The Washington Capitals have a goal differential of -12 goals all-time.

	TEAM	DIFF	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Capitals	-265	1974-75	80	8	67	5		21	.131			181	446			23.06	9.8	38.30	.854
2	Capitals	-170	1975-76	80	11	59	10		32	.200			224	394			24.41	11.5	36.94	.867
3	Capitals	-86	1976-77	80	24	42	14		62	.388			221	307			26.06	10.6	32.30	.881
4	Capitals	-126	1977-78	80	17	49	14		48	.300			195	321	12.5	71.4	24.95	9.8	31.25	.872
5	Capitals	-65	1978-79	80	24	41	15		63	.394			273	338	18.9	69.7	28.48	12.0	31.65	.867
6	Capitals	-32	1979-80	80	27	40	13		67	.419			261	293	18.2	73.7	28.44	11.5	29.55	.876
7	Capitals	-31	1980-81	80	26	36	18		70	.438			286	317	18.8	73.9	29.31	12.2	31.61	.875
8	Capitals	-19	1981-82	80	26	41	13		65	.406			319	338	22.5	78.6	31.48	12.7	33.29	.873
9	Capitals	23	1982-83	80	39	25	16		94	.588			306	283	21.1	81.4	30.59	12.5	28.73	.877
10	Capitals	82	1983-84	80	48	27	5		101	.631			308	226	20.2	86.4	31.68	12.2	24.43	.884
11	Capitals	82	1984-85	80	46	25	9		101	.631			322	240	23.8	77.1	31.93	12.6	25.80	.884
12	Capitals	43	1985-86	80	50	23	7		107	.669			315	272	22.8	81.0	30.30	13.0	27.70	.877
13	Capitals	7	1986-87	80	38	32	10		86	.538			285	278	19.2	80.9	28.43	12.5	29.53	.882
14	Capitals	32	1987-88	80	38	33	9		85	.531			281	249	20.0	81.0	30.76	11.4	27.83	.888
15	Capitals	46	1988-89	80	41	29	10		92	.575			305	259	21.8	79.8	31.18	12.2	27.55	.882
16	Capitals	9	1989-90	80	36	38	6		78	.488			284	275	17.0	80.8	30.26	11.7	29.05	.882
17	Capitals	0	1990-91	80	37	36	7		81	.506			258	258	18.8	86.0	29.63	10.9	26.40	.878
18	Capitals	55	1991-92	80	45	27	8		98	.613			330	275	22.3	83.7	31.01	13.3	28.39	.879
19	Capitals	39	1992-93	84	43	34	7		93	.554			325	286	21.8	82.9	32.20	12.0	28.40	.880
20	Capitals	14	1993-94	84	39	35	10		88	.524			277	263	18.1	81.6	31.02	10.6	25.86	.879
21	Capitals	16	1994-95	48	22	18	8		52	.542			136	120	19.9	84.5	28.88	9.8	24.83	.899
22	Capitals	30	1995-96	82	39	32	11		89	.543			234	204	15.6	82.6	30.12	9.5	24.90	.900
23	Capitals	-17	1996-97	82	33	40	9		75	.457			214	231	15.8	84.7	28.90	9.0	26.38	.893
24	Capitals	17	1997-98	82	40	30	12		92	.561			219	202	15.7	89.2	27.13	9.8	27.95	.912
25	Capitals	-18	1998-99	82	31	45	6		68	.415			200	218	17.3	84.4	28.99	8.4	26.13	.898
	Total	-12		3,908	1,840	1,567	303	198	4,181	.535	79	83	12,302	12,314	19.8	81.3	29.33	10.7	29.59	.894