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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Meech DET · 6 P in 49 GP Cory Sarich CGY · 6 P in 57 GP Tyler Sloan WSH · 6 P in 40 GP Mark Fraser NJD · 6 P in 61 GP Jay Harrison CAR · 6 P in 38 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 1 5 6 16 66 50 109 0.12 2.0 15:59

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 2009-10 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 6, 2010 @ PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:52
Apr 5, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:17
Apr 1, 2010 vs ATL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 17:27
Mar 28, 2010 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:41
Mar 25, 2010 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 20:52
Mar 20, 2010 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 16:01
Mar 12, 2010 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:07
Mar 8, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:17
Mar 3, 2010 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:03
Feb 11, 2010 @ OTT L 5-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:41
Feb 10, 2010 @ MTL L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:44
Feb 5, 2010 vs ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 16:07
Feb 4, 2010 @ NYR W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13:21
Feb 2, 2010 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 13:23
Jan 31, 2010 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 19:38
Jan 29, 2010 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 17:43
Jan 27, 2010 vs ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 16:47
Jan 26, 2010 @ NYI W 7-2 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 14:45
Jan 23, 2010 vs PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:49
Jan 9, 2010 @ ATL W 8-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 09:50
Jan 7, 2010 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 18:49
Jan 5, 2010 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:48
Jan 2, 2010 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:08
Dec 30, 2009 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:53
Dec 28, 2009 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:37
Dec 26, 2009 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:03
Dec 23, 2009 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 20:13
Dec 18, 2009 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:21
Dec 15, 2009 @ COL W 6-1 0 1 1 3 17 0 0 17:11
Dec 12, 2009 @ TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:51
Dec 11, 2009 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:52
Dec 7, 2009 @ TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:57
Dec 5, 2009 @ PHI W 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:28
Dec 3, 2009 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 16:25
Nov 30, 2009 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 17:45
Nov 28, 2009 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:42
Nov 25, 2009 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:41
Nov 23, 2009 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 7 19:50
Nov 21, 2009 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:41
Nov 20, 2009 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 14:20
Nov 17, 2009 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 18:34
Nov 13, 2009 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:10
Nov 11, 2009 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:00
Nov 7, 2009 vs FLA W 7-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 13:14
Nov 4, 2009 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:21
Oct 12, 2009 vs NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 06:39
Oct 8, 2009 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:54
Oct 6, 2009 @ PHI L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 4 3 2 18:38
Oct 3, 2009 vs TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:44
Oct 1, 2009 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 7 2 2 17:42