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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)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sheldon Brookbank ANA · 4 P in 44 GP Matt Smaby TBL · 4 P in 43 GP Denis Gauthier LAK · 4 P in 65 GP Daniel Tjarnqvist COL · 4 P in 37 GP Mark Fistric DAL · 4 P in 36 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 0 4 4 1 63 50 128 0.08 0.0 16:48

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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 @ FLA L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:19
Apr 9, 2009 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:10
Apr 7, 2009 @ ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 20:22
Apr 5, 2009 vs ATL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 15:22
Apr 1, 2009 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 17:38
Mar 27, 2009 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 14:34
Mar 24, 2009 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 7 20:38
Mar 21, 2009 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 16:28
Mar 17, 2009 @ FLA W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 19:35
Mar 16, 2009 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:25
Mar 14, 2009 vs CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:25
Mar 12, 2009 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19:00
Mar 10, 2009 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 16:39
Mar 8, 2009 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:24
Mar 5, 2009 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 15:47
Mar 3, 2009 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:57
Mar 1, 2009 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:40
Feb 28, 2009 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:25
Feb 26, 2009 vs ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:04
Feb 24, 2009 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:54
Feb 22, 2009 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 17:46
Feb 18, 2009 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:22
Feb 14, 2009 @ TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:42
Feb 5, 2009 vs LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 13:39
Feb 3, 2009 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:57
Feb 1, 2009 vs OTT W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 14:55
Jan 31, 2009 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:56
Jan 27, 2009 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:11
Jan 20, 2009 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17:08
Jan 19, 2009 @ NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:39
Jan 17, 2009 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 19:52
Jan 14, 2009 @ PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 21:21
Jan 13, 2009 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 17:30
Nov 24, 2008 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:14
Nov 22, 2008 @ SJS L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:47
Nov 20, 2008 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:08
Nov 19, 2008 @ ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 19:03
Nov 15, 2008 @ NJD L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:23
Nov 14, 2008 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:44
Nov 12, 2008 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 16:37
Nov 10, 2008 vs TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 18:33
Nov 8, 2008 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:45
Nov 6, 2008 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 15:59
Nov 4, 2008 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 15:34
Nov 1, 2008 @ BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:41
Oct 28, 2008 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:56
Oct 25, 2008 @ DAL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:47
Oct 21, 2008 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:50
Oct 18, 2008 vs NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 14:43
Oct 16, 2008 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 15:10
Oct 11, 2008 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:00
Oct 10, 2008 @ ATL L 4-7 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 13:40