–9–3 17 [26] 20 November 19 Colorado Avalanche 0–4 Kuemper 18,573 7–10–3 17 [27] 21 November 23 Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 OT Kuemper 18,573 8–10–3 19 [28] 22 November 25 Calgary Flames 3–0 Kuemper 18,573 9–10–3 21 [29] 23 November 26 @ New Jersey Devils 1–5 Lindgren 16,514 9–11–3 21 [30] 24 November 29 @ Vancouver Canucks 5–1 Kuemper 18,179 10–11–3 23 [31]
December: 11–2–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 6–1–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 25 December 1 @ Seattle Kraken 2–3 OT Kuemper 17,151 10–11–4 24 [32] 26 December 3 @ Calgary Flames 2–5 Lindgren 18,698 10–12–4 24 [33] 27 December 5 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–2 Lindgren 17,264 11–12–4 26 [34] 28 December 7 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 Lindgren 16,826 12–12–4 28 [35] 29 December 9 Seattle Kraken 4–1 Lindgren 18,573 13–12–4 30 [36] 30 December 11 @ Winnipeg Jets 5–2 Lindgren 14,096 14–12–4 32 [37] 31 December 13 @ Chicago Blackhawks 7–3 Lindgren 16,181 15–12–4 34 [38] 32 December 15 Dallas Stars 1–2 Lindgren 18,573 15–13–4 34 [39] 33 December 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 Lindgren 18,573 16–13–4 36 [40] 34 December 19 Detroit Red Wings 4–3 OT Lindgren 18,573 17–13–4 38 [41] 35 December 22 @ Ottawa Senators 3–2 OT Kuemper 17,231 18–13–4 40 [42] 36 December 23 Winnipeg Jets 4–1 Lindgren 18,573 19–13–4 42 [43] 37 December 27 @ New York Rangers 4–0 Kuemper 18,006 20–13–4 44 [44] 38 December 29 Ottawa Senators 3–4 OT Kuemper 18,573 20–13–5 45 [45] 39 December 31 Montreal Canadiens 9–2 Lindgren 18,573 21–13–5 47 [46]
January: 6–7–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 4–4–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 40 January 3 Buffalo Sabres 4–5 OT Kuemper 18,573 21–13–6 48 [47] 41 January 5 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 6–2 Kuemper 17,924 22–13–6 50 [48] 42 January 6 Nashville Predators 2–3 Lindgren 18,573 22–14–6 50 [49] 43 January 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 1–0 Kuemper 18,573 23–14–6 52 [50] 44 January 11 @ Philadelphia Flyers 3–5 Kuemper 17,352 23–15–6 52 [51] 45 January 14 Philadelphia Flyers 1–3 Kuemper 18,573 23–16–6 52 [52] 46 January 16 @ New York Islanders 4–3 OT Kuemper 16,344 24–16–6 54 [53] 47 January 17 Minnesota Wild 2–4 Lindgren 18,573 24–17–6 54 [54] 48 January 19 @ Arizona Coyotes 4–0 Kuemper 4,600 25–17–6 56 [55] 49 January 21 @ Vegas Golden Knights 2–6 Kuemper 18,251 25–18–6 56 [56] 50 January 24 @ Colorado Avalanche 2–3 Kuemper 18,132 25–19–6 56 [57] 51 January 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 SO Kuemper 18,573 26–19–6 58 [58] 52 January 29 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5 Kuemper 18,593 26–20–6 58 [59] 53 January 31 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 OT Lindgren 17,879 27–20–6 60 [60]
February: 2–7–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 1–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 54 February 11 @ Boston Bruins 2–1 Kuemper 17,850 28–20–6 62 [61] 55 February 12 San Jose Sharks 1–4 Lindgren 18,573 28–21–6 62 [62] 56 February 14 Carolina Hurricanes 2–3 Kuemper 18,573 28–22–6 62 [63] 57 February 16 Florida Panthers 3–6 Kuemper 18,573 28–23–6 62 [64] 58 February 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 1–4 Kuemper 56,961 (outdoors) 28–24–6 62 [65] 59 February 21 Detroit Red Wings 1–3 Kuemper 18,573 28–25–6 62 [66] 60 February 23 Anaheim Ducks 2–4 Lindgren 18,573 28–26–6 62 [67] 61 February 25 New York Rangers 6–3 Kuemper 18,573 29–26–6 64 [68] 62 February 26 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–7 Kuemper 19,070 29–27–6 64 [69]
March: 5–6–3 (home: 2–1–3; road: 3–5–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 63 March 1 @ Anaheim Ducks 3–2 OT Kuemper 14,279 30–27–6 66 [70] 64 March 4 @ San Jose Sharks 8–3 Kuemper 17,562 31–27–6 68 [71] 65 March 6 @ Los Angeles Kings 2–4 Kuemper 17,577 31–28–6 68 [72] 66 March 9 New Jersey Devils 2–3 SO Kuemper 18,573 31–28–7 69 [73] 67 March 11 @ New York Islanders 5–1 Kuemper 17,255 32–28–7 71 [74] 68 March 14 @ New York Rangers 3–5 Kuemper 17,476 32–29–7 71 [75] 69 March 15 Buffalo Sabres 5–4 SO Lindgren 18,573 33–29–7 73 [76] 70 March 17 St. Louis Blues 2–5 Kuemper 18,573 33–30–7 73 [77] 71 March 19 @ Minnesota Wild 3–5 Lindgren 19,231 33–31–7 73 [78] 72 March 21 Columbus Blue Jackets 6–7 OT Lindgren 18,573 33–31–8 74 [79] 73 March 23 Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 Kuemper 18,573 34–31–8 76 [80] 74 March 25 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Kuemper 18,456 34–32–8 76 [81] 75 March 29 New York Islanders 1–2 SO Kuemper 18,573 34–32–9 77 [82] 76 March 30 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 1–5 Kuemper 19,092 34–33–9 77 [83]
April: 1–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 0–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 77 April 2 New York Rangers 2–5 Kuemper 18,573 34–34–9 77 [84] 78 April 6 @ Montreal Canadiens 2–6 Kuemper 21,105 34–35–9 77 [85] 79 April 8 Florida Panthers 2–4 Lindgren 18,573 34–36–9 77 [86] 80 April 10 New York Islanders 5–2 Kuemper 18,573 35–36–9 79 [87] 81 April 11 @ Boston Bruins 2–5 Lindgren 17,850 35–37–9 79 [88] 82 April 13 New Jersey Devils 4–5 OT Kuemper 18,573 35–37–10 80 [89]
Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final Statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[90]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Alexander Ovechkin	73	42	33	75	–16	48
Dylan Strome	81	23	42	65	–4	24
Evgeny Kuznetsov	81	12	43	55	–26	56
Erik Gustafsson^‡	61	7	31	38	+9	21
Conor Sheary	82	15	22	37	+9	22
T. J. Oshie	58	19	16	35	–18	59
Sonny Milano^†	64	11	22	33	–5	18
John Carlson	40	9	20	29	–7	12
Nick Jensen	77	5	24	29	–1	18
Marcus Johansson^‡	60	13	15	28	–3	8
Anthony Mantha	67	11	16	27	–8	31
Nic Dowd	65	13	12	25	+6	26
Trevor van Riemsdyk	75	7	16	23	+10	15
Tom Wilson	33	13	9	22	–13	78
Nicklas Backstrom	39	7	14	21	–25	14
Dmitry Orlov^‡	43	3	16	19	+2	10
Garnet Hathaway^‡	59	9	7	16	+6	52
Lars Eller^†	60	7	9	16	–1	36
Martin Fehervary	67	6	10	16	–11	31
Aliaksei Protas	58	4	11	15	–8	12
Rasmus Sandin^†	19	3	12	15	–7	16
Nicolas Aube-Kubel^†	47	4	8	12	+2	46
Craig Smith^†	22	5	1	6	+1	4
Matt Irwin	61	2	3	5	–8	36
Alexander Alexeyev	32	0	5	5	–2	4
Joe Snively	12	2	2	4	+3	0
Beck Malenstyn	9	1	1	2	0	2
Gabriel Carlsson	6	0	2	2	–1	0
Vincent Iorio	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dylan McIlrath	6	0	1	1	–6	7
Connor McMichael	6	0	0	0	0	5
Henrik Borgstrom	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lucas Johansen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Connor Brown	4	0	0	0	–3	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[91]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Darcy Kuemper	57	56	3,223:47	22	26	7	154	2.87	1.674	.909	5	0	0	4
Charlie Lindgren	31	26	1,692:04	13	11	3	86	3.05	853	.899	0	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡No longer with the Capitals.

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)	To New Jersey Devils Vitek Vanecek 2nd-round pick in 2022	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2022 3rd-round pick in 2022	[92]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	To Ottawa Senators 2nd-round pick in 2024	To Washington Capitals Connor Brown	[93]
February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	To Minnesota Wild Dmitry Orlov^1	To Washington Capitals Andrei Svetlakov	[94]
February 23, 2023 (2023-02-23)	To Boston Bruins Garnet Hathaway Andrei Svetlakov	To Washington Capitals Craig Smith 1st-round pick in 2023 3rd-round pick in 2024 2nd-round pick in 2025	[95]
February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)	To Minnesota Wild Marcus Johansson	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2024	[96]
February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Erik Gustafsson BOS 1st-round pick in 2023	To Washington Capitals Rasmus Sandin	[97]
March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	To Colorado Avalanche Lars Eller^1	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2025	[98]

Notes:

• Washington retains 50% of Orlov's remaining contract.
• Washington retains 31% of Eller's remaining contract.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Erik Gustafsson	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[99]
	Darcy Kuemper	Colorado Avalanche	5-year	Free agency	[100]
	Charlie Lindgren	St. Louis Blues	3-year	Free agency	[101]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Henrik Borgstrom	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[102]
	Dylan Strome	Chicago Blackhawks	1-year	Free agency	[103]
July 20, 2022 (2022-07-20)	Gabriel Carlsson	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	[104]
October 16, 2022 (2022-10-16)	Sonny Milano	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency	[105]
November 5, 2022 (2022-11-05)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Toronto Maple Leafs		Waivers	[106]
March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)	Ethen Frank	Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year‡	Free agency	[107]
March 2, 2023 (2023-03-02)	Hardy Haman Aktell	Vaxjo Lakers HC (SHL)	1-year†‡	Free agency	[108]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Pheonix Copley	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[109]
	Ilya Samsonov	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	[110]
	Justin Schultz	Seattle Kraken	2-year	Free agency	[111]
July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)	Brian Pinho	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[112]
July 24, 2022 (2022-07-24)	Michal Kempny	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency	[113]
August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)	Johan Larsson	Brynas IF (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[114]
August 25, 2022 (2022-08-25)	Shane Gersich	Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[115]
October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Winnipeg Jets		Waivers	[116]
	Brett Leason	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	[117]
June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26)	Henrik Borgstrom	HV71 (SHL)	2-year‡	Free agency	[118]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)	Lucas Johansen	2-year	[119]
July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13)	Marcus Johansson	1-year	[120]
July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14)	Matt Irwin	1-year	[121]
July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)	Ludwig Persson	3-year†	[122]
	Alexander Suzdalev	3-year†	[123]
February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)	Dylan Strome	5-year‡	[124]
February 4, 2023 (2023-02-04)	Sonny Milano	3-year‡	[125]
February 28, 2023 (2023-02-28)	Nick Jensen	3-year‡	[126]
March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	Ryan Hofer	3-year†‡	[127]
March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	1-year‡	[128]
May 1, 2023 (2023-05-01)	Ivan Miroshnichenko	3-year†‡	[129]
May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)	Alexander Alexeyev	2-year‡	[130]
May 8, 2023 (2023-05-08)	Michael Sgarbossa	2-year‡	[131]

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	20	Ivan Miroshnichenko	LW	Russia	Omskie Krylia (VHL)
2	37	Ryan Chesley	D	USA	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
3	70	Alexander Suzdalev	LW	Sweden	HV71 (J20 Nationell)
	85	Ludwig Persson	C	Sweden	Frolunda HC (J20 Nationell)
5	149	Jake Karabela	C	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
6	181	Ryan Hofer	C	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
7	213	David Gucciardi	D	Canada	Michigan State University (B1G)

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