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43-31-8 (94 points), Finished 1st in NHL Southeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 242 goals, Allowed 231 goals, SRS: -0.06 (19th of 30)
Coached by Glen Hanlon (6-14-1), Bruce Boudreau (37-17-7)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Flyers
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| Team | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 94 | .573 | 242 | 231 | -0.06 | 5.77 | 65 | 346 | 18.79 | 68 | 349 | 80.52 | 5 | 8 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .555 | 228 | 228 | 0.00 | 5.57 | 62 | 351 | 17.75 | 62 | 351 | 82.25 | 8 | 8 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | 82 | 65 | 47 | 112 | 28 | 40 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 446 | 14.6 | 1894 | 23:06 | 150 | 56 | 67 | 1 |
| 2 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 6-1 | 210 | 20 | 82 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 13 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 153 | 9.2 | 1557 | 18:60 | 115 | 46 | 57 | 1 |
| 3 | Mike Green | D | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | 82 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 6 | 62 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 7.7 | 1938 | 23:38 | 119 | 44 | 71 | 2 |
| 4 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 6-4 | 232 | 32 | 81 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 219 | 7.3 | 1424 | 17:35 | 96 | 25 | 44 | 1 |
| 5 | Alexander Semin | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 42 | -18 | 54 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 14.1 | 1065 | 16:55 | 68 | 37 | 49 | 0 |
| 6 | Brooks Laich | C | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 82 | 21 | 16 | 37 | -3 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 122 | 17.2 | 1152 | 14:03 | 46 | 15 | 64 | 30 |
| 7 | Michael Nylander | C | 6-1 | 195 | 35 | 40 | 11 | 26 | 37 | -19 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 14.3 | 766 | 19:09 | 51 | 27 | 43 | 0 |
| 8 | Tomas Fleischmann | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -7 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 9.3 | 947 | 12:37 | 47 | 12 | 42 | 0 |
| 9 | Tom Poti | D | 6-3 | 200 | 30 | 71 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 2.0 | 1667 | 23:29 | 77 | 17 | 87 | 36 |
| 10 | Matt Bradley | RW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 77 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 6.3 | 770 | 9:60 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 3 |
| 11 | Jeff Schultz | D | 6-6 | 227 | 21 | 72 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 | 1303 | 18:05 | 54 | 1 | 62 | 21 |
| 12 | Boyd Gordon | C | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 67 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 7.0 | 1054 | 15:44 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 35 |
| 13 | Brian Pothier | D | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 7.7 | 710 | 18:42 | 34 | 8 | 28 | 7 |
| 14 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 6-2 | 207 | 38 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5.9 | 329 | 18:16 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
| 15 | David Steckel | C | 6-5 | 222 | 25 | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 7.6 | 909 | 13:34 | 22 | 0 | 45 | 24 |
| 16 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | 76 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 2.1 | 1540 | 20:16 | 54 | 0 | 83 | 33 |
| 17 | Chris Clark | RW | 6-0 | 196 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 17.2 | 304 | 16:54 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
| 18 | John Erskine | D | 6-4 | 216 | 27 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 4.2 | 801 | 15:43 | 28 | 1 | 37 | 11 |
| 19 | Milan Jurcina | D | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | 75 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.7 | 1248 | 16:38 | 43 | 2 | 57 | 20 |
| 20 | Donald Brashear | LW | 6-3 | 234 | 36 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8.5 | 629 | 7:52 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| 21 | Matt Cooke | C | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 | 209 | 12:19 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 22 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 2.0 | 824 | 14:43 | 23 | 8 | 37 | 11 |
| 23 | Eric Fehr | RW | 6-4 | 212 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 | 242 | 10:31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Quintin Laing | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 2.1 | 451 | 11:33 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 14 |
| 25 | Joe Motzko | RW | 6-0 | 184 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | 100 | 12:27 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Steve Eminger | D | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 223 | 11:08 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 6-3 | 224 | 37 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3154 | 58:24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Brian Sutherby | C | 6-3 | 209 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 34 | 6:49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 771 | 59:20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Sami Lepisto | D | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 93 | 13:17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Chris Bourque | C | 5-10 | 177 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 35 | 8:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Brent Johnson | G | 6-3 | 199 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1032 | 54:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 238 | 401 | 639 | 57 | 953 | 168 | 65 | 5 | 39 | 2538 | 9.4 | 1177 | 325 | 1056 | 263 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 6-3 | 224 | 37 | 54 | 3154 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 153 | 2.91 | 1423 | 1270 | .892 | 1 |
| 2 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 32 | 13 | 771 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1.63 | 329 | 308 | .936 | 2 |
| 3 | Brent Johnson | G | 6-3 | 199 | 30 | 19 | 1032 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 2.67 | 500 | 454 | .908 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4957 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 220 | 2.66 | 2252 | 2032 | .902 | 3 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ovechkin | LW | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10.8 | 168 | 24:03 |
| 2 | Alexander Semin | LW | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 | 138 | 19:45 |
| 3 | Mike Green | D | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | 189 | 26:59 |
| 4 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 6-1 | 210 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 | 143 | 20:26 |
| 5 | Brooks Laich | C | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 130 | 18:37 |
| 6 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 6-2 | 207 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | 151 | 21:38 |
| 7 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 6-4 | 232 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 126 | 17:58 |
| 8 | Donald Brashear | LW | 6-3 | 234 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 53 | 7:30 |
| 9 | David Steckel | C | 6-5 | 222 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 101 | 14:23 |
| 10 | Matt Bradley | RW | 6-3 | 200 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 82 | 11:40 |
| 11 | John Erskine | D | 6-4 | 216 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 120 | 17:07 |
| 12 | Steve Eminger | D | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 81 | 16:06 |
| 13 | Eric Fehr | RW | 6-4 | 212 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 48 | 9:41 |
| 14 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 6-4 | 215 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 149 | 21:18 |
| 15 | Tom Poti | D | 6-3 | 200 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 168 | 24:01 |
| 16 | Matt Cooke | C | 5-11 | 205 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 97 | 13:55 |
| 17 | Tomas Fleischmann | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 9:49 |
| 18 | Boyd Gordon | C | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 94 | 13:23 |
| 19 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 451 | 64:26 | |
| 20 | Milan Jurcina | D | 6-4 | 240 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 115 | 16:26 |
| 21 | Jeff Schultz | D | 6-6 | 227 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10:25 | |
| Team Total | 7 | 20 | 36 | 56 | -11 | 81 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 9.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 32 | 7 | 451 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 2.93 | 242 | 220 | .909 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 7 | 451 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 2.93 | 242 | 220 | .909 | 0 |