2013–14 Washington Capitals season

The 2013–14 Washington Capitals season was the 40th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974. The Capitals failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 season, ending their six-season playoff streak. During this season, the Capitals also set the current NHL record for total shootouts in a season with 21 out of possible 82 games. This would be the last season the Capitals failed to make the playoffs until 2023.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2013 preseason game log: 4–0–4 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 2–0–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 14 Washington 4–3 Winnipeg SO Grubauer 3,257 1–0–0 Recap 2 September 16 Washington 4–3 Philadelphia SO Leggio 19,142 2–0–0 Recap 3 September 17 Boston 3–2 Washington SO Grubauer 11,286 2–0–1 Recap 4 September 20 Chicago 5–4 Washington SO Leggio 17,047 2–0–2 Recap 5 September 23 Washington 2–3 Boston OT Holtby 17,006 2–0–3 Recap 6 September 25 Nashville 1–4 Washington Neuvirth 16,748 3–0–3 Recap 7 September 27 Philadelphia 3–6 Washington Neuvirth 17,121 4–0–3 Recap 8 September 28 Washington 3–4 Chicago OT Holtby 20,650 4–0–4 RecapNotes: Game was played at Yardmen Arena in Belleville, Ontario. Game was played at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

Regular season 2013–14 game log October: 5–7–0 (Home: 3–3–0; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 1 Washington 4–6 Chicago Holtby 22,158 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 3 Calgary 4–5 Washington SO Neuvirth 18,506 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 5 Washington 1–2 Dallas Holtby 17,200 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 10 Carolina 3–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 12 Colorado 5–1 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 1–4–0 2 Recap 6 October 14 Edmonton 2–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 2–4–0 4 Recap 7 October 16 NY Rangers 2–0 Washington Holtby 18,506 2–5–0 4 Recap 8 October 19 Columbus 1–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 3–5–0 6 Recap 9 October 22 Washington 5–4 Winnipeg SO Holtby 15,004 4–5–0 8 Recap 10 October 24 Washington 4–1 Edmonton Holtby 16,839 5–5–0 10 Recap 11 October 26 Washington 2–5 Calgary Holtby 19,289 5–6–0 10 Recap 12 October 28 Washington 2–3 Vancouver Neuvirth 18,910 5–7–0 10 Recap November: 9–4–2 (Home: 6–3–0; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Washington 7–0 Philadelphia Holtby 19,702 6–7–0 12 Recap 14 November 2 Florida 2–3 Washington SO Neuvirth 18,506 7–7–0 14 Recap 15 November 5 NY Islanders 2–6 Washington Holtby 18,506 8–7–0 16 Recap 16 November 7 Minnesota 2–3 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 9–7–0 18 Recap 17 November 9 Washington 3–4 Phoenix SO Neuvirth 16,106 9–7–1 19 Recap 18 November 10 Washington 1–4 Colorado Holtby 17,625 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 12 Columbus 3–4 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 10–8–1 21 Recap 20 November 15 Washington 4–3 Detroit SO Holtby 20,066 11–8–1 23 Recap 21 November 17 St. Louis 1–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 12–8–1 25 Recap 22 November 20 Pittsburgh 4–0 Washington Holtby 18,506 12–9–1 25 Recap 23 November 22 Montreal 3–2 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 12–10–1 25 Recap 24 November 23 Washington 1–2 Toronto SO Holtby 19,473 12–10–2 26 Recap 25 November 27 Ottawa 6–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 12–11–2 26 Recap 26 November 29 Montreal 2–3 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 13–11–2 28 Recap 27 November 30 Washington 3–2 NY Islanders OT Holtby 14,819 14–11–2 30 Recap December: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Carolina 4–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 14–12–2 30 Recap 29 December 7 Nashville 2–5 Washington Holtby 18,506 15–12–2 32 Recap 30 December 8 Washington 4–1 NY Rangers Grubauer 18,006 16–12–2 34 Recap 31 December 10 Tampa Bay 5–6 Washington SO Grubauer 18,506 17–12–2 36 Recap 32 December 13 Washington 2–3 Florida SO Grubauer 15,097 17–12–3 37 Recap 33 December 15 Philadelphia 4–5 Washington SO Grubauer 18,506 18–12–3 39 Recap 34 December 17 Washington 2–5 Philadelphia Holtby 19,788 18–13–3 39 Recap 35 December 20 Washington 4–2 Carolina Grubauer 17,737 19–13–3 41 Recap 36 December 21 New Jersey 5–4 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 19–13–4 42 Recap 37 December 23 Anaheim 3–2 Washington Grubauer 18,506 19–14–4 42 Recap 38 December 27 NY Rangers 2–3 Washington Grubauer 18,506 20–14–4 44 Recap 39 December 29 Washington 1–2 Buffalo SO Grubauer 19,070 20–14–5 45 Recap 40 December 30 Washington 1–3 Ottawa Grubauer 20,193 20–15–5 45 Recap January: 4–7–4 (Home: 1–1–3; Road: 3–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Carolina 4–3 Washington OT Grubauer 18,506 20–15–6 46 Recap 42 January 4 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Holtby 19,022 20–16–6 46 Recap 43 January 9 Washington 4–3 Tampa Bay Grubauer 19,204 21–16–6 48 Recap 44 January 10 Toronto 2–3 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 22–16–6 50 Recap 45 January 12 Buffalo 2–1 Washington SO Grubauer 18,506 22–16–7 51 Recap 46 January 14 San Jose 2–1 Washington SO Grubauer 18,506 22–16–8 52 Recap 47 January 15 Washington 3–4 Pittsburgh Neuvirth 18,667 22–17–8 52 Recap 48 January 17 Washington 1–5 Columbus Grubauer 14,121 22–18–8 52 Recap 49 January 19 Washington 1–4 NY Rangers Grubauer 18,006 22–19–8 52 Recap 50 January 21 Ottawa 2–0 Washington Holtby 18,506 22–20–8 52 Recap 51 January 24 Washington 1–2 New Jersey Neuvirth 15,742 22–21–8 52 Recap 52 January 25 Washington 5–0 Montreal Holtby 21,273 23–21–8 54 Recap 53 January 28 Washington 5–4 Buffalo OT Holtby 18,923 24–21–8 56 Recap 54 January 30 Washington 2–5 Columbus Holtby 16,047 24–22–8 56 Recap 55 January 31 Washington 3–4 Detroit SO Neuvirth 20,066 24–22–9 57 Recap February: 4–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Detroit 5–6 Washington OT Neuvirth 18,506 25–22–9 59 Recap 57 February 4 NY Islanders 1–0 Washington Neuvirth 18,506 25–23–9 59 Recap 58 February 6 Winnipeg 2–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 26–23–9 61 Recap 59 February 8 New Jersey 0–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 27–23–9 63 Recap 60 February 27 Washington 5–4 Florida Holtby 14,180 28–23–9 65 Recap March: 6–5–4 (Home: 3–2–2; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 1 Washington 4–2 Boston Holtby 17,565 29–23–9 67 Recap 62 March 2 Philadelphia 5–4 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 29–23–10 68 Recap 63 March 5 Washington 4–6 Philadelphia Grubauer 19,919 29–24–10 68 Recap 64 March 6 Washington 0–3 Boston Holtby 17,565 29–25–10 68 Recap 65 March 8 Phoenix 2–3 Washington Halak 18,506 30–25–10 70 Recap 66 March 10 Pittsburgh 3–2 Washington Halak 18,506 30–26–10 70 Recap 67 March 11 Washington 0–2 Pittsburgh Halak 18,646 30–27–10 70 Recap 68 March 14 Vancouver 3–4 Washington Halak 18,506 31–27–10 72 Recap 69 March 16 Toronto 2–4 Washington Halak 18,506 32–27–10 74 Recap 70 March 18 Washington 3–2 Anaheim Halak 17,174 33–27–10 76 Recap 71 March 20 Washington 1–2 Los Angeles SO Halak 18,118 33–27–11 77 Recap 72 March 22 Washington 3–2 San Jose SO Holtby 17,562 34–27–11 79 Recap 73 March 25 Los Angeles 5–4 Washington SO Halak 18,506 34–27–12 80 Recap 74 March 29 Boston 4–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 34–28–12 80 Recap 75 March 30 Washington 3–4 Nashville SO Halak 16,553 34–28–13 81 Recap April: 4–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 1 Dallas 5–0 Washington Holtby 18,506 34–29–13 81 Recap 77 April 4 Washington 1–2 New Jersey Halak 15,218 34–30–13 81 Recap 78 April 5 Washington 4–3 NY Islanders SO Holtby 16,008 35–30–13 83 Recap 79 April 8 Washington 4–1 St. Louis Holtby 17,447 36–30–13 85 Recap 80 April 10 Washington 5–2 Carolina Holtby 15,735 37–30–13 87 Recap 81 April 11 Chicago 0–4 Washington Halak 18,506 38–30–13 89 Recap 82 April 13 Tampa Bay 1–0 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 38–30–14 90 RecapLegend:

Player statistics Final stats Skaters

Regular season Player 78 51 28 79 −35 48 82 18 61 79 −20 54 82 24 25 49 7 32 80 8 36 44 −21 4 82 25 18 43 −6 92 82 15 27 42 4 36 70 9 29 38 −16 64 82 10 27 37 −3 22 58 13 22 35 6 26 73 13 18 31 0 32 ‡ 53 1 23 24 1 22 82 2 16 18 −7 26 51 8 7 15 −7 16 54 3 8 11 −1 19 82 3 7 10 1 151 33 2 8 10 7 53 62 4 5 9 −9 28 17 3 6 9 −2 6 29 2 4 6 4 6 34 1 5 6 −9 23 17 1 3 4 0 12 37 1 3 4 −5 56 13 2 1 3 3 0 † 18 1 2 3 3 2 9 0 3 3 0 5 41 2 0 2 −3 49 ‡ 20 1 1 2 1 19 10 1 1 2 3 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 18 0 2 2 −2 28 13 0 1 1 −4 4 3 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 −1 0 1 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 48 45 2,656:20 23 15 4 126 2.85 1475 0.915 4 0 2 7 17 14 883:23 6 5 5 35 2.38 469 0.925 0 0 0 0 ‡ 13 11 766:57 4 6 2 36 2.82 383 0.914 0 0 1 0 † 12 12 700:32 5 4 3 27 2.31 383 0.930 1 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2013–14 season.

Trades

June 30, 2013 To Winnipeg Jets3rd-round pick in 20134th-round pick in 2013CGY's 5th-round pick in 2013 To Washington CapitalsCHI's 2nd-round pick in 2013 September 29, 2013 To Anaheim DucksMathieu Perreault To Washington CapitalsJohn Mitchell4th-round pick in 2014 March 4, 2014 To Anaheim DucksANA's 4th-round pick in 2014 To Washington CapitalsDustin Penner March 4, 2014 To Phoenix CoyotesMartin EratJohn Mitchell To Washington CapitalsChris BrownRostislav Klesla4th-round pick in 2015 March 5, 2014 To Buffalo SabresMichal NeuvirthRostislav Klesla To Washington CapitalsJaroslav Halak3rd-round pick in 2015 April 19, 2014 To Nashville PredatorsJaynen Rissling To Washington Capitals7th-round pick in 2014 May 1, 2014 To New York IslandersJaroslav Halak To Washington CapitalsCHI's 4th-round pick in 2014

Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms David KolomatisCapitals Sign David Kolomatis Manchester Monarchs 1 year, $550,000 Tyson StrachanCapitals Sign Tyson Strachan, Matt Watkins and David Leggio Florida Panthers 1 year, $550,000 Matt Watkins Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $550,000 David Leggio Rochester Americans 1 year, $550,000 Brandon SegalCapitals Sign Brandon Segal Connecticut Whale 1 year, $550,000 Mikhail GrabovskiCapitals Sign Mikhail Grabovski Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $3 million Pheonix CopleyCapitals Sign Pheonix Copley Michigan Tech 2 years, $1.41 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Wojtek Wolski Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod undisclosed Dany Sabourin Graz 99ers undisclosed Jeff Schultz Los Angeles Kings 1 year, $700,000 Matt Hendricks Nashville Predators 4 years, $7.4 million Mike Ribeiro Phoenix Coyotes 4 years, $22 million Joey Crabb Florida Panthers 2 years, $1.2 million

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Alexander UrbomCapitals Claim Alexander Urbom Off Waivers from New Jersey New Jersey Devils October 3, 2013

Lost via waivers Player New team Date Alexander UrbomJosefson to IR; Urbom claimed off waivers from Caps New Jersey Devils January 8, 2014

Player signings