Washington Capitals history

1975–2027 · 52 seasons

Win percentage by season. The dashed line is .500; a marker is a title.

Every season

Season	Record	Pct	Goals For	Goals Against	Final
2027	5–3	.6250	28	24
2026	43–39	.5244	263	244
2025	51–31	.6220	288	232
2024	40–42	.4878	220	257
2023	35–47	.4268	255	265
2022	44–38	.5366	275	245
2021	36–20	.6429	191	163
2020	41–28	.5942	240	215
2019	48–34	.5854	278	249
2018	49–33	.5976	259	239	Stanley Cup Final
2017	55–27	.6707	263	182
2016	56–26	.6829	252	193
2015	45–37	.5488	242	203
2014	38–44	.4634	235	240
2013	27–21	.5625	149	130
2012	42–40	.5122	222	230
2011	48–34	.5854	224	197
2010	54–28	.6585	318	233
2009	50–32	.6098	272	245
2008	43–39	.5244	242	231
2007	28–54	.3415	235	286
2006	29–53	.3537	237	306
2004	23–49–10	.3415	186	253
2003	39–35–8	.5244	224	220
2002	36–35–11	.5061	228	240
2001	41–31–10	.5610	233	211
2000	44–26–12	.6098	227	194
1999	31–45–6	.4146	200	218
1998	40–30–12	.5610	219	202	lost Stanley Cup Final
1997	33–40–9	.4573	214	231
1996	39–32–11	.5427	234	204
1995	22–18–8	.5417	136	120
1994	39–35–10	.5238	277	263
1993	43–34–7	.5536	325	286
1992	45–27–8	.6125	330	275
1991	37–36–7	.5062	258	258
1990	36–38–6	.4875	284	275
1989	41–29–10	.5750	305	259
1988	38–33–9	.5313	281	249
1987	38–32–10	.5375	285	278
1986	50–23–7	.6687	315	272
1985	46–25–9	.6312	322	240
1984	48–27–5	.6312	308	226
1983	39–25–16	.5875	306	283
1982	26–41–13	.4063	319	338
1981	26–36–18	.4375	286	317
1980	27–40–13	.4188	261	293
1979	24–41–15	.3937	273	338
1978	17–49–14	.3000	195	321
1977	24–42–14	.3875	221	307
1976	11–59–10	.2000	224	394
1975	8–67–5	.1313	181	446

No coaches are on record for this club, so the chart has no bands. The coaches page says why.

Updated Tue Oct 20 2026 08:31:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)