2008-09 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics

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Record: 50-24-8 (108 points), Finished 1st in NHL Southeast Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (50-24-8)

Goals For: 272 (3rd of 30), Goals Against: 245 (20th of 30)
SRS: 0.27 (9th of 30), SOS: -0.06 (29th of 30)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Pittsburgh Penguins
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus New York Rangers

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Team Statistics

Team	GP	W	L	OL	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	TG/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA
Washington Capitals	82	50	24	8	108	.659	272	245	0.27	-0.06	6.30	85	337	25.22	75	387	80.62	7	11
League Average	82	41	32	9	91	.557	239	239	0.00	0.00	5.83	65	341	18.95	65	341	81.05	8	8

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

No.	Player	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
27	Karl Alzner	D	20	6-3	213	L/-	R	September 24, 1988	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
20	Keith Aucoin	C	30	5-9	187	R/-	3	November 6, 1978	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	21	6-1	213	L/-	1	November 23, 1987	22 G, 66 A, 88 P
83	Jay Beagle	C	23	6-3	215	R/-	R	October 16, 1985	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
56	Chris Bourque	LW	23	5-8	180	L/-	1	January 29, 1986	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
10	Matt Bradley	RW	30	6-3	200	R/-	7	June 13, 1978	5 G, 6 A, 11 P
87	Donald Brashear	LW	37	6-3	237	L/-	14	January 7, 1972	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
17	Chris Clark	RW	32	6-0	191	R/-	8	March 8, 1976	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
62	Sean Collins	D	25	6-1	205	R/-	R	October 30, 1983	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
4	John Erskine	D	28	6-4	220	L/-	6	June 26, 1980	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	39	6-2	207	L/-	17	December 13, 1969	11 G, 22 A, 33 P
16	Eric Fehr	RW	23	6-4	212	R/-	3	September 7, 1985	12 G, 13 A, 25 P
14	Tomas Fleischmann	RW	24	6-1	192	L/-	3	May 16, 1984	19 G, 18 A, 37 P
33	Alexandre Giroux	LW	27	6-3	203	L/-	2	June 16, 1981	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
63	Andrew Gordon	RW	23	6-0	194	R/-	R	December 13, 1985	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Boyd Gordon	C	25	6-0	200	R/-	4	October 19, 1983	5 G, 9 A, 14 P
52	Mike Green	D	23	6-1	207	R/-	3	October 12, 1985	31 G, 42 A, 73 P
43	Bryan Helmer	D	36	6-2	208	R/-	6	July 15, 1972	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
1	Brent Johnson	G	31	6-3	199	-/L	8	March 12, 1977	12-6-2, 2.81 GAA
23	Milan Jurcina	D	25	6-4	253	R/-	3	June 7, 1983	3 G, 11 A, 14 P
25	Viktor Kozlov	C	33	6-4	232	R/-	13	February 14, 1975	13 G, 28 A, 41 P
44	Staffan Kronwall	D	26	6-3	209	L/-	2	September 10, 1982	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21	Brooks Laich	C	25	6-2	210	L/-	4	June 23, 1983	23 G, 30 A, 53 P
53	Quintin Laing	LW	29	6-3	183	L/-	2	June 8, 1979	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
42	Sami Lepisto	D	24	6-0	193	L/-	1	October 17, 1984	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
38	Graham Mink	LW	29	6-2	225	R/-	2	May 21, 1979	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
26	Shaone Morrisonn	D	26	6-4	210	L/-	5	December 23, 1982	3 G, 10 A, 13 P
30	Michal Neuvirth	G	20	6-1	209	/L	R	March 23, 1988	2-1-0, 3.00 GAA
92	Michael Nylander	C	36	6-1	195	L/-	14	October 3, 1972	9 G, 24 A, 33 P
48	Oskar Osala	LW	21	6-4	219	L/-	R	December 26, 1987	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8	Alex Ovechkin	LW	23	6-3	230	R/-	3	September 17, 1985	56 G, 54 A, 110 P
2	Brian Pothier	D	31	6-0	204	R/-	7	April 15, 1977	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
3	Tom Poti	D	31	6-3	190	L/-	9	March 22, 1977	3 G, 10 A, 13 P
55	Jeff Schultz	D	22	6-6	230	L/-	2	February 25, 1986	1 G, 11 A, 12 P
28	Alexander Semin	RW	24	6-2	209	L/-	3	March 3, 1984	34 G, 45 A, 79 P
89	Tyler Sloan	D	27	6-3	205	L/-	R	March 15, 1981	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
39	David Steckel	C	26	6-6	215	L/-	3	March 15, 1982	8 G, 11 A, 19 P
60	Jose Theodore	G	32	5-11	172	-/R	11	September 13, 1976	32-17-5, 2.87 GAA
40	Semyon Varlamov	G	20	6-2	209	/L	R	April 27, 1988	4-0-1, 2.37 GAA

Scoring Regular Season

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Alex Ovechkin	LW	23	79	56	54	110	45	8	72	36	19	1	10	27	0	27	528	10.6	1817	23:00	12.5	2.0	14.5
2	Nicklas Backstrom	C	21	82	22	66	88	30	16	46	8	14	0	1	38	0	28	174	12.6	1635	19:57	7.0	2.2	9.2
3	Alexander Semin	RW	24	62	34	45	79	31	25	77	26	8	0	8	21	2	22	223	15.2	1193	19:14	8.6	2.1	10.7
4	Mike Green	D	23	68	31	42	73	28	24	68	12	18	1	4	22	0	20	243	12.8	1752	25:46	9.0	4.9	13.9
5	Brooks Laich	C	25	82	23	30	53	21	-1	31	13	9	1	3	14	1	15	185	12.4	1417	17:17	4.0	1.3	5.3
6	Viktor Kozlov	C	33	67	13	28	41	15	-9	16	11	2	0	0	15	0	13	153	8.5	1050	15:40	2.7	0.6	3.3
7	Tomas Fleischmann	RW	24	73	19	18	37	15	-3	20	12	7	0	4	14	0	4	131	14.5	1101	15:05	2.8	0.9	3.7
8	Sergei Fedorov	C	39	52	11	22	33	12	4	50	9	2	0	2	11	0	11	118	9.3	859	16:31	2.2	1.0	3.2
9	Michael Nylander	C	36	72	9	24	33	11	0	32	5	4	0	2	18	0	6	87	10.3	1011	14:02	1.6	0.9	2.5
10	Eric Fehr	RW	23	61	12	13	25	10	8	22	11	1	0	2	12	0	1	134	9.0	686	11:15	2.0	1.0	2.9
11	David Steckel	C	26	76	8	11	19	7	2	34	6	0	2	1	10	1	0	103	7.8	1050	13:49	-0.1	1.1	0.9
12	Boyd Gordon	C	25	63	5	9	14	5	-4	16	4	0	1	2	9	0	0	69	7.2	848	13:28	-0.4	0.6	0.2
13	Milan Jurcina	D	25	79	3	11	14	5	1	68	3	0	0	1	10	0	1	95	3.2	1276	16:09	0.3	2.2	2.5
14	Shaone Morrisonn	D	26	72	3	10	13	4	4	77	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	50	6.0	1295	17:59	0.2	2.5	2.7
15	Tom Poti	D	31	52	3	10	13	4	3	28	3	0	0	1	7	1	2	48	6.3	1100	21:09	0.4	2.1	2.5
16	Jeff Schultz	D	22	64	1	11	12	4	13	21	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	40	2.5	1265	19:46	-0.1	3.2	3.1
17	Matt Bradley	RW	30	81	5	6	11	4	-1	59	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	98	5.1	859	10:37	-0.8	0.8	0.0
18	Keith Aucoin	C	30	12	2	4	6	2	5	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	15	13.3	124	10:19	0.5	0.3	0.8
19	Chris Clark	RW	32	32	1	5	6	2	-3	32	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	36	2.8	370	11:34	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
20	Karl Alzner	D	20	30	1	4	5	2	-1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	31	3.2	583	19:25	-0.1	0.9	0.9
21	Tyler Sloan	D	27	26	1	4	5	2	4	14	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	12.5	433	16:39	0.1	1.1	1.2
22	Donald Brashear	LW	37	63	1	3	4	1	-6	121	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	43	2.3	520	8:15	-1.0	0.2	-0.7
23	John Erskine	D	28	52	0	4	4	1	1	63	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50	0.0	873	16:48	-0.6	1.6	1.0
24	Sami Lepisto	D	24	7	0	4	4	1	-3	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	0.0	137	19:36	0.3	0.0	0.3
25	Brian Pothier	D	31	9	1	2	3	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	12.5	149	16:35	0.2	0.3	0.5
26	Bryan Helmer	D	36	12	0	3	3	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	0.0	199	16:36	0.1	0.3	0.3
27	Jose Theodore	G	32	57	0	3	3	1	0	6	0	0	0	0				0		3287	57:40	0.0	0.0	7.9
28	Sean Collins	D	25	15	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	7.1	218	14:32	0.1	0.5	0.5
29	Alexandre Giroux	LW	27	12	1	1	2	1	4	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	5.0	127	10:34	0.0	0.3	0.2
30	Chris Bourque	LW	23	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	78	9:46	0.0	0.1	0.1
31	Brent Johnson	G	31	21	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	1131	53:52	0.0	0.0	3.5
32	Jay Beagle	C	23	3	0	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	23	7:36	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
33	Andrew Gordon	RW	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	7:12	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	Staffan Kronwall	D	26	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	40	13:13	0.0	0.0	-0.1
35	Quintin Laing	LW	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	10	10:19	0.0	0.0	0.0
36	Graham Mink	LW	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	16	8:03	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Michal Neuvirth	G	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		220	43:59	0.0	0.0	0.4
38	Oskar Osala	LW	21	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	17	8:44	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
39	Semyon Varlamov	G	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		329	54:46	0.0	0.0	1.1
	Team Total			82	268	449	717		87	1021	176	85	7	46				2748	9.8			50.8	34.9	98.6

Goalies Regular Season

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GPS
1	Jose Theodore	G	32	57	32	17	5	157	1572	1415	.900	2.87	2	3287	7.9
2	Brent Johnson	G	31	21	12	6	2	53	579	526	.908	2.81	0	1131	3.5
3	Semyon Varlamov	G	20	6	4	0	1	13	159	146	.918	2.37	0	329	1.1
4	Michal Neuvirth	G	20	5	2	1	0	11	102	91	.892	3.00	0	220	0.4
	Team Total			82	50	24	8	234	2412	2178	.903	2.83	2	4967	12.9

Scoring Playoffs

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1	Alex Ovechkin	LW	23	14	11	10	21	9	10	8	8	3	0	1	90	12.2	327	23:21
2	Nicklas Backstrom	C	21	14	3	12	15	5	3	8	1	2	0	0	33	9.1	303	21:40
3	Alexander Semin	RW	24	14	5	9	14	5	-1	16	4	1	0	1	42	11.9	280	19:58
4	Mike Green	D	23	14	1	8	9	3	-5	12	0	1	0	0	24	4.2	350	24:59
5	Sergei Fedorov	C	39	14	1	7	8	2	1	12	1	0	0	1	24	4.2	233	16:40
6	Brooks Laich	C	25	14	3	4	7	3	0	10	1	2	0	0	24	12.5	244	17:27
7	Tom Poti	D	31	14	2	5	7	2	8	4	1	1	0	0	13	15.4	303	21:37
8	Viktor Kozlov	C	33	14	4	2	6	3	5	6	4	0	0	1	23	17.4	223	15:54
9	Matt Bradley	RW	30	14	2	4	6	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	15	13.3	178	12:45
10	David Steckel	C	26	14	3	2	5	2	0	4	3	0	0	1	19	15.8	225	16:03
11	Tomas Fleischmann	RW	24	14	3	1	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	1	22	13.6	200	14:19
12	Boyd Gordon	C	25	14	0	3	3	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	158	11:17
13	Milan Jurcina	D	25	14	2	0	2	1	6	12	1	0	1	0	10	20.0	235	16:46
14	Brian Pothier	D	31	13	0	2	2	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	218	16:48
15	Chris Clark	RW	32	8	1	0	1	1	-2	8	1	0	0	0	7	14.3	52	6:32
16	John Erskine	D	28	12	0	1	1	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	229	19:06
17	Shaone Morrisonn	D	26	14	0	1	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	253	18:03
18	Tyler Sloan	D	27	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	37	18:24
19	Jay Beagle	C	23	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	14	3:33
20	Donald Brashear	LW	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	14	3:25
21	Eric Fehr	RW	23	9	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	66	7:22
22	Michael Nylander	C	36	3	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0		26	8:48
23	Jeff Schultz	D	22	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	12	12:26
24	Jose Theodore	G	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		97	48:23
25	Semyon Varlamov	G	20	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		759	58:22
	Team Total			14	41	72	113		25	162	28	11	2	7	396	10.4

Goalies Playoffs

Rk	Player	Pos	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
1	Semyon Varlamov	G	20	13	7	6		32	389	357	.918	2.53	2	759
2	Jose Theodore	G	32	2	0	1	0	6	33	27	.818	3.71	0	97
	Team Total			14	7	7	0	38	422	384	.910	2.66	2	856

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