Team Facts
Plays in National Hockey League Team colours Red + Navy + White + Black Town Washington, DC, USA Founded 1974

2022-2023 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct Cap Hit
GOALTENDERS
#35 Darcy Kuemper (G) 32 1990 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 6'5" 216 L 26/27 $5,250,000
#79 Charlie Lindgren (G) 29 1993 Lakeville, MN, USA 6'1" 183 R 24/25 $1,100,000
DEFENSEMEN
#27 Alexander Alexeyev (D) 23 1999 St. Petersburg, RUS 6'4" 214 L 22/23 $863,333
#74 John Carlson (D)   “A” 33 1990 Natick, MA, USA 6'3" 216 R 25/26 $8,000,000
#42 Martin Fehérváry (D) 23 1999 Bratislava, SVK 6'2" 203 L 22/23 $791,667
#52 Matt Irwin (D) 35 1987 Victoria, BC, CAN 6'2" 190 L 22/23 $750,000
#3 Nick Jensen (D) 32 1990 St. Paul, MN, USA 6'1" 205 R 25/26 $2,500,000
#38 Rasmus Sandin (D) 23 2000 Uppsala, SWE 5'11" 179 L 23/24 $1,400,000
#57 Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) 31 1991 Middletown, NJ, USA 6'3" 192 R 25/26 $950,000
FORWARDS
#96 Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (RW/C) 26 1996 Slave Lake, AB, CAN 5'11" 187 R 23/24 $1,000,000
#28 Connor Brown (RW) 29 1994 Etobicoke, ON, CAN 6'0" 185 R 22/23 $3,600,000
#19 Nicklas Bäckström (C)   “A” 35 1987 Valbo, SWE 6'0" 203 L 24/25 $9,200,000
#26
Nic Dowd (C/RW) 32 1990 Huntsville, AL, USA 6'2" 196 R 24/25 $1,300,000
#62 Carl Hagelin (LW)   34 1988 Nykvarn, SWE 5'11" 185 L 22/23 $2,750,000
#92 Yevgeni Kuznetsov (C) 30 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 6'1" 205 L 24/25 $7,800,000
#39 Anthony Mantha (RW/LW) 28 1994 Longueuil, QC, CAN 6'5" 234 L 23/24 $5,700,000
#15 Sonny Milano (LW) 26 1996 Massapequa, NY, USA 6'0" 194 L 25/26 $750,000
#77 T.J. Oshie (RW)   “A” 36 1986 Mt. Vernon, WA, USA 5'11" 190 R 24/25 $5,750,000
#8 Alexander Ovechkin (LW)   “C” 37 1985 Moskva, RUS 6'2" 236 R 25/26 $9,500,000
#59 Alexei Protas (C) 22 2001 Vitebsk, BLR 6'6" 225 L 23/24 $789,167
#73 Conor Sheary (LW/RW) 30 1992 Winchester, MA, USA 5'8" 176 L 22/23 $1,500,000
#16 Craig Smith (RW/C) 33 1989 Madison, WI, USA 6'0" 203 R 22/23 $3,100,000
#17 Dylan Strome (C/RW) 26 1997 Mississauga, ON, CAN 6'3" 201 L 27/28 $3,500,000
#43 Tom Wilson (RW) 28 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 6'4" 220 R 23/24 $5,166,667
Position: G: 2, D: 7, F: 15 | Av Age: 29.71 years | Av Ht: 6'1" | Av Wt: 202 lbs | Compare with other teams
Total Cap Hit: $90,446,693
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Demographics
Nationality
Team Facts
Nationalities 9 players
7 players
3 players
3 players
1 player
1 player Experience Washington Capitals: 7 040 GP
NHL: 12 092 GP
WC: 299 GP
OG: 44 GP
SHL: 174 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 50 GP
Liiga: 8 GP
KHL: 373 GP
AHL: 2 064 GP Affiliated Team(s) Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team Captains
“C” Alexander Ovechkin “A” Nicklas Bäckström
John Carlson
T.J. Oshie
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Capital One Arena Location Washington, DC, USA Capacity 18 506 Construction Year 1997
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2023-03-25T20:00:00-0400 Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals - NHL
2023-03-23T19:00:00-0400 Washington Capitals Chicago Blackhawks 6 - 1 NHL
2023-03-21T19:00:00-0400 Washington Capitals Columbus Blue Jackets 6 - 7 (OT) NHL
2023-03-19T14:00:00-0400 Minnesota Wild Washington Capitals 5 - 3 NHL
2023-03-17T19:00:00-0400 Washington Capitals St. Louis Blues 2 - 5 NHL
2023-03-15T19:00:00-0400 Washington Capitals Buffalo Sabres 5 - 4 (SO) NHL
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
03/24/2023
03/24/2023 Up/Down Leaving Gabriel Carlsson (D) Leaving for Hershey Bears
03/24/2023 Up/Down Leaving Zach Fucale (G) Leaving for Hershey Bears
03/19/2023
03/19/2023 Up/Down Joining Zach Fucale (G) Joining from Hershey Bears
03/16/2023
03/16/2023 Up/Down Leaving Joe Snively (F) Leaving for Hershey Bears
03/15/2023
03/15/2023 Up/Down Joining Joe Snively (F) Joining from Hershey Bears
03/11/2023
03/11/2023 Up/Down Leaving Vincent Iorio (D) Leaving for Hershey Bears
03/11/2023 Extension Trevor van Riemsdyk (D)
03/08/2023
03/08/2023 Up/Down Leaving Dylan McIlrath (D) Leaving for Hershey Bears
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
1992-1993 NHL 84 43 7 34 - - 325 286 93 1.11 10 Conference QF loss
1993-1994 NHL 84 39 10 35 - - 277 263 88 1.05 12 Conference SF loss
1994-1995 NHL 48 22 8 18 - - 136 120 52 1.08 10 Conference QF loss
1995-1996 NHL 82 39 11 32 - - 234 204 89 1.09 10 Conference QF loss
1996-1997 NHL 82 33 9 40 - - 214 231 75 0.91 18 Did not make playoffs
1997-1998 NHL 82 40 12 30 - - 219 202 92 1.12 8 Final loss
1998-1999 NHL 82 31 6 45 - - 200 218 68 0.83 23 Did not make playoffs
1999-2000 NHL 82 44 12 24 - 2 227 194 102 1.24 5 Conference QF loss
2000-2001 NHL 82 41 10 27 - 4 233 211 96 1.17 10 Conference QF loss
2001-2002 NHL 82 36 11 33 - 2 228 240 85 1.04 19 Did not make playoffs
2002-2003 NHL 82 39 8 29 - 6 224 220 92 1.12 13 Conference QF loss
2003-2004 NHL 82 23 10 46 - 3 186 253 59 0.72 28 Did not make playoffs
2005-2006 NHL 82 29 - 41 - 12 237 306 70 0.85 27 Did not make playoffs
2006-2007 NHL 82 28 - 40 - 14 235 286 70 0.85 27 Did not make playoffs
2007-2008 NHL 82 43 - 31 - 8 242 231 94 1.15 12 Conference QF loss
2008-2009 NHL 82 50 - 24 - 8 272 245 108 1.32 4 Conference SF loss
2009-2010 NHL 82 54 - 15 - 13 318 233 121 1.48 1 Conference QF loss
2010-2011 NHL 82 48 - 23 - 11 224 197 107 1.30 2 Conference SF loss
2011-2012 NHL 82 42 - 32 - 8 222 230 92 1.12 15 Conference SF loss
2012-2013 NHL 48 27 - 18 - 3 149 130 57 1.19 10 Conference QF loss
2013-2014 NHL 82 38 - 30 - 14 235 240 90 1.10 17 Did not make playoffs
2014-2015 NHL 82 45 - 26 - 11 242 203 101 1.23 9 Conference SF loss
2015-2016 NHL 82 56 - 18 - 8 252 193 120 1.46 1 Conference SF loss
2016-2017 NHL 82 55 - 19 - 8 263 182 118 1.44 1 Conference SF loss
2017-2018 NHL 82 49 - 26 - 7 259 239 105 1.28 6 Champion
2018-2019 NHL 82 48 - 26 - 8 278 249 104 1.27 4 Conference QF loss
2019-2020 NHL 69 41 - 20 - 8 240 215 90 1.30 5 Conference QF loss
2020-2021 NHL 56 36 - 15 - 5 191 163 77 1.38 7 Conference QF loss
2021-2022 NHL 82 35 - 26 9 12 275 245 100 1.22 8 Conference QF loss
2022-2023 NHL 73 26 - 31 8 8 233 227 76 1.04 10 -
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Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Dmitrij Jaskin (F) 2022-2023 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 67 40 22 62 48
2. Riley Barber (F) 2022-2023 Texas Stars AHL 61 29 29 58 26
3. Sean Collins (F) 2022-2023 EHC Olten SL 44 27 30 57 24
4. Chandler Stephenson (F) 2022-2023 Vegas Golden Knights NHL 72 13 42 55 26
5. Philippe Maillet (F) 2022-2023 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 66 22 31 53 18
6. Mike Sgarbossa (F) 2022-2023 Hershey Bears AHL 51 19 33 52 36
7. Nicolas Deschamps (F) 2022-2023 Grenoble Ligue Magnus 40 12 38 50 12
8. Mike Vecchione (F) 2022-2023 Hershey Bears AHL 57 20 26 46 16
9. Daniel Winnik (F) 2022-2023 Genève-Servette HC NL 47 18 28 46 32
10. Brendan Leipsic (F) 2022-2023 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 65 11 33 44 28
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 1341 821 660 1481
2. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 1088 270 758 1028
3. Peter Bondra (F) 961 472 353 825
4. Mike Gartner (F) 758 397 392 789
5. John Carlson (D) 918 141 475 616
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 1341 821 660 1481
2. Peter Bondra (F) 961 472 353 825
3. Mike Gartner (F) 758 397 392 789
4. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 1088 270 758 1028
5. Mike Ridley (F) 588 218 329 547
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 1088 270 758 1028
2. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 1341 821 660 1481
3. John Carlson (D) 918 141 475 616
4. Michal Pivonka (F) 825 181 418 599
5. Mike Gartner (F) 758 397 392 789
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Dale Hunter (F) 872 181 556 2003
2. Scott Stevens (D) 601 98 429 1628
3. Tom Wilson (F) 671 123 288 1265
4. Craig Berube (F) 419 26 64 1220
5. Alan May (F) 345 27 69 1189
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 1341 821 660 1481
2. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 1088 270 758 1028
3. Calle Johansson (D) 984 113 361 474
4. Peter Bondra (F) 961 472 353 825
5. Kelly Miller (F) 940 162 246 408
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Dennis Maruk (F) 343 182 431 1.26
2. Rasmus Sandin (D) 10 1 12 1.20
3. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 1341 821 1481 1.10
4. Jaromír Jágr (F) 190 83 201 1.06
5. Mike Gartner (F) 758 397 789 1.04
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Dennis Maruk (F) 1981-1982 NHL 80 60 76 136 1.70 128
2. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2007-2008 NHL 82 65 47 112 1.37 40
3. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2008-2009 NHL 79 56 54 110 1.39 72
4. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2009-2010 NHL 72 50 59 109 1.51 89
5. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2005-2006 NHL 81 52 54 106 1.31 52
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2007-2008 NHL 82 65 47 112 1.37 40
2. Dennis Maruk (F) 1981-1982 NHL 80 60 76 136 1.70 128
3. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2008-2009 NHL 79 56 54 110 1.39 72
4. Bobby Carpenter (F) 1984-1985 NHL 80 53 42 95 1.19 87
5. Alexander Ovechkin (F) 2014-2015 NHL 81 53 28 81 1.00 58
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Dennis Maruk (F) 1981-1982 NHL 80 60 76 136 1.70 128
2. Adam Oates (F) 2000-2001 NHL 81 13 69 82 1.01 28
3. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 2009-2010 NHL 82 33 68 101 1.23 50
4. Nicklas Bäckström (F) 2008-2009 NHL 82 22 66 88 1.07 46
5. Michal Pivonka (F) 1995-1996 NHL 73 16 65 81 1.11 36
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Alan May (F) 1989-1990 NHL 77 7 10 17 0.22 339
2. Craig Berube (F) 1993-1994 NHL 84 7 7 14 0.17 305
3. Neil Sheehy (D) 1989-1990 NHL 59 1 5 6 0.10 291
4. Scott Stevens (D) 1986-1987 NHL 77 10 51 61 0.79 283
5. Randy Holt (D) 1982-1983 NHL 70 0 8 8 0.11 275
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2022-2023 View roster 6'1" 202 lbs 29.71
2021-2022 View roster 6'1" 201 lbs 28.21
2020-2021 View roster 6'2" 205 lbs 29.61
2019-2020 View roster 6'1" 204 lbs 27.71
2018-2019 View roster 6'1" 205 lbs 27.36
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Nationalities Throughout History

Recent NHL Entry Draft Selections
RND # Player Born Birtplace HT WT
2022
1 #20 Ivan Miroshnichenko (LW) 02/04/2004 Ussuriysk, RUS 6'1" 194 lbs
2 #37 Ryan Chesley (D) 02/27/2004 Mahtomedi, MN, USA 6'0" 201 lbs
3 #70 Alexander Suzdalev (LW) 03/05/2004 Khabarovsk, RUS 6'2" 176 lbs
3 #85 Ludwig Persson (C/LW) 10/08/2003 Göteborg, SWE 6'0" 185 lbs
5 #149 Jake Karabela (C) 03/07/2004 Guelph, ON, CAN 5'11" 172 lbs
6 #181 Ryan Hofer (C) 05/10/2002 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 6'3" 181 lbs
7 #213 David Gucciardi (D) 10/09/2002 Toronto, ON, CAN 6'1" 194 lbs
2021
2 #55 Vincent Iorio (D) 11/14/2002 Coquitlam, BC, CAN 6'3" 201 lbs
3 #80 Brent Johnson (D) 03/20/2003 Dallas, TX, USA 5'11" 174 lbs
4 #119 Joaquim Lemay (D) 07/28/2002 St-Pierre-les-Becquets, QC, CAN 6'1" 172 lbs
5 #151 Håkon Hänelt (F/D) 06/01/2003 Berlin, GER 6'0" 185 lbs
6 #176 Dru Krebs (D) 02/16/2003 Okotoks, AB, CAN 6'0" 181 lbs
6 #183 Chase Clark (G) 04/08/2002 Williamsville, NY, USA 6'6" 218 lbs
2020
1 #22 Hendrix Lapierre (C) 02/09/2002 Gatineau, QC, CAN 6'0" 185 lbs
4 #117 Bogdan Trineyev (LW) 03/04/2002 Voronezh, RUS 6'3" 203 lbs
5 #148 Bear Hughes (C) 05/30/2001 Post Falls, ID, USA 6'2" 172 lbs
6 #179 Garin Bjorklund (G) 05/28/2002 Calgary, AB, CAN 6'2" 174 lbs
7 #211 Oskar Magnusson (C/RW) 01/31/2002 Trelleborg, SWE 5'10" 165 lbs
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Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia
2018 Stanley Cup Championship Lineup

Alexander Ovechkin - Yevgeni Kuznetsov - Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrána - Nicklas Bäckström - T.J. Oshie
André Burakovsky - Lars Eller - Brett Connolly
Chandler Stephenson - Jay Beagle - Devante Smith-Pelly

Michal Kempny - John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov - Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik - Christian Djoos

Braden Holtby
(Philipp Grubauer)