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2008-09 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 50-24-3 (SO: 0-5) - 108 points
in the NHL's Southeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (50-24, 8 OTL)
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 50 wins and 24 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-5 showing in shootouts for 108 points in the NHL's Southeast Division.
The team scored 272 goals and yielded 245. Alex Ovechkin netted 56 goals for the team, 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 in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Ovechkin | L | 79 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 72 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 528 | 10.6 |
Nicklas Backstrom | C | 82 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 46 | 16 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 174 | 12.6 |
Alexander Semin | L | 62 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 77 | 25 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 223 | 15.2 |
Mike Green | D | 68 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 68 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 243 | 12.8 |
Brooks Laich | C | 82 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 31 | -1 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 185 | 12.4 |
Viktor Kozlov | C | 67 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 16 | -9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 8.5 |
Tomas Fleischmann | L | 73 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 20 | -3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 14.5 |
Sergei Fedorov | C | 52 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 9.3 |
Michael Nylander | C | 72 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 10.3 |
Eric Fehr | R | 61 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 9.0 |
Dave Steckel | C | 76 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 7.8 |
Boyd Gordon | R | 63 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 7.2 |
Milan Jurcina | D | 79 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 3.2 |
Shaone Morrisonn | D | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 6.0 |
Tom Poti | D | 52 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 6.3 |
Jeff Schultz | D | 64 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.5 |
Matt Bradley | R | 81 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 59 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 5.1 |
Keith Aucoin | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
Chris Clark | R | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2.8 |
Tyler Sloan | D | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
Karl Alzner | D | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
Donald Brashear | L | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 121 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 2.3 |
John Erskine | D | 52 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 |
Sami Lepisto | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Brian Pothier | D | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
Jose Theodore | G | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bryan Helmer | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
Alexandre Giroux | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 |
Sean Collins | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
Chris Bourque | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
Brent Johnson | G | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Andrew Gordon | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Staffan Kronwall | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oskar Osala | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Semyon Varlamov | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Graham Mink | C | 2 | 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 | |
Quintin Laing | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Jay Beagle | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1646 | 268 | 449 | 717 | 1041 | 89 | 85 | 7 | 46 | 2748 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semyon Varlamov | 6 | 329 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.37 | 159 | 146 | .918 |
Jose Theodore | 57 | 3287 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 157 | 2.87 | 1572 | 1415 | .900 |
Michal Neuvirth | 5 | 220 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3.00 | 102 | 91 | .892 |
Brent Johnson | 21 | 1131 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2.81 | 579 | 526 | .908 |
Totals | 89 | 4967 | 50 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 234 | 2.83 | 2412 | 2178 | .903 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | 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 |
Shaone Morrisonn | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Tom Poti | D | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
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 | |
Semyon Varlamov | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jay Beagle | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Totals | 267 | 41 | 72 | 113 | 162 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 396 | 10.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Semyon Varlamov | 13 | 759 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 2.53 | 421 | 389 | .924 |
Jose Theodore | 2 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.71 | 39 | 33 | .846 |
Totals | 15 | 856 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 2.66 | 460 | 422 | .917 |