2008-09 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 50-24-8 (SO: 4-5) - 108 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (50-24, 8 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2008-09 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 50-24-8 (SO: 4-5) - 108 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (50-24, 8 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2008-09 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 50 wins and 24 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 4-5 showing in shootouts for 108 points, finishing first in the NHL's Southeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.
The Capitals scored 272 goals and yielded 245. Alex Ovechkin netted 56 goals for Washington, while Alexander Semin and Mike Green tallied 30 or more, too. Nicklas Backstrom recorded 66 assists. Jose Theodore earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.87 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Bruce Boudreau coached the team. The 2008-09 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 79 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 72 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 528 | 10.6 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 82 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 12.6 |
| Alexander Semin | L | 62 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 77 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 223 | 15.2 |
| Mike Green | D | 68 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 68 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 243 | 12.8 |
| Brooks Laich | C | 82 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 31 | -1 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 12.4 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 67 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 16 | -9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 8.5 |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 73 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 20 | -3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 14.5 |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 52 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Michael Nylander | C | 72 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 10.3 |
| Eric Fehr | R | 61 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 134 | 9.0 |
| Dave Steckel | C | 76 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 7.8 |
| Boyd Gordon | R | 63 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 79 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 3.2 |
| Tom Poti | D | 52 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 6.3 |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 64 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
| Matt Bradley | R | 81 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 59 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 5.1 |
| Keith Aucoin | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Chris Clark | R | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 121 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 2.3 |
| John Erskine | D | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 |
| Sami Lepisto | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Brian Pothier | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Helmer | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Alexandre Giroux | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Sean Collins | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Chris Bourque | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Brent Johnson | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Staffan Kronwall | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Quintin Laing | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Gordon | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Graham Mink | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Michal Neuvirth | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oskar Osala | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 268 | 449 | 717 | 1021 | 87 | 85 | 158 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 2748 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 57 | 3287 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 157 | 2.87 | 1572 | 1415 | .900 |
| Brent Johnson | 21 | 1131 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2.81 | 579 | 526 | .908 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 6 | 329 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.37 | 159 | 146 | .918 |
| Michal Neuvirth | 5 | 220 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.00 | 102 | 91 | .892 |
| Totals | 89 | 4967 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 234 | 2.83 | 2646 | 2412 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 14 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 12.2 | |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 14 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 | |
| Alexander Semin | L | 14 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 11.9 | |
| Mike Green | D | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Brooks Laich | C | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 | |
| Sergei Fedorov | C | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Michael Nylander | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Fehr | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Steckel | C | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Boyd Gordon | R | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Tom Poti | D | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Bradley | R | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Chris Clark | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Donald Brashear | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| John Erskine | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Pothier | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Jose Theodore | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Beagle | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 267 | 41 | 72 | 113 | 162 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 396 | 10.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 2 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.71 | 33 | 27 | .818 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 13 | 759 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 2.53 | 389 | 357 | .918 |
| Totals | 15 | 856 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 2.66 | 460 | 422 | .917 |
