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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 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Stralman TOR · 9 P in 50 GP Andy Wozniewski TOR · 9 P in 48 GP Aaron Miller VAN · 9 P in 57 GP Nathan Paetsch BUF · 9 P in 59 GP Josh Gorges MTL · 9 P in 62 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 2 7 9 1 96 48 102 0.18 4.2 15:43

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 2007-08 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
Apr 5, 2008 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 18:00
Apr 3, 2008 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 12:10
Apr 1, 2008 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:31
Mar 29, 2008 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 11:19
Mar 27, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:55
Mar 12, 2008 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 05:12
Mar 9, 2008 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:38
Mar 8, 2008 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:39
Mar 5, 2008 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 16:31
Mar 3, 2008 vs BOS W 10-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 18:16
Feb 24, 2008 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:35
Feb 23, 2008 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:16
Feb 20, 2008 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:34
Feb 16, 2008 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:42
Feb 15, 2008 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 18:47
Feb 13, 2008 @ ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:33
Feb 8, 2008 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 02:07
Feb 6, 2008 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 21:46
Feb 5, 2008 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:37
Feb 2, 2008 vs ATL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:01
Jan 31, 2008 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:03
Jan 29, 2008 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 6 2 3 20:10
Jan 24, 2008 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 22:47
Jan 23, 2008 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:17
Jan 21, 2008 @ PIT W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:51
Jan 19, 2008 vs FLA W 5-3 1 0 1 2 4 3 1 18:41
Jan 17, 2008 vs EDM W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 17:51
Jan 15, 2008 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:27
Jan 13, 2008 vs PHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 13:39
Jan 9, 2008 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:23
Jan 5, 2008 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 13:16
Jan 3, 2008 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 13:20
Dec 22, 2007 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:58
Dec 12, 2007 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:22
Dec 10, 2007 vs NJD W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 13:27
Dec 8, 2007 vs ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 17:24
Nov 26, 2007 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 5 0 2 12:18
Nov 24, 2007 vs CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:42
Nov 21, 2007 vs ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 14:33
Nov 19, 2007 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:31
Nov 5, 2007 @ CAR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:01
Nov 2, 2007 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 17:47
Nov 1, 2007 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 14:56
Oct 29, 2007 @ TOR W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 20:56
Oct 27, 2007 @ STL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 6 17:50
Oct 26, 2007 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:55
Oct 13, 2007 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 16:25
Oct 12, 2007 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 14:29
Oct 8, 2007 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:13
Oct 6, 2007 vs CAR W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 19:05
Oct 5, 2007 @ ATL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 17:35