2018–19 Washington Capitals season

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.

Playoffs

The Capitals faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the First Round of the playoffs, and were defeated in seven games.

Player statistics

As of April 24, 2019

Skaters

Player
	81	51	38	89	7	40
	80	22	52	74	2	30
	76	21	51	72	7	50
	80	13	57	70	21	34
	69	25	29	54	5	36
	82	24	23	47	20	27
	81	22	24	46	13	24
	63	22	18	40	11	128
	81	13	23	36		37
	82	3	26	29	3	33
	76	12	13	25	2	14
	80	8	17	25		41
	71	6	19	25	24	60
	64	8	14	22	10	20
	53	5	15	20	6	6
	64	5	6	11		0
†	20	3	8	11	7	10
	45	1	9	10	9	4
	53	2	7	9	8	32
	54	4	4	8		15
	37	2	6	8		6
‡	33	1	5	6	3	38
†	20	0	5	5	3	4
	26	0	4	4	6	10
	2	1	1	2	3	7
	3	0	1	1	1	2

Player
	7	4	5	9		19
	7	5	3	8		4
	7	1	5	6		2
	7	3	2	5	1	2
	7	0	5	5	0	6
	7	0	4	4		4
	7	1	2	3		2
	7	2	0	2		6
	4	1	1	2	0	4
	7	1	1	2		0
	7	1	1	2		0
	7	0	2	2	0	0
	7	1	0	1		6
	7	0	1	1		0
	7	0	0	0		6
	6	0	0	0		2
	3	0	0	0	0	0
	7	0	0	0		2
	4	0	0	0	0	2
	3	0	0	0		0
	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Player
	7	7	448:58	3	4	20	2.67	233	.914	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.

^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	31	Alexander Alexeyev	D	Russia	Red Deer Rebels
2	461	Martin Fehervary	D	Slovakia	IK Oskarshamn
2	472	Kody Clark	RW	Canada	Ottawa 67's
3	93	Riley Sutter	C/RW	Canada	Everett Silvertips
5	124	Mitchell Gibson	G	United States	Lone Star Brahmas
6	186	Alex Kannok-Leipert	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants
7	217	Eric Florchuk	C	Canada	Victoria Royals

Notes:

1. The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on July 2, 2017, that sent Marcus Johansson to New Jersey in exchange for Toronto's third-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
2. The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 22, 2018, that sent Philipp Grubauer and Brooks Orpik to Colorado in exchange for this pick.