2023–24 Washington Capitals season

The 2023–24 Washington Capitals season was the 50th season (49th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[2]

2023–24 Washington Capitals
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2023–24 record	40–31–11
Home record	22–12–7
Road record	18–19–4
Goals for	220
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Spencer Carbery
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom John Carlson T. J. Oshie Tom Wilson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Average attendance	17,841[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (31)
Assists	John Carlson (42)
Points	Dylan Strome (67)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (133)
Plus/minus	Anthony Mantha (+5)
Wins	Charlie Lindgren (25)
Goals against average	Charlie Lindgren (2.67)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The Capitals returned to the playoffs after missing them for the first time since 2013–14 season (and only the second time since 2006–07), ending their eight-season playoff streak,^[3] and attempted to win the team's second Stanley Cup and their first since 2018. The Capitals clinched the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference on April 16, 2024, following a 2–1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.^[4] During the playoffs, the Capitals faced a first round sweep by the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers, marking the first occurrence of such an event in the team's franchise history.^[5][6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	55	23	4	43	282	229	+53	114
2	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	23	7	44	279	216	+63	111
3	x – New York Islanders	82	39	27	16	29	246	263	−17	94
4	x – Washington Capitals	82	40	31	11	32	220	257	−37	91
5	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	32	12	32	255	251	+4	88
6	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	38	33	11	30	235	261	−26	87
7	e – New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	33	264	283	−19	81
8	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	27	43	12	21	237	300	−63	66

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	45	29	8	37	291	268	+23	98
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	40	31	11	32	220	257	−37	91
3	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	41	32	9	27	278	274	+4	91
4	ME	e – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	32	12	32	255	251	+4	88
5	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	38	33	11	30	235	261	−26	87
6	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	39	37	6	33	246	244	+2	84
7	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	38	39	5	33	264	283	−19	81
8	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	37	41	4	25	255	281	−26	78
9	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	30	36	16	20	236	289	−53	76
10	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	27	43	12	21	237	300	−63	66

Source: National Hockey League^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2023.^[9]

2023 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record 1 September 24 Buffalo 4–3 Washington SO Stevenson Capital One Arena 12,638 0–0–1 2 September 28 Detroit 3–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 12,746 1–0–1 3 September 30 Washington 2–5 Detroit Shepard Little Caesars Arena 11,050 1–1–1 4 October 3 Washington 5–4 Boston OT Kuemper TD Garden 17,565 2–1–1 5 October 5 Washington 4–2 Columbus Lindgren Nationwide Arena 11,491 3–1–1 6 October 7 Columbus 4–2 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 12,961 3–2–1

Legend:   Win   Loss   Overtime/shootout loss

Regular Season

2023–24 game log
October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 13 Pittsburgh 4–0 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 0–1–0 0 [10] 2 October 16 Calgary 2–3 Washington SO Kuemper Capital One Arena 16,489 1–1–0 2 [11] 3 October 18 Washington 1–6 Ottawa Kuemper Canadian Tire Centre 15,021 1–2–0 2 [12] 4 October 21 Washington 2–3 Montreal OT Kuemper Bell Centre 21,105 1–2–1 3 [13] 5 October 24 Toronto 4–1 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 16,641 1–3–1 3 [14] 6 October 25 Washington 6–4 New Jersey Shepard Prudential Center 16,117 2–3–1 5 [15] 7 October 27 Minnesota 2–3 Washington SO Kuemper Capital One Arena 16,602 3–3–1 7 [16] 8 October 29 San Jose 1–3 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 15,856 4–3–1 9 [17]
November: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–2–1; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 9 November 2 NY Islanders 3–0 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 16,209 4–4–1 9 [18] 10 November 4 Columbus 1–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 5–4–1 11 [19] 11 November 8 Florida 4–3 Washington OT Kuemper Capital One Arena 16,104 5–4–2 12 [20] 12 November 10 Washington 4–2 New Jersey Lindgren Prudential Center 16,514 6–4–2 14 [21] 13 November 11 Washington 4–1 NY Islanders Shepard UBS Arena 16,519 7–4–2 16 [22] 14 November 14 Vegas 0–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 16,598 8–4–2 18 [23] 15 November 18 Columbus 3–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 9–4–2 20 [24] 16 November 22 Buffalo 3–4 Washington OT Kuemper Capital One Arena 18,573 10–4–2 22 [25] 17 November 24 Edmonton 5–0 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 10–5–2 22 [26] 18 November 27 Washington 1–2 San Jose Kuemper SAP Center 10,759 10–6–2 22 [27] 19 November 29 Washington 2–1 Los Angeles Lindgren Crypto.com Arena 18,145 11–6–2 24 [28] 20 November 30 Washington 5–4 Anaheim Kuemper Honda Center 14,336 12–6–2 26 [29]
December: 5–5–4 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 21 December 2 Washington 1–4 Vegas Kuemper T-Mobile Arena 18,140 12–7–2 26 [30] 22 December 4 Washington 0–6 Arizona Kuemper Mullett Arena 4,600 12–8–2 26 [31] 23 December 7 Dallas 5–4 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 15,850 12–8–3 27 [32] 24 December 9 NY Rangers 0–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 13–8–3 29 [33] 25 December 10 Washington 4–2 Chicago Kuemper United Center 18,258 14–8–3 31 [34] 26 December 14 Washington 3–4 Philadelphia SO Lindgren Wells Fargo Center 18,557 14–8–4 32 [35] 27 December 16 Washington 1–3 Nashville Lindgren Bridgestone Arena 17,267 14–9–4 32 [36] 28 December 17 Washington 2–1 Carolina SO Kuemper PNC Arena 18,700 15–9–4 34 [37] 29 December 20 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington OT Kuemper Capital One Arena 18,573 16–9–4 36 [38] 30 December 21 Washington 3–2 Columbus OT Lindgren Nationwide Arena 18,172 17–9–4 38 [39] 31 December 23 Tampa Bay 2–1 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 17–9–5 39 [40] 32 December 27 Washington 1–5 NY Rangers Kuemper Madison Square Garden 18,006 17–10–5 39 [41] 33 December 29 Washington 1–5 NY Islanders Kuemper UBS Arena 17,255 17–11–5 39 [42] 34 December 30 Nashville 3–2 Washington SO Shepard Capital One Arena 18,573 17–11–6 40 [43]
January: 5–7–1 (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 35 January 2 Washington 4–3 Pittsburgh Kuemper PPG Paints Arena 18,190 18–11–6 42 [44] 36 January 3 New Jersey 6–3 Washington Shepard Capital One Arena 17,156 18–12–6 42 [45] 37 January 5 Carolina 6–2 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 18,573 18–13–6 42 [46] 38 January 7 Los Angeles 3–4 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 18,573 19–13–6 44 [47] 39 January 11 Seattle 4–1 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 17,935 19–14–6 44 [48] 40 January 13 NY Rangers 2–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 20–14–6 46 [49] 41 January 14 Washington 1–2 NY Rangers Lindgren Madison Square Garden 18,006 20–15–6 46 [50] 42 January 16 Anaheim 0–2 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 15,961 21–15–6 48 [51] 43 January 18 St. Louis 2–5 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,909 22–15–6 50 [52] 44 January 20 Washington 0–3 St. Louis Lindgren Enterprise Center 18,096 22–16–6 50 [53] 45 January 23 Washington 3–5 Minnesota Kuemper Xcel Energy Center 18,437 22–17–6 50 [54] 46 January 24 Washington 2–6 Colorado Lindgren Ball Arena 18,136 22–18–6 50 [55] 47 January 27 Washington 4–5 Dallas OT Lindgren American Airlines Center 18,532 22–18–7 51 [56]
February: 5–4–2 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 48 February 6 Montreal 5–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 16,959 22–19–7 51 [57] 49 February 8 Washington 2–4 Florida Kuemper Amerant Bank Arena 17,645 22–20–7 51 [58] 50 February 10 Washington 3–0 Boston Lindgren TD Garden 17,850 23–20–7 53 [59] 51 February 11 Vancouver 3–2 Washington OT Kuemper Capital One Arena 18,573 23–20–8 54 [60] 52 February 13 Colorado 6–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,878 23–21–8 54 [61] 53 February 17 Washington 4–3 Montreal Kuemper Bell Centre 21,105 24–21–8 56 [62] 54 February 20 New Jersey 2–6 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,232 25–21–8 58 [63] 55 February 22 Washington 5–3 Tampa Bay Lindgren Amalie Arena 19,092 26–21–8 60 [64] 56 February 24 Washington 2–3 Florida OT Lindgren Amerant Bank Arena 19,887 26–21–9 61 [65] 57 February 26 Ottawa 3–6 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 17,296 27–21–9 63 [66] 58 February 27 Washington 3–8 Detroit Lindgren Little Caesars Arena 19,515 27–22–9 63 [67]
March: 9–5–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 59 March 1 Philadelphia 2–5 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 28–22–9 65 [68] 60 March 3 Arizona 5–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 28–23–9 65 [69] 61 March 7 Washington 6–0 Pittsburgh Lindgren PPG Paints Arena 17,093 29–23–9 67 [70] 62 March 9 Chicago 1–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 30–23–9 69 [71] 63 March 11 Washington 0–3 Winnipeg Lindgren Canada Life Centre 13,716 30–24–9 69 [72] 64 March 13 Washington 2–7 Edmonton Kuemper Rogers Place 18,347 30–25–9 69 [73] 65 March 14 Washington 2–1 Seattle Lindgren Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 31–25–9 71 [74] 66 March 16 Washington 2–1 Vancouver Lindgren Rogers Arena 18,859 32–25–9 73 [75] 67 March 18 Washington 5–2 Calgary Lindgren Scotiabank Saddledome 16,793 33–25–9 75 [76] 68 March 20 Toronto 7–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,727 33–26–9 75 [77] 69 March 22 Carolina 6–7 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 34–26–9 77 [78] 70 March 24 Winnipeg 0–3 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 35–26–9 79 [79] 71 March 26 Detroit 3–4 Washington OT Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 36–26–9 81 [80] 72 March 28 Washington 1–5 Toronto Lindgren Scotiabank Arena 18,577 36–27–9 81 [81] 73 March 30 Boston 3–2 Washington SO Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 36–27–10 82 [82]
April: 4–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap 74 April 2 Washington 2–6 Buffalo Lindgren KeyBank Center 14,390 36–28–10 82 [83] 75 April 4 Pittsburgh 4–1 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 36–29–10 82 [84] 76 April 5 Washington 2–4 Carolina Kuemper PNC Arena 18,724 36–30–10 82 [85] 77 April 7 Ottawa 3–2 Washington OT Lindgren Capital One Arena 17,902 36–30–11 83 [86] 78 April 9 Washington 2–1 Detroit Lindgren Little Caesars Arena 19,515 37–30–11 85 [87] 79 April 11 Washington 2–4 Buffalo Lindgren KeyBank Center 15,454 37–31–11 85 [88] 80 April 13 Tampa Bay 2–4 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 38–31–11 87 [89] 81 April 15 Boston 0–2 Washington Lindgren Capital One Arena 18,573 39–31–11 89 [90] 82 April 16 Washington 2–1 Philadelphia Lindgren Wells Fargo Center 19,411 40–31–11 91 [91]
Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference first round vs. (M1) New York Rangers: New York won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 21 Washington 1–4 NY Rangers Lindgren 18,006 0–1 [92] 2 April 23 Washington 3–4 NY Rangers Lindgren 18,006 0–2 [93] 3 April 26 NY Rangers 3–1 Washington Lindgren 18,573 0–3 [94] 4 April 28 NY Rangers 4–2 Washington Lindgren 18,573 0–4 [95]
Win   Loss

Player stats

As of April 28, 2024

Skaters

Regular Season[96] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Dylan Strome 82 27 40 67 −13 22 Alexander Ovechkin 79 31 34 65 −22 20 John Carlson 82 10 42 52 –7 40 Anthony Mantha‡ 56 20 14 34 +5 17 Tom Wilson 74 18 17 35 −19 133 Connor McMichael 80 18 15 33 –20 34 Aliaksei Protas 78 6 23 29 –3 8 T. J. Oshie 52 12 13 25 –6 44 Sonny Milano 49 15 8 23 +4 10 Max Pacioretty 47 4 19 23 –14 25 Rasmus Sandin 68 3 20 23 –13 24 Nic Dowd 64 12 10 22 –2 47 Hendrix Lapierre 51 8 14 22 −1 4 Beck Malenstyn 81 6 15 21 −1 25 Evgeny Kuznetsov‡ 43 6 11 17 –11 24 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 60 6 10 16 +4 23 Martin Fehervary 66 3 13 16 –7 24 Nick Jensen 78 1 13 14 −9 10 Trevor van Riemsdyk 70 0 14 14 –7 18 Michael Sgarbossa 25 4 3 7 0 2 Ivan Miroshnichenko 21 2 4 6 –4 6 Joel Edmundson‡ 44 1 5 6 –5 19 Matthew Phillips 28 1 4 5 –3 0 Ethan Bear 24 1 3 4 –5 10 Alexander Alexeyev 39 1 2 3 −8 6 Dylan McIlrath 3 0 1 1 +1 5 Hardy Haman Aktell 6 0 1 1 –2 2 Lucas Johansen 6 0 1 1 +1 4 Nicklas Backstrom 8 0 1 1 −3 2 Pierrick Dube 3 0 0 0 +1 2 Joe Snively 3 0 0 0 –1 0 Vincent Iorio 6 0 0 0 +1 0

Playoffs[97] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Martin Fehervary 4 2 1 3 0 2 Tom Wilson 4 1 2 3 +1 16 John Carlson 4 1 1 2 –1 2 Hendrix Lapierre 4 1 1 2 −2 0 Dylan Strome 4 1 1 2 −1 0 Aliaksei Protas 4 0 2 2 +1 0 Connor McMichael 4 1 0 1 –3 2 Alexander Alexeyev 4 0 1 1 −2 4 T. J. Oshie 4 0 1 1 –2 4 Max Pacioretty 4 0 1 1 –2 2 Vincent Iorio 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Nick Jensen 1 0 0 0 −1 2 Ivan Miroshnichenko 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rasmus Sandin 1 0 0 0 0 2 Lucas Johansen 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nicolas Aube-Kubel 3 0 0 0 −1 2 Sonny Milano 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Alexander Ovechkin 4 0 0 0 −2 0 Trevor van Riemsdyk 3 0 0 0 –3 0 Nic Dowd 4 0 0 0 0 6 Beck Malenstyn 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Dylan McIlrath 4 0 0 0 +2 10

Goaltenders

Regular season^[98]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Charlie Lindgren	50	48	2,852:23	25	16	7	127	2.67	1,431	.911	6	0	0	0
Darcy Kuemper	33	30	1,866:32	13	14	3	103	3.31	940	.890	1	0	1	0
Hunter Shepard	4	4	244:50	2	1	1	13	3.19	123	.894	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[99]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Charlie Lindgren	4	4	234:31	0	4	14	3.58	103	.864	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡No longer with the Capitals.

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29)	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2025	To Washington Capitals PIT 7th-round pick in 2023	[100]
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	To Montreal Canadiens MIN 3rd-round pick in 2024 7th-round pick in 2024	To Washington Capitals Joel Edmundson (50% retained)	[101]
March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)	To Vegas Golden Knights Anthony Mantha (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2026	[102]
March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Joel Edmundson (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals NYI 3rd-round pick in 2024 CHI 5th-round pick in 2025	[103]
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)	To Carolina Hurricanes Evgeny Kuznetsov (50% retained)	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2025	[104]
June 19, 2024 (2024-06-19)	To Los Angeles Kings Darcy Kuemper	To Washington Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois	[105]
June 27, 2024 (2024-06-27)	To Calgary Flames COL 2nd-round pick in 2025	To Washington Capitals Andrew Mangiapane	[106]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Max Pacioretty	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	[107]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Pierrick Dube	Laval Rocket (AHL)	2-year†	Free agency	[108]
	Matthew Phillips	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	[108]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Alex Limoges	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[109]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	Chase Priskie	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency	[110]
December 28, 2023 (2023-12-28)	Ethan Bear	Vancouver Canucks	2-year	Free agency	[111]
March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)	Matthew Phillips	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[112]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Connor Brown	Edmonton Oilers	1-year	Free-agency	[113]
	Matt Irwin	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free-agency	[114]
	Garrett Pilon	Ottawa Senators	1-year	Free-agency	[115]
	Conor Sheary	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-year	Free-agency	[116]
	Craig Smith	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free-agency	[117]
July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06)	Zachary Fucale	Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL)	2-year	Free-agency	[118]
July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)	Gabriel Carlsson	Växjö Lakers (SHL)	3-year	Free-agency	[119]
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	Bobby Nardella	HV71 (SHL)	1-year	Free-agency	[120]
February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16)	Matthew Phillips	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[121]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Hunter Shepard	1-year	[108]
	Dylan McIlrath	2-year	[108]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Martin Fehervary	3-year	[122]
	Riley Sutter	1-year	[123]
July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)	Andrew Cristall	3-year†	[124]
August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04)	Tom Wilson	7-year‡	[125]
December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	Clay Stevenson	2-year‡	[126]
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	Rasmus Sandin	5-year	[127]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals selections at 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Ryan Leonard	RW	United States	U.S NTDP (USHL)
2	40	Andrew Cristall	LW	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4	104	Patrick Thomas	C	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
5	136	Cameron Allen	D	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
7	200	Brett Hyland	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

Notes:

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