Players who played for the Colorado Avalanche and Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche
Washington Capitals

44 players

44 players have played for both the Colorado Avalanche and the Washington Capitals. Dale Hunter spent the most seasons with the two: 8 with the Colorado Avalanche and 12 with the Washington Capitals. On a roster now: Semyon Varlamov, Lars Eller, Philipp Grubauer, Andre Burakovsky, and Michael Sgarbossa. Rosters are on file in full from 1993-94; before that only some of the stars are.

Players who played for the Colorado Avalanche and the Washington Capitals, with their years at each
PlayerPosCOLWSH
Dale HunterC1980–1999 · 8 seasons1987–1999 · 12 seasons
Steve KonowalchukLW2003–2006 · 2 seasons1991–2004 · 13 seasons
Semyon VarlamovG2011–2019 · 8 seasons2008–2011 · 3 seasons
Chris SimonLW1992–1996 · 4 seasons1996–2003 · 7 seasons
Ken KleeD2006–2007 · 1 season1994–2003 · 9 seasons
Curtis LeschyshynD1988–1997 · 9 seasons1996–1997 · 1 season
Lars EllerC2022–2023 · 1 season2016–2025 · 8 seasons
Philipp GrubauerG2018–2021 · 3 seasons2012–2018 · 6 seasons
Mike EaglesLW1982–1988 · 4 seasons1995–2000 · 5 seasons
Andre BurakovskyLW2019–2022 · 3 seasons2014–2019 · 5 seasons
Brian WillsieRW1999–2010 · 5 seasons2003–2011 · 3 seasons
Keith JonesRW1996–1999 · 3 seasons1992–1997 · 5 seasons
Gaetan DuchesneLW1987–1989 · 2 seasons1981–1987 · 6 seasons
Michael SgarbossaC2012–2015 · 2 seasons2019–2025 · 5 seasons
Tomas FleischmannLW2010–2011 · 1 season2005–2011 · 6 seasons
Andrei NikolishinC2003–2004 · 1 season1996–2002 · 6 seasons
Craig BillingtonG1996–1999 · 3 seasons1999–2003 · 4 seasons
Wojtek WolskiLW2005–2010 · 5 seasons2012–2013 · 1 season
Andrew BrunetteLW2005–2008 · 3 seasons1995–1998 · 3 seasons
Kevin KaminskiC1989–1992 · 2 seasons1993–1997 · 4 seasons
Matt HendricksC2008–2010 · 2 seasons2010–2013 · 3 seasons
Scott HannanD2007–2011 · 4 seasons2010–2011 · 1 season
Jose TheodoreG2005–2008 · 3 seasons2008–2010 · 2 seasons
Bryan MuirD2000–2003 · 3 seasons2005–2007 · 2 seasons
Jeff Randall BrownD1985–1989 · 4 seasons1997–1998 · 1 season
Liam O'BrienC2020–2021 · 1 season2014–2018 · 3 seasons
Daniel WinnikLW2010–2012 · 2 seasons2015–2017 · 2 seasons
Rick BerryD2000–2002 · 2 seasons2002–2004 · 2 seasons
Brandon DuhaimeRW2023–2024 · 1 season2024–2026 · 2 seasons
Darcy KuemperG2021–2022 · 1 season2022–2024 · 2 seasons
Craig AndersonG2009–2011 · 2 seasons2020–2021 · 1 season
Ryan StoaC2009–2011 · 2 seasons2013–2014 · 1 season
Bates BattagliaLW2002–2004 · 2 seasons2003–2004 · 1 season
Kip MillerLW1990–1991 · 1 season2002–2004 · 2 seasons
Rick TabaracciG1999–2000 · 1 season1993–1999 · 2 seasons
John SlaneyD1995–1996 · 1 season1993–1995 · 2 seasons
Paul MacDermidC1993–1995 · 2 seasons1992–1993 · 1 season
Reggie SavageC1993–1994 · 1 season1990–1993 · 2 seasons
Shawn AndersonD1990–1991 · 1 season1992–1994 · 2 seasons
Mikhail TatarinovD1991–1993 · 2 seasons1990–1991 · 1 season
Kevin ShattenkirkD2010–2011 · 1 season2016–2017 · 1 season
Lawrence NycholatD2008–2009 · 1 season2006–2007 · 1 season
Alain CoteD1993–1994 · 1 season1989–1990 · 1 season
Lee NorwoodD1980–1981 · 1 season1982–1983 · 1 season

Regular season, under every name each club has played as. A season split by a trade counts for both clubs where the game logs reach it (NBA from 1993-94, NFL 1994, NHL 1996, MLB 2001). Longest stay with the two first.

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