Washington Capitals year by year

52 seasons since 1974-75 · 1915-1614-303-214 all time · 1 title

How have the Capitals ranked, year by year?

The Washington Capitals have played 51 seasons since 1974-75: 1913-1613-303-214 in the regular season, with 1 title. Their defense allowed the fewest goals in the league 2 times: 2016-17 and 1983-84. Their offense scored the most in 2009-10. Over the last 10 seasons the best defense was 2016-17's (1st in goals allowed), the best offense 2024-25's (2nd in goals scored). In 2026-27 they are 2-1, 9th in goals scored and 10th in goals allowed after 3 games.

Washington Capitals by season: record, goals scored and allowed per game with league rank, coach and postseason
Season	W-L-T-OTL	Offense	Defense	Coach	Postseason
2026-27	2-1	3.679th	2.6710th	—	—
2025-26	43-30-9	3.1815th	2.907th	Spencer Carbery	—
2024-25	51-22-9	3.492nd	2.798th	Spencer Carbery	Playoffs, 5-5
2023-24	40-31-11	2.6328th	3.0716th	Spencer Carbery	Playoffs, 0-4
2022-23	35-37-10	3.0920th	3.1818th	Peter Laviolette	—
2021-22	44-26-12	3.2910th	2.9512th	Peter Laviolette	Playoffs, 2-4
2020-21	36-15-5	3.364th	2.8817th	Peter Laviolette	Playoffs, 1-4
2019-20	41-20-8	3.422nd	3.0718th	Todd Reirden	Playoffs, 2-6
2018-19	48-26-8	3.345th	3.0217th	Todd Reirden	Playoffs, 3-4
2017-18	49-26-7	3.129th	2.9016th	Barry Trotz	Won the Stanley Cup Final
2016-17	55-19-8	3.183rd	2.161st	Barry Trotz	Playoffs, 7-6
2015-16	56-18-8	3.022nd	2.332nd	Barry Trotz	Playoffs, 6-6
2014-15	45-26-11	2.896th	2.437th	Barry Trotz	Playoffs, 7-7
2013-14	38-30-14	2.7413th	2.7921st	Adam Oates	—
2012-13	27-18-3	3.044th	2.7118th	Adam Oates	Playoffs, 3-4
2011-12	42-32-8	2.6614th	2.7621st	Bruce Boudreau, Dale Hunter	Playoffs, 7-7
2010-11	48-23-11	2.6719th	2.334th	Bruce Boudreau	Playoffs, 4-5
2009-10	54-15-13	3.821st	2.7716th	Bruce Boudreau	Playoffs, 3-4
2008-09	50-24-8	3.273rd	2.9319th	Bruce Boudreau	Playoffs, 7-7
2007-08	43-31-8	2.908th	2.7718th	Glen Hanlon, Bruce Boudreau	Playoffs, 3-4
2006-07	28-40-14	2.8517th	3.3526th	Glen Hanlon	—
2005-06	29-41-12	2.8023rd	3.6629th	Glen Hanlon	—
2003-04	23-46-10-3	2.2727th	3.0928th	Bruce Cassidy, Glen Hanlon	—
2002-03	39-29-8-6	2.7311th	2.6814th	Bruce Cassidy	Playoffs, 2-4
2001-02	36-33-11-2	2.789th	2.9325th	Ron Wilson	—
2000-01	41-27-10-4	2.8413th	2.5713th	Ron Wilson	Playoffs, 2-4
1999-00	44-24-12-2	2.7713th	2.374th	Ron Wilson	Playoffs, 1-4
1998-99	31-45-6	2.4420th	2.6615th	Ron Wilson	—
1997-98	40-30-12	2.6713th	2.4610th	Ron Wilson	Lost the Stanley Cup Final
1996-97	33-40-9	2.6123rd	2.829th	Jim Schoenfeld	—
1995-96	39-32-11	2.8520th	2.493rd	Jim Schoenfeld	Playoffs, 2-4
1994-95	22-18-8	2.8313th	2.504th	Jim Schoenfeld	—
1993-94	39-35-10	3.3015th	3.1312th	Terry Murray, Jim Schoenfeld	—
1992-93	43-34-7	3.8710th	3.4010th	Terry Murray	—
1991-92	45-27-8	4.132nd	3.4410th	Terry Murray	—
1990-91	37-36-7	3.2314th	3.235th	Terry Murray	—
1989-90	36-38-6	3.5515th	3.447th	Bryan Murray, Terry Murray	—
1988-89	41-29-10	3.819th	3.245th	Bryan Murray	—
1987-88	38-33-9	3.5115th	3.112nd	Bryan Murray	—
1986-87	38-32-10	3.5613th	3.488th	Bryan Murray	—
1985-86	50-23-7	3.9410th	3.402nd	Bryan Murray	—
1984-85	46-25-9	4.038th	3.002nd	Bryan Murray	—
1983-84	48-27-5	3.8512th	2.831st	Bryan Murray	—
1982-83	39-25-16	3.8312th	3.545th	Bryan Murray	—
1981-82	26-41-13	3.9910th	4.2212th	Gary Green, Bryan Murray, Roger Crozier	—
1980-81	26-36-18	3.5818th	3.9612th	Gary Green	—
1979-80	27-40-13	3.2615th	3.6612th	Danny Belisle, Gary Green	—
1978-79	24-41-15	3.41	4.22	Danny Belisle	—
1977-78	17-49-14	2.44	4.01	Tom McVie	—
1976-77	24-42-14	2.76	3.84	Tom McVie	—
1975-76	11-59-10	2.80	4.92	Milt Schmidt, Tom McVie	—
1974-75	8-67-5	2.26	5.58	Red Sullivan, Milt Schmidt, Jim Anderson	—

Regular season. Offense and defense are goals scored and allowed per game; the rank beside each is among the league’s clubs that season, first being the most scored or the fewest allowed. Ranks start in 1979-80, the first season after the WHA merger.

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