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John Erskine

#4 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Jun 26, 1980 in Kingston, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 39th overall in 1998 by DAL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Muir WSH · 7 P in 26 GP Jeff Woywitka STL · 7 P in 34 GP Brendan Bell PHX · 7 P in 45 GP Matt Jones PHX · 7 P in 45 GP Jim Vandermeer CHI · 7 P in 46 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

05102001-02: 1 points101-022002-03: 2 points202-032003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 1 points105-062006-07: 7 points706-072007-08: 9 points907-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 6 points609-102010-11: 11 points1110-112011-12: 2 points211-122012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 4 points413-14

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 DAL 33 0 1 1 -8 62 16 63 0.03
2002-03 DAL 16 2 0 2 1 29 12 15 0.13
2003-04 DAL 32 0 1 1 -9 84 23 44 0.03
2005-06 DAL 26 0 0 0 -3 62 9 46 0.00
2005-06 NYI 34 1 0 1 -12 99 23 71 0.03
2006-07 WSH 29 1 6 7 -13 69 14 52 0.24
2007-08 WSH 51 2 7 9 1 96 48 102 0.18
2008-09 WSH 52 0 4 4 1 63 50 128 0.08
2009-10 WSH 50 1 5 6 16 66 50 109 0.12
2010-11 WSH 73 4 7 11 1 94 58 166 0.15
2011-12 WSH 28 0 2 2 3 51 20 39 0.07
2012-13 WSH 30 3 3 6 10 34 32 91 0.20 $1.5M
2013-14 WSH 37 1 3 4 -5 56 38 64 0.11 $1.962M
12 seasons Career 491 15 39 54 -17 865 393 990 0.11

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 WSH 7 0 2 2 1 6 8 18 0.29
2008-09 WSH 12 0 1 1 1 16 8 39 0.08
2010-11 WSH 9 1 1 2 1 6 6 24 0.22
2011-12 WSH 4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 8 0.25
2012-13 WSH 7 0 1 1 -4 4 6 20 0.14
5 seasons Playoffs 39 1 6 7 -2 32 31 109 0.18

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 1 6 7 -13 69 14 52 0.24 7.1 18:03

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.962M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2006-07 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 9, 2007 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 09:50
Mar 6, 2007 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 18:39
Mar 3, 2007 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:31
Mar 1, 2007 vs TBL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:30
Feb 27, 2007 vs FLA L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 19:12
Feb 25, 2007 vs NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:25
Feb 24, 2007 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 3 18:10
Feb 21, 2007 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:52
Feb 20, 2007 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21:36
Feb 18, 2007 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 9 18:53
Feb 15, 2007 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:04
Dec 16, 2006 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:52
Dec 15, 2006 @ ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:08
Dec 11, 2006 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 21:01
Dec 9, 2006 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:16
Dec 8, 2006 vs ANA L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 5 0 2 16:04
Dec 6, 2006 vs OTT W 6-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 20:56
Dec 2, 2006 vs BUF W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 20:24
Nov 30, 2006 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 20:32
Nov 28, 2006 @ TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 22:25
Nov 25, 2006 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 7 0 2 16:49
Nov 24, 2006 vs TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:37
Nov 22, 2006 vs ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 21:39
Nov 18, 2006 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:38
Nov 17, 2006 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:54
Nov 15, 2006 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:58
Nov 13, 2006 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:59
Nov 11, 2006 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:30
Nov 9, 2006 @ CAR L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 16:50