Recap of the Washington Capitals' 1991-92 Season: Trade City

With the Washington Capitals celebrating their fiftieth anniversary, NoVa Caps is summarizing every of their earlier seasons, from earliest to most up-to-date. The sequence continues with the 1991-1992 season, their 18th season.

SUMMARY

Washington began the 12 months on hearth, going 9-3 in October and averaging 4.7 targets per recreation. While the staff couldn’t maintain that tempo the complete 12 months, they completed with a 45-27-8 document for 98 factors, good for second in the Patrick Division and residential ice in the opening-round assembly with Pittsburgh.

The Capitals had seven gamers that scored 20 or extra targets that season. For the common season, they ranked 2^nd out of 22 groups in targets for and 10^th out of 22 in targets in opposition to. [Note: the San Jose Sharks had entered the league as an expansion team that season.]

Led by gamers like Dino Ciccarelli, Rod Langway, and Dale Hunter the Caps poised for a deep playoff run after taking a 3-1 sequence lead in opposition to Pittsburgh. But after that, every thing fell aside, and due to Penguins ahead Mario Lemieux, the Caps blew the remaining three video games and misplaced in seven.

Photo: NHL Capitals

Notable Draft Picks in 1991 NHL Draft

Pat Peake (C) – (1^st spherical — #14 general)
Trevor Halverson (LW) — (1^stspherical — #21 general)
Jeff Nelson (C) — (2^nd spherical — #36 general)
Steve Konowalchuk (LW) – (3^rd spherical — #58 general)

Photo: Hockey DB

General Manager: David Poile

Head Coach: Terry Murray

Captain: Rod Langway

Leaders

Goals: Dino Ciccarelli (39), Dmitri Khristich (36)
Assists: Michael Pivonka (57), Dale Hunter (50)
Points: Michael Pivonka (80), Dale Hunter (78)
Penalty Minutes: Alan May (221), Nick Kypreos (206)

Major Trades

May 21, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Craig Duncanson, Brent Hughes, Simon Wheeldon
- Winnipeg Jets purchase: Bob Joyce, Tyler Larter, Kent Paynter
June 21, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Shawn Chambers
- Minnesota North Stars purchase: Trent Klatt, Steve Maltais
June 21, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Randy Burridge
- Boston Bruins purchase: Stephen Leach
June 22, 1991
- Capitals purchase: 1991 2^nd spherical draft choose
- Quebec Nordiques purchase: Mikhail Tatarinov
September 8, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Sylvian Cote
- Hartford Whalers purchase: Future Considerations, i.e. 1992 2^nd spherical choose
October 3, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Todd Krygier
- Hartford Whalers purchase: 1993 4^th spherical choose
October 23, 1991
- Capitals purchase: Shawn Anderson
- Winnipeg Jets purchase: Future Considerations
February 24, 1992
- Capitals purchase: John Byce, Dennis Smith
- Boston Bruins purchase: Brent Hughes, Future Considerations
March 2, 1992
- Capitals purchase: Paul MacDermid
- Winnipeg Jets purchase: Mike Lalor

Previous Summaries

1974-75 Season
1975-76 Season
1976-77 Season
1977-78 Season
1978-79 Season
1979-80 Season
1980-81 Season
1981-82 Season
1982-83 Season
1983-84 Season
1984-85 Season
1985-86 Season
1986-87 Season
1987-88 Season
1988-89 Season
1989-90 Season
1990-91 Season

By Ethan Berman