Washington Capitals
Season record and player statistics.
Washington Capitals 2020–21 season summary
League7
Conference0
MassMutual East2
GP56
W36
L15
OT5
PTS77
GF–GA191–163
Schedule and results
Season form
Home17–8–3
Away19–7–2
Last 107–2–1
StreakW2
GF / game3.41
GA / game2.91
Shot diff.+0.6
Power play24.8%
3+ goal record28–5–4
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | SOG | Opp SOG | PP | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23 |  vs BOS |
L | 1–3 | 41 | 19 | 0/4 | Boxscore |
| May 21 | at BOS |
L | 1–4 | 20 | 37 | 1/7 | Boxscore |
| May 19 | at BOS |
L | 2–3 OT | 37 | 43 | 1/5 | Boxscore |
| May 17 | vs BOS |
L | 3–4 OT | 39 | 48 | 1/4 | Boxscore |
| May 15 | vs BOS |
W | 3–2 OT | 32 | 26 | 0/1 | Boxscore |
| May 11 | vs BOS |
W | 2–1 | 32 | 25 | 0/1 | Boxscore |
| May 8 |  vs PHI |
W | 2–1 OT | 40 | 29 | 0/4 | Boxscore |
| May 7 | vs PHI |
L | 2–4 | 30 | 29 | 0/1 | Boxscore |
| May 5 |  at NYR |
W | 4–2 | 35 | 21 | 2/7 | Boxscore |
| May 3 | at NYR |
W | 6–3 | 40 | 26 | 0/3 | Boxscore |
Regular season and postseason
Skaters
Players with at least one appearance for this team and season.
| Player | Pos | Age | Cap hit | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | S | ATOI | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | S | ATOI | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||||
 Nicklas Backstrom
| C | 33.2 | $9,200,000 | 55 | 15 | 38 | 53 | +0 | 14 | 91 | 18:36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 9 | 20:53 |
 T.J. Oshie
| RW | 34.1 | $5,750,000 | 53 | 22 | 21 | 43 | -3 | 18 | 106 | 18:04 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 8 | 18:36 |
 Alex Ovechkin
| LW | 35.4 | $9,500,000 | 45 | 24 | 18 | 42 | -7 | 12 | 182 | 19:30 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 20 | 21:57 |
 Tom Wilson
| RW | 26.8 | $5,166,667 | 47 | 13 | 20 | 33 | +1 | 96 | 83 | 16:32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 | 10 | 19:07 |
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Evgeny Kuznetsov
| C | 28.7 | $7,800,000 | 41 | 9 | 20 | 29 | +7 | 18 | 78 | 16:34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 8 | 21:04 |
 Jakub Vrana
| LW,RW | 24.9 | — | 39 | 11 | 14 | 25 | +9 | 8 | 68 | 14:22 | — | |||||||
 Lars Eller
| C,LW | 31.7 | $3,500,000 | 44 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -1 | 21 | 69 | 16:21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0 | 8 | 15:23 |
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Conor Sheary
| LW,RW | 28.6 | $1,500,000 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 22 | -1 | 14 | 88 | 13:43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 5 | 13:29 |
 Daniel Sprong
| RW,LW | 23.9 | $725,000 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 20 | +7 | 12 | 74 | 11:40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 4 | 11 | 10:23 |
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Garnet Hathaway
| RW,LW | 29.2 | $1,500,000 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +7 | 66 | 62 | 12:19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 12 | 12:25 |
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Carl Hagelin
| LW | 32.4 | $2,750,000 | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +7 | 19 | 85 | 14:06 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 7 | 15:02 |
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Nic Dowd
| C | 30.7 | $750,000 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 15 | +4 | 31 | 68 | 14:22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 6 | 15:56 |
 Richard Panik
| RW | 30.0 | $2,750,000 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 16 | 40 | 11:36 | — | |||||||
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Anthony Mantha
| LW,RW | 26.4 | $5,700,000 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +0 | 8 | 38 | 17:45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 6 | 15 | 17:36 |
 Michael Raffl
| LW | 32.2 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 19 | 15:13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 13:11 |
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Michael Sgarbossa
| C | 28.5 | $750,000 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 4 | 9:48 | — | |||||||
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Daniel Carr
| LW | 29.3 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 10:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 2 | 1 | 10:33 |
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Brian Pinho
| C | 25.7 | $725,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 7:49 | — | |||||||
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Connor McMichael
| C,LW | 20.0 | $863,334 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 2 | 1 | 9:54 | — | |||||||
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Garrett Pilon
| C,RW | 22.8 | $750,000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | — | |||||||
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Philippe Maillet
| C | 28.2 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9:09 | — | |||||||
| Defense | |||||||||||||||||||
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John Carlson
| RD | 31.1 | $8,000,000 | 52 | 10 | 34 | 44 | -5 | 12 | 128 | 23:47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 8 | 25:55 |
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Justin Schultz
| D | 30.6 | $4,000,000 | 46 | 3 | 24 | 27 | +12 | 10 | 67 | 19:01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 22:24 |
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Dmitry Orlov
| LD,RD | 29.5 | $5,100,000 | 51 | 8 | 14 | 22 | +16 | 20 | 83 | 19:49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 | 12 | 23:27 |
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Brenden Dillon
| LD | 30.2 | $3,900,000 | 56 | 2 | 17 | 19 | +15 | 49 | 51 | 18:57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 5 | 19:51 |
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Nick Jensen
| RD | 30.4 | $2,500,000 | 53 | 2 | 12 | 14 | +5 | 14 | 60 | 17:18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 2 | 6 | 17:11 |
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Zdeno Chara
| D | 43.9 | — | 55 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +5 | 44 | 67 | 18:19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 5 | 16:16 |
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Trevor van Riemsdyk
| RD,LD | 29.5 | $950,000 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 | 23 | 17:05 | — | |||||||
 Jonas Siegenthaler
| LD | 23.7 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 13:23 | — | |||||||
Goalies
| Player | Pos | Age | Cap hit | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | SO | GP | GS | W | L | OT | GAA | SV% | SO | ||||
|
Vitek Vanecek
| G | 25.1 | $716,667 | 37 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2.69 | 0.908 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 0.750 | 0 |
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Ilya Samsonov
| G | 23.9 | $2,000,000 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2.69 | 0.902 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.99 | 0.899 | 0 |
|
Craig Anderson
| G | 39.7 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.13 | 0.915 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.67 | 0.929 | 0 |
Card checklist
Washington Capitals 2020–21 cards
Players with at least one appearance for this team and season.
Core
Forwards
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Not collected
Carl Hagelin LW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Nic Dowd C
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Garnet Hathaway RW,LW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Alex Ovechkin LW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Nicklas Backstrom C
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
T.J. Oshie RW
WSH · 2020–21
Defence
Goalies
Rotation
Forwards
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Not collected
Tom Wilson RW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Richard Panik RW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Anthony Mantha LW,RW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Daniel Carr LW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Michael Sgarbossa C
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Philippe Maillet C
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Brian Pinho C
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Garrett Pilon C,RW
WSH · 2020–21
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Not collected
Connor McMichael C,LW
WSH · 2020–21