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Washington Capitals, all time

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Regular season unless it says playoffs, 1974-75 to 2026-27.

52Seasons
1 Stanley Cups Pick a season ▾
34 Playoff appearances Pick a season ▾
14 Division titles Pick a season ▾

All-time leaders

What each skater did for this team only. Years are his first and last season with it.

Points

# Skater Years GP Points
1 Alex Ovechkin 2005-27 1,576 1,688
2 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-24 1,105 1,033
3 Peter Bondra 1990-2004 961 825
4 Mike Gartner 1979-89 758 789
5 John Carlson 2009-26 1,143 771
6 Michal Pivonka 1986-99 825 599
7 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2013-24 723 568
8 Dale Hunter 1987-99 872 556
9 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 1979-89 629 554
10 Mike Ridley 1986-94 588 547

Goals

# Skater Years GP Goals
1 Alex Ovechkin 2005-27 1,576 929
2 Peter Bondra 1990-2004 961 472
3 Mike Gartner 1979-89 758 397
4 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-24 1,105 271
5 Mike Ridley 1986-94 588 218
6 Tom Wilson 2013-27 910 210
7 Alexander Semin 2003-12 469 197
8 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 1979-89 629 195
9 Dave Christian 1983-90 504 193
10 T.J. Oshie 2015-24 567 192

Assists

# Skater Years GP Assists
1 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-24 1,105 762
2 Alex Ovechkin 2005-27 1,576 759
3 John Carlson 2009-26 1,143 605
4 Michal Pivonka 1986-99 825 418
5 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2013-24 723 397
6 Mike Gartner 1979-89 758 392
7 Dale Hunter 1987-99 872 375
8 Calle Johansson 1988-2003 983 361
9 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 1979-89 629 359
10 Peter Bondra 1990-2004 961 353

Games played

# Skater Years GP Games played
1 Alex Ovechkin 2005-27 1,576 1,576
2 John Carlson 2009-26 1,143 1,143
3 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-24 1,105 1,105
4 Calle Johansson 1988-2003 983 983
5 Peter Bondra 1990-2004 961 961
6 Kelly Miller 1986-99 940 940
7 Tom Wilson 2013-27 910 910
8 Dale Hunter 1987-99 872 872
9 Michal Pivonka 1986-99 825 825
10 Mike Gartner 1979-89 758 758

Best by rating

Goals above replacement: the goals a player added to the team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time, added up over his seasons here. About six goals are worth one win. The rating starts in 2010-11, so nobody's earlier seasons are counted, and a season split between teams is shared out by games played. What these numbers mean

Skaters

# Skater Years GP Rating
1 John Carlson 2010-26 1,121 +139.0
2 Alex Ovechkin 2010-27 1,180 +113.8
3 Nicklas Backstrom 2010-24 859 +79.9
4 T.J. Oshie 2015-24 567 +63.4
5 Dmitry Orlov 2011-23 686 +62.8
6 Tom Wilson 2013-27 910 +61.2
7 Aliaksei Protas 2021-27 324 +40.1
8 Marcus Johansson 2010-23 579 +37.6
9 Lars Eller 2016-25 551 +33.2
10 Trevor van Riemsdyk 2020-26 388 +31.9

Goalies

# Goalie Years GP Rating
1 Braden Holtby 2010-20 468 +170.7
2 Logan Thompson 2024-27 103 +121.6
3 Philipp Grubauer 2012-18 101 +58.0
4 Charlie Lindgren 2022-27 142 +48.6
5 Darcy Kuemper 2022-24 90 +21.7
6 Michal Neuvirth 2010-14 112 +18.3
7 Semyon Varlamov 2010-11 27 +17.8
8 Vitek Vanecek 2020-22 79 +15.3
9 Tomas Vokoun 2011-12 48 +10.1
10 Ilya Samsonov 2019-22 89 +8.7

Best seasons

Points in a season

# Skater Season GP Points
1 Dennis Maruk 1981-82 80 136
2 Alex Ovechkin 2007-08 82 112
3 Alex Ovechkin 2008-09 79 110
4 Alex Ovechkin 2009-10 72 109
5 Alex Ovechkin 2005-06 81 106
6 Mike Gartner 1984-85 80 102
7 Nicklas Backstrom 2009-10 82 101
8 Dennis Maruk 1980-81 80 97
9 Bobby Carpenter 1984-85 80 95
10 Mike Gartner 1980-81 80 94

Goals in a season

# Skater Season GP Goals
1 Alex Ovechkin 2007-08 82 65
2 Dennis Maruk 1981-82 80 60
3 Alex Ovechkin 2008-09 79 56
4 Bobby Carpenter 1984-85 80 53
5 Alex Ovechkin 2014-15 81 53
6 Peter Bondra 1995-96 67 52
7 Peter Bondra 1997-98 76 52
8 Alex Ovechkin 2005-06 81 52
9 Alex Ovechkin 2013-14 78 51
10 Alex Ovechkin 2018-19 81 51

Goalies

A shutout here is a game where the goalie played at least 55 minutes and allowed no goals.

Games played

# Goalie Years GP Games played
1 Olie Kolzig 1989-2008 711 711
2 Braden Holtby 2010-20 468 468
3 Don Beaupre 1988-94 269 269
4 Al Jensen 1981-87 173 173
5 Ron Low 1974-77 145 145
6 Pat Riggin 1982-86 143 143
7 Charlie Lindgren 2022-27 142 142
8 Jim Carey 1994-97 139 139
9 Pete Peeters 1985-89 139 139
10 Michal Neuvirth 2008-14 134 134

Shutouts

# Goalie Years GP Shutouts
1 Braden Holtby 2010-20 468 35
2 Olie Kolzig 1989-2008 711 35
3 Jim Carey 1994-97 139 14
4 Don Beaupre 1988-94 269 12
5 Al Jensen 1981-87 173 8
6 Charlie Lindgren 2022-27 142 8
7 Michal Neuvirth 2008-14 134 7
8 Pete Peeters 1985-89 139 7
9 Darcy Kuemper 2022-24 90 6
10 Ilya Samsonov 2019-22 89 6

Playoffs

312Playoff games144 won, 168 lost
21Series wonof 54 played

Playoff points

# Skater Years GP Points
1 Alex Ovechkin 2007-25 158 147
2 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-22 136 113
3 John Carlson 2009-25 137 78
4 Dale Hunter 1987-98 100 72
5 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2014-22 84 66
6 Mike Ridley 1986-94 76 60
7 T.J. Oshie 2015-24 73 59
8 Peter Bondra 1990-2003 73 56
9 Michal Pivonka 1986-98 95 55
10 Calle Johansson 1988-2003 95 54

Playoff goals

# Skater Years GP Goals
1 Alex Ovechkin 2007-25 158 77
2 Nicklas Backstrom 2007-22 136 38
3 Peter Bondra 1990-2003 73 30
4 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2014-22 84 28
5 T.J. Oshie 2015-24 73 28
6 Dale Hunter 1987-98 100 25
7 Dino Ciccarelli 1988-92 32 21
8 John Carlson 2009-25 137 21
9 Michal Pivonka 1986-98 95 19
10 Mike Ridley 1986-94 76 19

Playoff games in goal

# Goalie Years GP Games
1 Braden Holtby 2011-20 94 94
2 Olie Kolzig 1994-2003 45 45
3 Don Beaupre 1989-94 36 36
4 Pete Peeters 1985-89 30 30
5 Semyon Varlamov 2008-10 19 19
6 Al Jensen 1982-85 12 12
7 Mike Liut 1989-91 11 11
8 Jim Carey 1994-96 10 10
9 Logan Thompson 2024-25 10 10
10 Pat Riggin 1982-85 10 10

Playoff shutouts

# Goalie Years GP Shutouts
1 Braden Holtby 2011-20 94 7
2 Olie Kolzig 1994-2003 45 6
3 Don Beaupre 1989-94 36 2
4 Semyon Varlamov 2008-10 19 2
5 Bob Mason 1986-87 4 1
6 Michal Neuvirth 2010-11 9 1
7 Al Jensen 1982-85 12 0
8 Byron Dafoe 1993-95 3 0
9 Charlie Lindgren 2023-25 5 0
10 Clint Malarchuk 1987-88 4 0

Season by season

Pick a season for that year's roster, results and numbers. T is ties, OTL is losses in overtime or a shootout, and GF and GA are goals for and against. The last column is where the team's playoffs ended.

Season Team GP W L T OTL Points GF GA Playoffs
2026-27 Washington Capitals 3 2 1 0 4 11 8
2025-26 Washington Capitals e 82 43 30 9 95 263 244
2024-25 Washington Capitals z 82 51 22 9 111 288 232 Lost in the 2nd Round
2023-24 Washington Capitals x 82 40 31 11 91 220 257 Lost in the 1st Round
2022-23 Washington Capitals e 82 35 37 10 80 255 265
2021-22 Washington Capitals x 82 44 26 12 100 275 245 Lost in the 1st Round
2020-21 Washington Capitals x 56 36 15 5 77 191 163 Lost in the 1st Round
2019-20 Washington Capitals y 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 Lost in the 1st Round
2018-19 Washington Capitals y 82 48 26 8 104 278 249 Lost in the 1st Round
2017-18 Washington Capitals Stanley Cup championsy 82 49 26 7 105 259 239 Won the Stanley Cup
2016-17 Washington Capitals p 82 55 19 8 118 263 182 Lost in the 2nd Round
2015-16 Washington Capitals p 82 56 18 8 120 252 193 Lost in the 2nd Round
2014-15 Washington Capitals x 82 45 26 11 101 242 203 Lost in the 2nd Round
2013-14 Washington Capitals e 82 38 30 14 90 235 240
2012-13 Washington Capitals y 48 27 18 3 57 149 130 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
2011-12 Washington Capitals x 82 42 32 8 92 222 230 Lost in the Conference Semifinals
2010-11 Washington Capitals z 82 48 23 11 107 224 197 Lost in the Conference Semifinals
2009-10 Washington Capitals p 82 54 15 13 121 318 233 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
2008-09 Washington Capitals y 82 50 24 8 108 272 245 Lost in the Conference Semifinals
2007-08 Washington Capitals y 82 43 31 8 94 242 231 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
2006-07 Washington Capitals e 82 28 40 14 70 235 286
2005-06 Washington Capitals e 82 29 41 12 70 237 306
2003-04 Washington Capitals e 82 23 46 10 3 59 186 253
2002-03 Washington Capitals x 82 39 29 8 6 92 224 220 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
2001-02 Washington Capitals e 82 36 33 11 2 85 228 240
2000-01 Washington Capitals y 82 41 27 10 4 96 233 211 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
1999-00 Washington Capitals y 82 44 24 12 2 102 227 194 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
1998-99 Washington Capitals e 82 31 45 6 68 200 218
1997-98 Washington Capitals x 82 40 30 12 92 219 202 Lost in the Stanley Cup Final
1996-97 Washington Capitals e 82 33 40 9 75 214 231
1995-96 Washington Capitals x 82 39 32 11 89 234 204 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
1994-95 Washington Capitals x 48 22 18 8 52 136 120 Lost in the Conference Quarterfinals
1993-94 Washington Capitals x 84 39 35 10 88 277 263 Lost in the Conference Semifinals
1992-93 Washington Capitals x 84 43 34 7 93 325 286 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1991-92 Washington Capitals x 80 45 27 8 98 330 275 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1990-91 Washington Capitals x 80 37 36 7 81 258 258 Lost in the Division Finals
1989-90 Washington Capitals x 80 36 38 6 78 284 275 Lost in the Eastern Conference Finals
1988-89 Washington Capitals y 80 41 29 10 92 305 259 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1987-88 Washington Capitals x 80 38 33 9 85 281 249 Lost in the Division Finals
1986-87 Washington Capitals x 80 38 32 10 86 285 278 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1985-86 Washington Capitals x 80 50 23 7 107 315 272 Lost in the Division Finals
1984-85 Washington Capitals x 80 46 25 9 101 322 240 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1983-84 Washington Capitals x 80 48 27 5 101 308 226 Lost in the Division Finals
1982-83 Washington Capitals x 80 39 25 16 94 306 283 Lost in the Division Semifinals
1981-82 Washington Capitals e 80 26 41 13 65 319 338
1980-81 Washington Capitals e 80 26 36 18 70 286 317
1979-80 Washington Capitals e 80 27 40 13 67 261 293
1978-79 Washington Capitals e 80 24 41 15 63 273 338
1977-78 Washington Capitals e 80 17 49 14 48 195 321
1976-77 Washington Capitals e 80 24 42 14 62 221 307
1975-76 Washington Capitals e 80 11 59 10 32 224 394
1974-75 Washington Capitals e 80 8 67 5 21 181 446