The Washington Capitals used 37 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 37-38-7 record. Peter Bondra led the team with 77 points (46 goals, 31 assists) in 77 games. Jim Carey played the most games in goal (40).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Housley 🇺🇸 D 33 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 0.52 | 3 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 2 | Sergei Gonchar 🇷🇺 D 22 | 57 | 🧊 2 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 0.53 | 3 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 3 | Sylvain Cote 🇨🇦 D 31 | 57 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0.42 | 2 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 4 | Calle Johansson 🇸🇪 D 30 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.26 | 2 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 5 | Ken Klee 🇺🇸 D 25 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.14 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 115 | — |
| 6 | Joe Reekie 🇨🇦 D 32 | 65 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.14 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 107 | — |
| 7 | Mark Tinordi 🇨🇦 D 30 | 56 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.14 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 118 | — |
| 8 | Brendan Witt 🇨🇦 D 22 | 44 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 9 | Eric Charron 🇨🇦 D 27 | 25 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Curtis Leschyshyn 🇨🇦 D 27 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 11 | Stewart Malgunas 🇨🇦 D 26 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 12 | Patrick Boileau 🇨🇦 D 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 12 skaters | 82 | 46 | 100 | 146 | 1.78 | 10 | 841 | 0 | 0 | 556 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Carey 🇺🇸 G 22 | 40 | 18 | 2.63 | 0.000 | 0 | 105 | 57:20 | |
| 2 | Olie Kolzig 🇿🇦 G 26 | 29 | 11 | 2.45 | 0.000 | 0 | 71 | 56:41 | |
| 3 | Bill Ranford 🇨🇦 G 30 | 18 | 8 | 2.56 | 0.000 | 0 | 46 | 56:05 |
57% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 43% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 |
|
-5 | 241 (43%) | Hunter, Juneau, Cote, Allison +17 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+2 | 133 (24%) | Konowalchuk, Housley, Miller, Krygier +3 |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+1 | 33 (6%) | Pivonka, Svejkovsky |
| Russia | 2 |
|
-1 | 51 (9%) | Gonchar, Nikolishin |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Ustorf |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 3 (1%) | Zednik |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 17 (3%) | Johansson |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+2 | 77 (14%) | Bondra |
| South Africa | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Kolzig |
Peter Bondra led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1996-97 with 77 points — 46 goals and 31 assists in 77 games. Next came Dale Hunter (46) and Steve Konowalchuk (42).
Peter Bondra scored 46 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1996-97, 10 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 37 players in 1996-97: 34 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 214 goals.
Jim Carey played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1996-97: 40 games, 18 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.62 goals against average. Olie Kolzig was the backup, in 29 games.
The average age was 27.2 years. Jaroslav Svejkovsky was the youngest at 20, and Dale Hunter the oldest at 36.
The Washington Capitals used 37 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 21 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 2 in Czechia. The other 7 came from Russia, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine and South Africa. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 57% on this roster.