KeyBank Center || 16,539 || 41–20–8 || 90 || |- |- style="background:#;" | 70 || March 12 || Detroit || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 71 || March 14 || Chicago || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 72 || March 16 || Edmonton || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 73 || March 19 || @ Columbus || Nationwide Arena |- style="background:#;" | 74 || March 20 || Ottawa || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 75 || March 22 || @ Pittsburgh || PPG Paints Arena |- style="background:#;" | 76 || March 24 || St. Louis || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 77 || March 26 || NY Rangers || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 78 || March 28 || @ Detroit || Little Caesars Arena |- style="background:#;" | 79 || March 30 || @ Buffalo || KeyBank Center |- style="background:#;" | 80 || March 31 || Toronto || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 81 || April 2 || Minnesota || Capital One Arena |- style="background:#;" | 82 || April 4 || @ Florida || BB&T Center |- |- | Playoffs The Capitals played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Washington finished with a 1–1–1 record to clinch the third seed for the playoffs. The Capitals were defeated by the New York Islanders in the first round in five games. |- style="background:#fff;" | 1 || August 3 || @ Tampa Bay || 2–3 || SO || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 0–0–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || August 6 || @ Philadelphia || 1–3 || || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 0–1–1 || 1 || |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || August 9 || Boston || 2–1 || || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 1–1–1 || 3 || |- |- style="background:#fcc; | 1 || August 12 || NY Islanders || 2–4 || || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 0–1 || |- style="background:#fcc; | 2 || August 14 || NY Islanders || 2–5 || || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 0–2 || |- style="background:#fcc; | 3 || August 16 || @ NY Islanders || 1–2 || OT || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 0–3 || |- style="background:#cfc; | 4 || August 18 || @ NY Islanders || 3–2 || || Holtby || Scotiabank Arena || 1–3 || |- style="background:#fcc; | 5 || August 20 || NY Islanders ||