2024–25 Washington Capitals season

2024–25 Washington Capitals
DivisionMetropolitan
ConferenceEastern
2024–25 record13–5–1
Home record7–3–1
Road record6–2–0
Goals for79
Goals against52
Team information
General managerChris Patrick
CoachSpencer Carbery
CaptainAlexander Ovechkin
Alternate captainsNicklas Backstrom
John Carlson
T. J. Oshie
Tom Wilson
ArenaCapital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Ovechkin (15)
AssistsDylan Strome (22)
PointsDylan Strome (28)
Penalty minutesTom Wilson (20)
Plus/minusDylan Strome (+18)
WinsLogan Thompson (8)
Goals against averageLogan Thompson (2.58)
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The 2024–25 Washington Capitals season is the 51st season (50th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 New Jersey Devils 24 15 7 2 14 84 62 +22 32
2 Carolina Hurricanes 21 15 5 1 13 84 55 +29 31
3 Washington Capitals 21 14 6 1 13 85 56 +29 29
4 New York Rangers 20 12 7 1 12 67 55 +12 25
5 New York Islanders 22 8 9 5 5 56 64 −8 21
6 Philadelphia Flyers 22 9 10 3 4 64 78 −14 21
7 Columbus Blue Jackets 20 9 9 2 7 70 72 −2 20
8 Pittsburgh Penguins 23 7 12 4 4 59 93 −34 18
Updated to game(s) played on November 25, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[2]
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)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 ME New York Rangers 20 12 7 1 12 67 55 +12 25
2 AT Buffalo Sabres 21 11 9 1 8 69 65 +4 23
3 AT Boston Bruins 23 10 10 3 7 51 72 −21 23
4 ME New York Islanders 22 8 9 5 5 56 64 −8 21
5 ME Philadelphia Flyers 22 9 10 3 4 64 78 −14 21
6 ME Columbus Blue Jackets 20 9 9 2 7 70 72 −2 20
7 AT Detroit Red Wings 21 9 10 2 8 53 65 −12 20
8 AT Ottawa Senators 21 9 11 1 7 66 68 −2 19
9 ME Pittsburgh Penguins 23 7 12 4 4 59 93 −34 18
10 AT Montreal Canadiens 21 7 11 3 7 58 80 −22 17
Updated to game(s) played on November 26, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[3]
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)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 24, 2024.[4]

2024 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record
1 September 22 Philadelphia 6–2 Washington Shepard Capital One Arena 12,851 0–1–0
2 September 24 Washington 2–4 Boston Shepard TD Garden 17,850 0–2–0
3 September 25 Washington 5–3 New Jersey Thompson Prudential Center 7,092 1–2–0
4 September 27 Columbus 8–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 13,009 1–3–0
5 September 30 Washington 3–2 Columbus Thompson Nationwide Arena 10,080 2–3–0
6 October 5 Boston 0–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 13,224 3–3–0
Legend

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss A

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.[5]

2024–25 game log
October: 7–2–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 12 New Jersey 5–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 0–1–0 0 [6]
2 October 15 Vegas 2–4 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 16,727 1–1–0 2 [7]
3 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,034 2–1–0 4 [8]
4 October 19 Washington 6–5 New Jersey OT Thompson Prudential Center 16,514 3–1–0 6 [9]
5 October 22 Washington 4–1 Philadelphia Lindgren Wells Fargo Center 18,132 4–1–0 8 [10]
6 October 23 Philadelphia 3–6 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,254 5–1–0 10 [11]
7 October 26 Washington 0–3 Tampa Bay Lindgren Amalie Arena 19,092 5–2–0 10 [12]
8 October 29 NY Rangers 3–5 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,390 6–2–0 12 [13]
9 October 31 Montreal 3–6 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 15,789 7–2–0 14 [14]
November: 7–4–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 5–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
10 November 2 Columbus 2–7 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,666 8–2–0 16 [15]
11 November 3 Washington 2–4 Carolina Lindgren Lenovo Center 18,796 8–3–0 16 [16]
12 November 6 Nashville 2–3 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,177 9–3–0 18 [17]
13 November 8 Pittsburgh 4–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 9–4–0 18 [18]
14 November 9 Washington 8–1 St. Louis Thompson Enterprise Center 18,096 10–4–0 20 [19]
15 November 13 Toronto 4–3 Washington OT Thompson Capital One Arena 18,573 10–4–1 21 [20]
16 November 15 Washington 5–2 Colorado Lindgren Ball Arena 18,083 11–4–1 23 [21]
17 November 17 Washington 5–2 Vegas Thompson T-Mobile Arena 17,877 12–4–1 25 [22]
18 November 18 Washington 6–2 Utah Lindgren Delta Center 11,131 13–4–1 27 [23]
19 November 21 Colorado 2–1 Washington Thompson Capital One Arena 17,414 13–5–1 27 [24]
20 November 23 New Jersey 3–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 13–6–1 27 [25]
21 November 25 Washington 4–1 Florida Thompson Amerant Bank Arena 18,504 14–6–1 29 [26]
22 November 27 Washington – Tampa Bay Amalie Arena
23 November 29 NY Islanders – Washington Capital One Arena
24 November 30 Washington – New Jersey Prudential Center
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
25 December 3 San Jose – Washington Capital One Arena
26 December 6 Washington – Toronto Scotiabank Arena
27 December 7 Washington – Montreal Bell Centre
28 December 12 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena
29 December 14 Buffalo – Washington Capital One Arena
30 December 16 Washington – Dallas American Airlines Center
31 December 17 Washington – Chicago United Center
32 December 20 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena
33 December 22 Los Angeles – Washington Capital One Arena
34 December 23 Washington – Boston TD Garden
35 December 28 Washington – Toronto Scotiabank Arena
36 December 29 Washington – Detroit Little Caesars Arena
37 December 31 Boston – Washington Capital One Arena
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
38 January 2 Minnesota – Washington Capital One Arena
39 January 4 NY Rangers – Washington Capital One Arena
40 January 6 Washington – Buffalo KeyBank Center
41 January 8 Vancouver – Washington Capital One Arena
42 January 10 Montreal – Washington Capital One Arena
43 January 11 Washington – Nashville Bridgestone Arena
44 January 14 Anaheim – Washington Capital One Arena
45 January 16 Washington – Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
46 January 18 Pittsburgh – Washington Capital One Arena
47 January 21 Washington – Edmonton Rogers Place
48 January 23 Washington – Seattle Climate Pledge Arena
49 January 25 Washington – Vancouver Rogers Arena
50 January 28 Washington – Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
51 January 30 Washington – Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Winnipeg – Washington Capital One Arena
53 February 4 Florida – Washington Capital One Arena
54 February 6 Washington – Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
55 February 9 Utah – Washington Capital One Arena
56 February 22 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
57 February 23 Edmonton – Washington Capital One Arena
58 February 25 Calgary – Washington Capital One Arena
59 February 27 St. Louis – Washington Capital One Arena
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
60 March 1 Tampa Bay – Washington Capital One Arena
61 March 3 Ottawa – Washington Capital One Arena
62 March 5 Washington – NY Rangers Madison Square Garden
63 March 7 Detroit – Washington Capital One Arena
64 March 9 Seattle – Washington Capital One Arena
65 March 11 Washington – Anaheim Honda Center
66 March 13 Washington – Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
67 March 15 Washington – San Jose SAP Center
68 March 18 Detroit – Washington Capital One Arena
69 March 20 Philadelphia – Washington Capital One Arena
70 March 22 Florida – Washington Capital One Arena
71 March 25 Washington – Winnipeg Canada Life Centre
72 March 27 Washington – Minnesota Xcel Energy Center
73 March 30 Buffalo – Washington Capital One Arena
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
74 April 1 Washington – Boston TD Garden
75 April 2 Washington – Carolina Lenovo Center
76 April 4 Chicago – Washington Capital One Arena
77 April 6 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena
78 April 10 Carolina – Washington Capital One Arena
79 April 12 Washington – Columbus Nationwide Arena
80 April 13 Columbus – Washington Capital One Arena
81 April 15 Washington – NY Islanders UBS Arena
82 April 17 Washington – Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated November 22, 2024[27][28]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Russia Alexander Alexeyev D L 25 2018 St. Petersburg, Russia
19 Sweden Nicklas Backstrom (A) Injured Reserve C L 37 2006 Gävle, Sweden
74 United States John Carlson (A) D R 34 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
6 Canada Jakob Chychrun D L 26 2024 Boca Raton, Florida
26 United States Nic Dowd C R 34 2018 Huntsville, Alabama
80 Canada Pierre-Luc Dubois C L 26 2024 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
22 United States Brandon Duhaime LW L 27 2024 Coral Springs, Florida
20 Denmark Lars Eller C L 35 2024 Rødovre, Denmark
42 Slovakia Martin Fehervary D L 25 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia
29 Canada Hendrix Lapierre C L 22 2020 Gatineau, Quebec
79 United States Charlie Lindgren G R 30 2022 Lakeville, Minnesota
88 Canada Andrew Mangiapane LW L 28 2024 Bolton, Ontario
52 Canada Dylan McIlrath D R 32 2021 Winnipeg, Manitoba
24 Canada Connor McMichael C L 23 2019 Scarborough, Ontario
15 United States Sonny Milano Injured Reserve LW L 28 2022 Massapequa, New York
63 Russia Ivan Miroshnichenko LW R 20 2022 Ussuriysk, Russia
77 United States T. J. Oshie (A) Injured Reserve RW R 37 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington
8 Russia Alexander Ovechkin (C) Injured Reserve LW R 39 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union
21 Belarus Aliaksei Protas C L 23 2019 Vitebsk, Belarus
16 Canada Taylor Raddysh RW R 26 2024 Caledon, Ontario
3 United States Matt Roy D R 29 2024 Canton, Michigan
38 Sweden Rasmus Sandin D L 24 2023 Uppsala, Sweden
17 Canada Dylan Strome C L 27 2022 Mississauga, Ontario
48 Canada Logan Thompson G R 27 2024 Calgary, Alberta
57 United States Trevor van Riemsdyk D R 33 2020 Middletown, New Jersey
13 Czech Republic Jakub Vrana LW L 28 2024 Prague, Czech Republic
43 Canada Tom Wilson (A) RW R 30 2012 Toronto, Ontario


Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 29, 2024 To Buffalo Sabres
Beck Malenstyn 		To Washington Capitals
2nd-round pick in 2024 		[29]
June 29, 2024 To Vegas Golden Knights
NYI 3rd-round pick in 2024
3rd-round pick in 2025 		To Washington Capitals
Logan Thompson 		[30]
June 29, 2024 To New Jersey Devils
3rd-round pick in 2024
5th-round pick in 2024 		To Washington Capitals
3rd-round pick in 2024 		[31]
July 1, 2024 To Ottawa Senators
Nick Jensen
3rd-round pick in 2026 		To Washington Capitals
Jakob Chychrun 		[32]
November 12, 2024 To Pittsburgh Penguins
CHI 5th-round pick in 2025
3rd-round pick in 2027 		To Washington Capitals
Lars Eller 		[33]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Brandon Duhaime Colorado Avalanche 2-year Free agency [34]
Taylor Raddysh Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency [35]
Matt Roy Los Angeles Kings 6-year Free agency [36]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02) Luke Philp Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency [37]
Spencer Smallman 1-year Free agency [37]
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) Jakub Vrana St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency [38]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Nicolas Aube-Kubel Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency [39]
July 2, 2024 (2024-07-02) Joe Snively Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency [40]
August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) Matthew Phillips Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency [41]
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) Max Pacioretty Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [42]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) Terik Parascak 3-year† [43]
September 27, 2024 (2024-09-27) Eriks Mateiko 3-year† [44]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 17 Terik Parascak RW  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
2 43 Cole Hutson D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 52 Leon Muggli D   Switzerland EV Zug (National League)
3 75 Ilya Protas LW  Belarus Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
3 90 Eriks Mateiko W  Latvia Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
4 114 Nicholas Kempf G  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
6 178 Petr Sikora C  Czech Republic HC Oceláři Třinec (Czech U20)
7 212 Miroslav Satan C  Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia U20)

Notes:

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