Washington Capitals 2017-18 Roster & Stats

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Skaters

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Alex Ovechkin	LW	82	49	38	87	32	3
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	79	27	56	83	48	3
Nicklas Backstrom	C	81	21	50	71	46	5
John Carlson	D	82	15	53	68	32	0
T.J. Oshie	RW	74	18	29	47	31	2
Lars Eller	C	81	18	20	38	38	-6
Tom Wilson	RW	78	14	21	35	187	10
Dmitry Orlov	D	82	10	21	31	22	10
Matt Niskanen	D	68	7	22	29	36	24
Brett Connolly	RW	70	15	12	27	30	-6
Jakub Vrana	LW	73	13	14	27	12	2
Andre Burakovsky	LW	56	12	13	25	27	3
Jay Beagle	C	79	7	15	22	16	3
Alex Chiasson	RW	61	9	9	18	26	1
Chandler Stephenson	C	67	6	12	18	8	13
Devante Smith-Pelly	RW	75	7	9	16	38	-6
Christian Djoos	D	63	3	11	14	10	13
Madison Bowey	D	51	0	12	12	24	-3
Brooks Orpik	D	81	0	10	10	68	-9
Jakub Jerabek	D	11	1	3	4	0	-1
Taylor Chorney	D	24	1	3	4	8	8
Michal Kempny	D	22	2	1	3	14	1
Aaron Ness	D	8	0	1	1	8	2
Nathan Walker	LW	7	1	0	1	4	1
Shane Gersich	LW	3	0	1	1	0	-1
Travis Boyd	C	8	0	1	1	2	2
Anthony Peluso	RW	2	0	0	0	4	0
Liam O'Brien	C	3	0	0	0	5	0
Tyler Graovac	C	5	0	0	0	2	-3

Goalies

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Braden Holtby	54	34	16	4	2.99	.907	0
Philipp Grubauer	35	15	10	3	2.35	.923	3

Advanced Stats

Player	GP	CF%	FF%	PDO	P/60	FO%	TOI
John Carlson	82	49.1%	47.8%	101.5	1.31	0.0%	24:46
Dmitry Orlov	82	49.5%	49.0%	100.9	0.92	—	23:07
Matt Niskanen	68	48.5%	47.8%	102.9	1.04	—	22:36
Alex Ovechkin	82	50.6%	50.2%	101.7	2.40	37.5%	20:08
Nicklas Backstrom	81	51.2%	50.4%	103.2	1.98	51.2%	19:39
Brooks Orpik	81	44.1%	43.0%	99.4	0.42	—	19:21
Evgeny Kuznetsov	79	47.8%	47.6%	102.5	2.39	44.2%	18:48
T.J. Oshie	74	50.1%	50.9%	102.1	1.51	47.9%	18:24
Jakub Jerabek	36	49.2%	49.5%	99.1	0.86	—	16:19
Tom Wilson	78	50.4%	48.6%	102.0	1.78	46.3%	15:59
Michal Kempny	53	51.0%	50.7%	102.5	0.77	—	15:54
Lars Eller	81	47.9%	46.2%	98.5	1.52	49.3%	15:18
Christian Djoos	63	51.7%	51.7%	102.6	1.00	—	14:02
Andre Burakovsky	56	52.5%	50.7%	101.1	1.67	54.5%	13:50
Madison Bowey	51	44.6%	43.6%	100.1	0.89	—	13:42
Taylor Chorney	25	43.8%	43.5%	107.3	0.64	—	13:08
Aaron Ness	8	42.6%	42.6%	106.1	0.64	—	12:43
Jakub Vrana	73	50.1%	50.3%	99.7	1.61	52.0%	12:29
Jay Beagle	79	39.0%	38.8%	101.8	1.36	58.5%	12:26
Devante Smith-Pelly	75	43.9%	44.7%	99.4	1.07	48.5%	12:20
Brett Connolly	70	46.7%	43.6%	102.9	1.74	45.2%	12:00
Chandler Stephenson	67	43.9%	45.1%	103.6	1.42	54.8%	11:52
Alex Chiasson	61	43.7%	41.9%	101.8	1.27	26.8%	11:45
Nathan Walker	9	44.9%	43.1%	107.2	0.76	—	9:26
Shane Gersich	3	50.0%	57.5%	89.1	2.22	—	9:01
Travis Boyd	8	43.1%	45.7%	109.0	0.87	50.0%	8:49
Liam O'Brien	3	37.0%	40.9%	100.0	0.00	0.0%	6:55
Tyler Graovac	5	25.9%	22.2%	88.0	0.00	33.3%	6:44
Anthony Peluso	2	44.4%	44.4%	100.0	0.00	—	4:38

Corsi (CF%), Fenwick (FF%), PDO, and rates are full-season, league-wide numbers — for mid-season trades they include time with other teams. Sorted by ice time.

Playoff Skaters

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	24	12	20	32	16	12
Alex Ovechkin	LW	24	15	12	27	8	8
Nicklas Backstrom	C	20	5	18	23	6	-1
T.J. Oshie	RW	24	8	13	21	31	5
John Carlson	D	24	5	15	20	8	11
Lars Eller	C	24	7	11	18	18	6
Tom Wilson	RW	21	5	10	15	31	11
Brett Connolly	RW	24	6	3	9	6	4
Matt Niskanen	D	24	1	8	9	8	6
Devante Smith-Pelly	RW	24	7	1	8	12	-2
Dmitry Orlov	D	24	2	6	8	4	5
Jakub Vrana	LW	23	3	5	8	2	5
Jay Beagle	C	23	2	6	8	8	7
Chandler Stephenson	C	24	2	5	7	8	3
Andre Burakovsky	LW	13	2	4	6	4	2
Brooks Orpik	D	24	1	4	5	15	17
Michal Kempny	D	24	2	3	5	10	1
Alex Chiasson	RW	16	1	1	2	4	0
Christian Djoos	D	22	0	1	1	4	5
Jakub Jerabek	D	2	0	1	1	2	-1
Nathan Walker	LW	1	0	1	1	0	1
Shane Gersich	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1
Travis Boyd	C	1	0	0	0	0	0

Playoff Goalies

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
Braden Holtby	23	16	7	—	2.16	.922	2
Philipp Grubauer	2	0	1	—	4.55	.837	0

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