most wins in a season during salary cap era

The Washington Capitals had their most wins in a season in 2015-16, with 56 wins.

	TEAM	W	SEASON	GP	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Capitals	56	2015-16	82	18		8	120	.732	4	2	248	191	57	21.9	85.2	30.61	9.9	28.44	.918
2	Capitals	55	2016-17	82	19		8	118	.720	2	5	261	177	84	23.1	83.8	30.43	10.5	27.83	.922
3	Capitals	54	2009-10	82	15		13	121	.738	5	6	313	227	86	25.2	78.8	32.84	11.6	30.91	.910
4	Capitals	50	2008-09	82	24		8	108	.659	4	5	268	240	28	25.2	80.6	33.51	9.8	29.49	.901
5	Capitals	50	1985-86	80	23	7		107	.669			315	272	43	22.8	81.0	30.30	13.0	27.70	.877
6	Capitals	49	2017-18	82	26		7	105	.640	3	1	256	238	18	22.5	80.3	29.01	10.8	31.87	.909
7	Capitals	48	2018-19	82	26		8	104	.634	4	1	274	248	26	20.8	78.9	30.39	11.0	31.51	.904
8	Capitals	48	2010-11	82	23		11	107	.652	5	6	219	191	28	17.5	85.6	31.29	8.5	28.96	.920
9	Capitals	48	1983-84	80	27	5		101	.631			308	226	82	20.2	86.4	31.68	12.2	24.43	.884
10	Capitals	46	1984-85	80	25	9		101	.631			322	240	82	23.8	77.1	31.93	12.6	25.80	.884
11	Capitals	45	2014-15	82	26		11	101	.616	5	4	237	199	38	25.3	81.2	29.50	9.8	28.88	.916
12	Capitals	45	1991-92	80	27	8		98	.613			330	275	55	22.3	83.7	31.01	13.3	28.39	.879
13	Capitals	44	2021-22	82	26		12	100	.610	5	3	270	242	28	18.8	80.4	31.43	10.5	29.00	.898
14	Capitals	44	1999-00	82	24	12	2	102	.622			227	194	33	15.0	86.2	27.67	10.0	27.68	.915
15	Capitals	43	2007-08	82	31		8	94	.573	4	4	238	227	11	18.8	80.5	30.95	9.4	27.55	.900
16	Capitals	43	1992-93	84	34	7		93	.554			325	286	39	21.8	82.9	32.20	12.0	28.40	.880
17	Capitals	42	2011-12	82	32		8	92	.561	4	4	218	226	-8	16.7	81.6	27.99	9.5	30.18	.909
18	Capitals	41	2019-20	69	20		8	90	.652	4	3	236	212	24	19.4	82.6	31.97	10.7	30.20	.898
19	Capitals	41	2000-01	82	27	10	4	96	.585			233	211	22	21.2	84.1	28.63	9.9	27.72	.907
20	Capitals	41	1988-89	80	29	10		92	.575			305	259	46	21.8	79.8	31.18	12.2	27.55	.882
21	Capitals	40	2023-24	82	31		11	91	.555	4	5	216	252	-36	20.6	79.0	26.49	9.9	30.52	.899
22	Capitals	40	1997-98	82	30	12		92	.561			219	202	17	15.7	89.2	27.13	9.8	27.95	.912
23	Capitals	39	2002-03	82	29	8	6	92	.561			224	220	4	17.2	81.3	27.11	10.1	29.93	.910
24	Capitals	39	1995-96	82	32	11		89	.543			234	204	30	15.6	82.6	30.12	9.5	24.90	.900
25	Capitals	39	1993-94	84	35	10		88	.524			277	263	14	18.1	81.6	31.02	10.6	25.86	.879