- David Pagnotta reports the Capitals and Spencer Carbery are in agreement on a multi-year contract extension
- Carbery had one year left on his deal and won the Jack Adams Award for the 2024-25 season
- Read below for the breakdown on the coach Washington locked up past the Ovechkin era
Spencer Carbery isn’t going anywhere in Washington.
The Capitals and their head coach are in agreement on a multi-year contract extension, according to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta. Carbery had just one year left on the four-year deal he signed in 2023, and now he’s locked up well past it.
Pagnotta broke the news Wednesday night:
His new deal keeps Carbery behind the bench past the back end of the Alex Ovechkin era, with Washington already turning the page to its next chapter.
Carbery has gone 134-83-29 across three seasons in D.C., a .604 points percentage with two playoff trips. His high-water mark came in 2024-25, when the Capitals ripped off a 51-22-9 season for 111 points and finished first in the Eastern Conference.
That run won him the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach. He became the fourth Capitals bench boss to take it home, joining Bryan Murray, Bruce Boudreau and Barry Trotz.
Watch his family surprise him with the hardware:
This past season was a tougher slog, and Carbery took some heat as the Capitals faded down the stretch. General manager Chris Patrick had already backed his coach publicly back in April, with the playoff race slipping away.
Patrick was asked then whether Carbery’s job was safe.
“He’s 100 percent our coach now and in the future,” Patrick said.
The extension makes it official. Washington heads into the offseason with its coach signed, the draft a week out and a roster in transition around Ovechkin’s final chapter.
