2018-19 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 48-26-8 (SO: 4-1) - 104 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Metropolitan Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Carolina Hurricanes 4-3
Coach: Todd Reirden (48-26, 8 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2018-19 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2018-19 season with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 4-1 showing in shootouts for 104 points, finishing first in the NHL's Metropolitan Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Capitals netted 278 goals and gave up 249. Alex Ovechkin scored 51 goals for Washington, and John Carlson contributed 57 assists. Braden Holtby earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Pheonix Copley added 15 or more wins also. Braden Holtby recorded a 2.82 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Todd Reirden coached the team. The 2018-19 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL conference first round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 81 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 40 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 338 | 15.1 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 80 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 169 | 13.0 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 76 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 193 | 10.9 |
| John Carlson | D | 80 | 13 | 57 | 70 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 7.0 |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 69 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 143 | 17.5 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 82 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 161 | 14.9 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 81 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 139 | 15.8 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 63 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 128 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 16.9 |
| Lars Eller | C | 81 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 8.0 |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 82 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 3.0 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 76 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100 | 12.0 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 80 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 41 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 5.6 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 71 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 111 | 5.4 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 64 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 17.0 |
| Travis Boyd | C | 53 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 64 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 45 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 53 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 54 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Dmitrij Jaskin | R | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 20 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 26 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Lewington | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Braden Holtby | G | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pheonix Copley | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Walker | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1562 | 274 | 478 | 752 | 710 | 143 | 49 | 95 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 2492 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby | 59 | 3407 | 32 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 160 | 2.82 | 1795 | 1635 | .911 |
| Pheonix Copley | 27 | 1529 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 2.90 | 776 | 702 | .905 |
| Totals | 86 | 4936 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 234 | 2.84 | 2805 | 2571 | .917 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18.2 | |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 27.8 | |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| John Carlson | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brett Connolly | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Tom Wilson | R | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Lars Eller | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Nic Dowd | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Travis Boyd | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Christian Djoos | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brooks Orpik | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Nick Jensen | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Braden Holtby | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 67 | -25 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 10.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby | 7 | 449 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2.67 | 233 | 213 | .914 |
| Totals | 7 | 449 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2.67 | 253 | 233 | .921 |
