2007-08 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 43-31-8 (SO: 4-4) - 94 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Glen Hanlon (6-14, 1 OTL)
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (37-17, 7 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2007-08 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 43-31-8 (SO: 4-4) - 94 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Glen Hanlon (6-14, 1 OTL)
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (37-17, 7 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2007-08 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2007-08 season with a record of 43 wins and 31 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 4-4 showing in shootouts for 94 points, finishing first in the NHL's Southeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Capitals scored 242 goals and allowed 231. Alex Ovechkin netted 65 goals for Washington, and Nicklas Backstrom recorded 55 assists. Olaf Kolzig earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.91 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Glen Hanlon and Bruce Boudreau coached the team. The 2007-08 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 82 | 65 | 47 | 112 | 40 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 446 | 14.6 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 82 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 9.2 |
| Mike Green | D | 82 | 18 | 38 | 56 | 62 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 7.7 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 81 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 7.3 |
| Alexander Semin | L | 63 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 54 | -18 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 14.1 |
| Brooks Laich | C | 82 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 35 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 17.2 |
| Michael Nylander | C | 40 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 24 | -19 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 14.3 |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 75 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 18 | -7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 9.3 |
| Tom Poti | D | 71 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 2.0 |
| Matt Bradley | R | 77 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 6.3 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 72 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Boyd Gordon | R | 67 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7.0 |
| Brian Pothier | D | 38 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 7.7 |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | -2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Dave Steckel | C | 67 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 7.6 |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 76 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Chris Clark | R | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| John Erskine | D | 51 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 75 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.7 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 80 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 119 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8.5 |
| Matt Cooke | L | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Matt Pettinger | L | 56 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 25 | -11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 2.0 |
| Quintin Laing | L | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.1 |
| Eric Fehr | R | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Joe Motzko | R | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Eminger | D | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Brian Sutherby | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Cristobal Huet | G | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sami Lepisto | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Chris Bourque | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Brent Johnson | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1562 | 238 | 401 | 639 | 953 | 57 | 65 | 121 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 2538 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olaf Kolzig | 54 | 3154 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 153 | 2.91 | 1423 | 1270 | .892 |
| Cristobal Huet | 13 | 771 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1.63 | 329 | 308 | .936 |
| Brent Johnson | 19 | 1032 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 2.67 | 500 | 454 | .908 |
| Totals | 86 | 4957 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 220 | 2.66 | 2472 | 2252 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 10.8 | |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 | |
| Mike Green | D | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Alexander Semin | L | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10.7 | |
| Brooks Laich | C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Poti | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Bradley | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boyd Gordon | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Dave Steckel | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| John Erskine | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Donald Brashear | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Matt Cooke | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Fehr | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Steve Eminger | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Cristobal Huet | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 81 | -11 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristobal Huet | 7 | 451 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2.93 | 242 | 220 | .909 |
| Totals | 7 | 451 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2.93 | 264 | 242 | .917 |
