2006–07 Washington Capitals season

The 2006–07 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme. For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2006–07 Washington Capitals
Division5th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
2006–07 record28–40–14
Home record17–17–7
Road record11–23–7
Goals for235
Goals against286
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachGlen Hanlon
CaptainChris Clark
Alternate captainsBrian Sutherby
Dainius Zubrus (Oct.–Feb.)
Alexander Ovechkin (Feb.–Apr.)
ArenaVerizon Center
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Ovechkin (46)
AssistsAlexander Ovechkin (46)
PointsAlexander Ovechkin (92)
Penalty minutesDonald Brashear (156)
Plus/minusBoyd Gordon (+10)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (22)
Goals against averageBrent Johnson (3.61)

Off-season

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Chris Clark was named team captain on September 13, replacing previous captain Jeff Halpern who signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.[1][2]

Regular season

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  • December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3–2 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tying Mats Sundin and David Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.[3][4][5]

Season standings

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Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Atlanta Thrashers 82 43 28 11 246 245 97
2 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 44 33 5 253 261 93
3 11 Carolina Hurricanes 82 40 34 8 241 253 88
4 12 Florida Panthers 82 35 31 16 247 257 86
5 14 Washington Capitals 82 28 40 14 235 286 70

[6]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference[7]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P - Buffalo Sabres NE 82 53 22 7 308 242 113
2 Y - New Jersey Devils AT 82 49 24 9 216 201 107
3 Y - Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 43 28 11 246 245 97
4 X - Ottawa Senators NE 82 48 25 9 288 222 105
5 X - Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 47 24 11 277 246 105
6 X - New York Rangers AT 82 42 30 10 242 216 94
7 X - Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 44 33 5 253 261 93
8 X - New York Islanders AT 82 40 30 12 248 240 92
8.5
9 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 40 31 11 258 269 91
10 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 42 34 6 245 256 90
11 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 40 34 8 241 253 88
12 Florida Panthers SE 82 35 31 16 247 257 86
13 Boston Bruins NE 82 35 41 6 219 289 76
14 Washington Capitals SE 82 28 40 14 235 286 70
15 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 22 48 12 214 303 56
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results

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2006–07 regular season[8]
October: 4–3–4 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–3)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 5 Washington 2 – 5 NY Rangers Kolzig 18,200 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 7 Carolina 2 – 5 Washington Kolzig 16,622 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 12 Washington 2 – 3 Minnesota SO Johnson 18,064 1–1–1 3 Recap
4 October 14 Atlanta 4 – 3 Washington OT Kolzig 11,995 1–1–2 4 Recap
5 October 18 Florida 2 – 5 Washington Kolzig 10,125 2–1–2 6 Recap
6 October 19 Washington 3 – 4 Atlanta SO Johnson 12,719 2–1–3 7 Recap
7 October 21 Tampa Bay 6 – 4 Washington Kolzig 13,327 2–2–3 7 Recap
8 October 25 Washington 5 – 3 Colorado Kolzig 17,047 3–2–3 9 Recap
9 October 27 Washington 2 – 3 Vancouver SO Kolzig 18,630 3–2–4 10 Recap
10 October 28 Washington 0 – 4 Edmonton Johnson 16,839 3–3–4 10 Recap
11 October 30 Washington 4 – 2 Calgary Kolzig 19,289 4–3–4 12 Recap
November: 6–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 3 Atlanta 4 – 3 Washington Kolzig 12,834 4–4–4 12 Recap
13 November 4 Washington 5 – 3 Philadelphia Johnson 19,564 5–4–4 14 Recap
14 November 6 Ottawa 3 – 4 Washington OT Johnson 10,845 6–4–4 16 Recap
15 November 9 Washington 0 – 5 Carolina Johnson 18,639 6–5–4 16 Recap
16 November 11 NY Rangers 1 – 3 Washington Kolzig 16,263 7–5–4 18 Recap
17 November 13 Washington 4 – 1 Florida Kolzig 12,108 8–5–4 20 Recap
18 November 15 Boston 3 – 2 Washington SO Kolzig 10,878 8–5–5 21 Recap
19 November 17 Carolina 4 – 1 Washington Kolzig 12,683 8–6–5 21 Recap
20 November 18 Washington 2 – 3 Boston OT Johnson 16,837 8–6–6 22 Recap
21 November 22 Atlanta 4 – 2 Washington Kolzig 11,284 8–7–6 22 Recap
22 November 24 Toronto 7 – 1 Washington Johnson 14,892 8–8–6 22 Recap
23 November 25 Washington 1 – 4 NY Islanders Kolzig 13,214 8–9–6 22 Recap
24 November 28 Washington 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Kolzig 18,874 9–9–6 24 Recap
25 November 30 Dallas 3 – 4 Washington Kolzig 10,912 10–9–6 26 Recap
December: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 2 Buffalo 4 – 7 Washington Kolzig 17,162 11–9–6 28 Recap
27 December 6 Ottawa 2 – 6 Washington Kolzig 10,926 12–9–6 30 Recap
28 December 8 Anaheim 6 – 1 Washington Kolzig 12,269 12–10–6 30 Recap
29 December 9 Washington 5 – 3 Philadelphia Johnson 19,211 13–10–6 32 Recap
30 December 11 Pittsburgh 5 – 4 Washington SO Kolzig 14,793 13–10–7 33 Recap
31 December 15 Washington 3 – 2 Atlanta OT Johnson 16,920 14–10–7 35 Recap
32 December 16 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Washington Kolzig 15,021 15–10–7 37 Recap
33 December 19 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Washington Kolzig 10,417 15–11–7 37 Recap
34 December 22 New Jersey 4 – 1 Washington Johnson 13,744 15–12–7 37 Recap
35 December 23 Washington 3 – 2 Toronto Kolzig 19,488 16–12–7 39 Recap
36 December 26 Washington 3 – 6 Buffalo Johnson 18,690 16–13–7 39 Recap
37 December 27 Montreal 4 – 1 Washington Kolzig 15,609 16–14–7 39 Recap
38 December 29 Washington 3 – 4 New Jersey Kolzig 16,297 16–15–7 39 Recap
39 December 30 Washington 1 – 4 NY Rangers Kolzig 18,200 16–16–7 39 Recap
January: 5–7–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–5–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
40 January 1 Phoenix 3 – 2 Washington Kolzig 12,579 16–17–7 39 Recap
41 January 4 Montreal 1 – 5 Washington Kolzig 11,287 17–17–7 41 Recap
42 January 6 Atlanta 2 – 3 Washington OT Kolzig 15,642 18–17–7 43 Recap
43 January 9 Philadelphia 2 – 6 Washington Kolzig 13,143 19–17–7 45 Recap
44 January 11 Washington 4 – 5 Tampa Bay Kolzig 18,804 19–18–7 45 Recap
45 January 13 Washington 3 – 7 Florida Kolzig 15,061 19–19–7 45 Recap
46 January 16 Washington 2 – 5 Ottawa Johnson 18,810 19–20–7 45 Recap
47 January 18 Washington 5 – 2 Carolina Kolzig 16,285 20–20–7 47 Recap
48 January 20 Florida 4 – 1 Washington Kolzig 13,877 20–21–7 47 Recap
49 January 26 Washington 2 – 6 Carolina Johnson 18,044 20–22–7 47 Recap
50 January 27 Carolina 3 – 7 Washington Kolzig 16,924 21–22–7 49 Recap
51 January 30 Washington 2 – 3 Ottawa Kolzig 19,178 21–23–7 49 Recap
February: 3–6–4 (home: 2–2–3; road: 1–4–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Washington 3 – 6 Florida Kolzig 11,300 21–24–7 49 Recap
53 February 3 Washington 0 – 2 Pittsburgh Kolzig 17,132 21–25–7 49 Recap
54 February 4 NY Islanders 1 – 2 Washington SO Kolzig 12,508 22–25–7 51 Recap
55 February 6 Boston 3 – 2 Washington SO Kolzig 15,273 22–25–8 52 Recap
56 February 8 Los Angeles 3 – 4 Washington OT Kolzig 15,527 23–25–8 54 Recap
57 February 10 NY Rangers 5 – 2 Washington Kolzig 18,277 23–26–8 54 Recap
58 February 15 Washington 2 – 3 Tampa Bay SO Johnson 18,744 23–26–9 55 Recap
59 February 18 Washington 2 – 3 Pittsburgh Johnson 17,132 23–27–9 55 Recap
60 February 20 Washington 3 – 5 Montreal Johnson 21,273 23–28–9 55 Recap
61 February 21 San Jose 3 – 2 Washington SO Johnson 13,622 23–28–10 56 Recap
62 February 24 Washington 4 – 2 New Jersey Johnson 14,301 24–28–10 58 Recap
63 February 25 New Jersey 3 – 2 Washington Johnson 14,585 24–29–10 58 Recap
64 February 27 Florida 6 – 5 Washington OT Johnson 10,979 24–29–11 59 Recap
March: 2–10–3 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–7–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
65 March 1 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Washington SO Johnson 10,462 24–29–12 60 Recap
66 March 3 NY Islanders 6 – 2 Washington Johnson 16,453 24–30–12 60 Recap
67 March 6 Washington 1 – 2 Toronto Cassivi 19,531 24–31–12 60 Recap
68 March 9 Carolina 3 – 0 Washington Johnson 13,970 24–32–12 60 Recap
69 March 10 Washington 2 – 5 NY Islanders Johnson 15,764 24–33–12 60 Recap
70 March 12 Washington 2 – 4 Atlanta Johnson 14,041 24–34–12 60 Recap
71 March 15 Washington 3 – 4 Boston SO Kolzig 15,091 24–34–13 61 Recap
72 March 16 Toronto 1 – 5 Washington Kolzig 16,281 25–34–13 63 Recap
73 March 18 Tampa Bay 1 – 7 Washington Kolzig 14,274 26–34–13 65 Recap
74 March 21 Washington 2 – 5 Buffalo Kolzig 18,690 26–35–13 65 Recap
75 March 22 Washington 3 – 4 Carolina Johnson 18,740 26–36–13 65 Recap
76 March 24 Washington 1 – 4 Montreal Kolzig 21,273 26–37–13 65 Recap
77 March 27 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Washington Kolzig 18,277 26–38–13 65 Recap
78 March 30 Washington 2 – 3 Florida OT Johnson 15,712 26–38–14 66 Recap
79 March 31 Washington 2 – 5 Tampa Bay Kolzig 20,064 26–39–14 66 Recap
April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
80 April 3 Florida 0 – 1 Washington Kolzig 16,311 27–39–14 68 Recap
81 April 4 Washington 3 – 2 Atlanta Johnson 18,783 28–39–14 70 Recap
82 April 7 Buffalo 2 – 0 Washington Kolzig 18,277 28–40–14 70 Recap
Legend:

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

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 82 46 46 92 −19 52
28 Alexander Semin LW 77 38 35 73 −7 90
17 Chris Clark RW 74 30 24 54 −10 66
9 Dainius Zubrus C 60 20 32 52 −16 50
18 Matt Pettinger LW 64 16 16 32 −13 22
15 Boyd Gordon C 71 7 22 29 10 14
2 Brian Pothier D 72 3 25 28 −11 44
24 Kris Beech C 64 8 18 26 −11 46
27 Ben Clymer RW 66 7 13 20 −17 44
21 Brooks Laich C 73 8 10 18 −2 29
20 Richard Zednik RW 32 6 12 18 −4 16
16 Brian Sutherby C 69 7 10 17 −9 78
44 Steve Eminger D 68 1 16 17 −14 63
6 Jamie Heward D 52 4 12 16 4 27
10 Matt Bradley RW 57 4 9 13 −5 47
87 Donald Brashear LW 77 4 9 13 1 156
26 Shaone Morrisonn D 78 3 10 13 3 106
52 Mike Green D 70 2 10 12 −10 36
38 Jakub Klepis C 41 3 7 10 −2 28
23 Milan Jurcina D 30 2 7 9 5 24
43 Tomas Fleischmann LW 29 4 4 8 −6 8
3 Lawrence Nycholat D 18 2 6 8 −3 12
47 Bryan Muir D 26 3 4 7 3 42
4 John Erskine D 29 1 6 7 −13 69
13 Jiri Novotny C 18 0 6 6 −2 2
39 Alexandre Giroux C 9 2 2 4 −4 2
14 Eric Fehr RW 14 2 1 3 3 8
37 Olaf Kolzig G 54 0 3 3 10
55 Jeff Schultz D 38 0 3 3 5 16
22 Rico Fata RW 10 1 1 2 3 2
1 Brent Johnson G 30 0 1 1 4
35 Frederic Cassivi G 4 0 0 0 0
51 Timo Helbling D 2 0 0 0 −1 2
29 Jamie Hunt D 1 0 0 0 −1 0
25 David Steckel C 5 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
37 Olaf Kolzig 54 22 24 6 1771 159 3.00 .910 1 3184
1 Brent Johnson 30 6 15 7 894 99 3.62 .889 0 1644
35 Frederic Cassivi 4 0 1 1 58 6 2.60 .897 0 139

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL First All-Star Team Alexander Ovechkin (Left Wing) [9]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Alexander Ovechkin[a] [11]
NHL Third Star of the Week Alexander Ovechkin (December 10) [12]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Mike Green [13]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jeff Schultz December 22, 2006 [14]
Jamie Hunt December 29, 2006

Transactions

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The Capitals were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) To Washington Capitals
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
To New York Rangers
  • Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 2006
[16]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) To Washington Capitals
To Montreal Canadiens
  • 3rd-round pick in 2007
[17]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01) To Washington Capitals
To Boston Bruins
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
[18]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) To Washington Capitals
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
To New York Islanders
[19]
To Washington Capitals
To Ottawa Senators
[19]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) To Washington Capitals
To Buffalo Sabres
[20]
To Washington Capitals
  • Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008
To Los Angeles Kings
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Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Brian Pothier Ottawa Senators 4-year Free agency [22]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) Donald Brashear Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency [23]
Alexandre Giroux New York Rangers Free agency [24]
Chad Wiseman New York Rangers Free agency [24]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) Quintin Laing Chicago Blackhawks Free agency [25]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) Pete Vandermeer Montreal Canadiens Free agency [26]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) Trevor Byrne St. Louis Blues Free agency [27]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) Dean Arsene Hershey Bears (AHL) 2-year Free agency [28]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) John Erskine New York Islanders Free agency [29]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16) Travis Morin Minnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA) 2-year Free agency [30]
Steve Pinizzotto RIT (AHA) 2-year Free agency [30]
March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17) Sean Collins Ohio State University (CCHA) 2-year Free agency [31]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[b] Ref
N/A Petr Sykora HC Pardubice (ELH) Free agency (VI) [33]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Doug Doull[c] Contract expiration (III) [32]
Nolan Yonkman Nashville Predators[d] Buyout [36]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) Brian Willsie Los Angeles Kings Free agency (UFA) [37]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) Jeff Halpern Dallas Stars Free agency (III) [2]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Boyd Kane Philadelphia Flyers Free agency (VI) [38]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) Graham Mink San Jose Sharks Free agency (VI) [39]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27) Mark Wotton New York Islanders Free agency (III) [40]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) Mathieu Biron San Jose Sharks Free agency (UFA) [41]
August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10) Colin Forbes Adler Mannheim (DEL) Free agency (III) [42]
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22) Jakub Cutta HC Bili Tygri Liberec (ELH) Free agency (II)[e] [44]
August 29, 2006 (2006-08-29) Jean-Francois Fortin Fuchse Duisburg (DEL) Free agency (VI) [45]
September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) Owen Fussey Toronto Marlies (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [46]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) Ivan Majesky Oulun Karpat (Liiga) Free agency (III) [47]
October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07) Jared Aulin Springfield Falcons (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [48]
November 8, 2006 (2006-11-08) Rico Fata Adler Mannheim (DEL) Free agency [49]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Brent Johnson Re-signing [50]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Sasha Pokulok Entry-level [51]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) Shaone Morrisonn 2-year Re-signing [52]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Frederic Cassivi Re-signing [53]
Brooks Laich Re-signing [54]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15) Kris Beech Re-signing [55]
Steve Eminger Re-signing [56]
Boyd Gordon 2-year Re-signing [57]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) Rico Fata 1-year Re-signing [58]
Brian Sutherby 1-year Re-signing [58]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) Ben Clymer 3-year Re-signing [59]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) Matt Bradley 2-year Re-signing [60]
July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31) Matt Pettinger 3-year Re-signing [61]
December 20, 2006 (2006-12-20) Viktor Dovgan 3-year Entry-level [62]
January 12, 2007 (2007-01-12) Brent Johnson 2-year Extension [63]
February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12) Donald Brashear 1-year Extension [64]
March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28) Andrew Joudrey 2-year Entry-level [65]
April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03) Andrew Gordon 3-year Entry-level [66]
May 4, 2007 (2007-05-04) Patrick McNeill 3-year Entry-level [67]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31) Sami Lepisto 2-year Entry-level [68]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) Michal Neuvirth 3-year Entry-level [69]

Draft picks

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Washington's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[70]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 4 Nicklas Backstrom (C)   Sweden Washington Capitals Brynas IF (Elitserien)
1 23 Semyon Varlamov (G)   Russia Washington Capitals (from Nashville) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2 34 Michal Neuvirth (G)   Czech Republic Washington Capitals Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2 35 Francois Bouchard (RW)   Canada Washington Capitals (from Boston) Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2 52 Keith Seabrook (D)   Canada Washington Capitals (from Anaheim) Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4 97 Oskar Osala (LW)   Finland Washington Capitals Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4 122 Luke Lynes (C/LW)   United States Washington Capitals (from Detroit) Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 127 Maxime Lacroix (LW)   Canada Washington Capitals Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 157 Brent Gwidt (C)   United States Washington Capitals Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6 177 Mathieu Perreault (C)   Canada Washington Capitals (from Buffalo) Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ovechkin was voted to the starting lineup.[10]
  2. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[32]
  3. ^ Doull retired.[34]
  4. ^ Yonkman signed with Nashville on July 17.[35]
  5. ^ Washington retained Cutta's NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.[43]

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