2021–22 Washington Capitals
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division · 44-26-12, 100 pts · Playoffs 2-4
The 2021–22 Washington Capitals went 44-26-12 (100 points) in the Metropolitan Division and played 6 playoff games (2-4). Alex Ovechkin led the team with 90 points (50 G, 40 A). Ilya Samsonov had 23 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 77 | 50 | 40 | 90 | +8 | 18 | 16 | 334 | 15.0 | 20:34 | 155 | 25 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 79 | 24 | 54 | 78 | +7 | 44 | 8 | 208 | 11.5 | 20:17 | 42 | 25 |
| John Carlson | D | 78 | 17 | 54 | 71 | +13 | 20 | 7 | 195 | 8.7 | 23:49 | 73 | 112 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 78 | 24 | 28 | 52 | +13 | 98 | 4 | 151 | 15.9 | 18:35 | 240 | 55 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 71 | 19 | 24 | 43 | -2 | 14 | 2 | 129 | 14.7 | 15:17 | 45 | 44 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 76 | 12 | 23 | 35 | +25 | 44 | 2 | 127 | 9.4 | 20:58 | 124 | 94 |
| Lars Eller | C | 72 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -4 | 40 | 0 | 116 | 11.2 | 16:07 | 95 | 36 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 47 | 6 | 25 | 31 | -8 | 12 | 1 | 68 | 8.8 | 17:29 | 16 | 16 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 76 | 14 | 12 | 26 | +19 | 57 | 0 | 124 | 11.3 | 13:23 | 250 | 62 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 44 | 11 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 18 | 4 | 77 | 14.3 | 17:27 | 86 | 30 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 | +10 | 44 | 0 | 90 | 11.1 | 14:16 | 139 | 53 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 74 | 4 | 19 | 23 | -15 | 16 | 2 | 92 | 4.3 | 16:55 | 40 | 87 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 37 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +4 | 14 | 0 | 82 | 11.0 | 15:10 | 46 | 18 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 76 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +32 | 21 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 | 19:21 | 135 | 92 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 68 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 8.6 | 10:28 | 46 | 22 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 79 | 8 | 9 | 17 | +15 | 26 | 0 | 96 | 8.3 | 19:39 | 251 | 117 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 72 | 1 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 40 | 0 | 75 | 1.3 | 17:28 | 25 | 129 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 53 | 3 | 11 | 14 | +10 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 | 14:14 | 32 | 12 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 47 | 8 | 6 | 14 | +6 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 7.8 | 12:45 | 35 | 12 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 11:50 | 20 | 12 |
| Joe Snively | C | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 19.0 | 11:33 | 2 | 3 |
| Brett Leason | R | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | 8:57 | 16 | 14 |
| Marcus Johansson | L | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 14:51 | 14 | 8 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.1 | 11:53 | 17 | 4 |
| Axel Jonsson-Fjallby | L | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | 11:11 | 18 | 8 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 | 12:39 | 36 | 21 |
| Michael Sgarbossa | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 | 9:54 | 7 | 2 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 15:50 | 22 | 19 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 9:03 | 34 | 7 |
| Dennis Cholowski | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 13:35 | 3 | 9 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 9:35 | 1 | 2 |
| Garrett Pilon | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 9:25 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Johansen | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Vecchione | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5:06 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Alexeyev | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:35 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov | 44 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1145 | .896 | 3.02 | 3 |
| Vitek Vanecek | 42 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1117 | .909 | 2.67 | 4 |
| Zach Fucale | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | .924 | 1.75 | 1 |
| Pheonix Copley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | .878 | 3.11 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13 | vs NYR | W 5–1 | Final |
| Oct 16 | vs TBL | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 19 | vs COL | W 6–3 | Final |
| Oct 21 | @ NJD | W 4–1 | Final |
| Oct 23 | vs CGY | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 25 | @ OTT | W 7–5 | Final |
| Oct 27 | vs DET | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Oct 29 | vs ARI | W 2–0 | Final |
| Nov 1 | @ TBL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Nov 4 | @ FLA | L 4–5 | Final/OT |
| Nov 6 | vs PHI | L 1–2 | Final |
| Nov 8 | vs BUF | W 5–3 | Final |
| Nov 11 | @ DET | W 2–0 | Final |
| Nov 12 | @ CBJ | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 14 | vs PIT | W 6–1 | Final |
| Nov 16 | @ ANA | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Nov 17 | @ LAK | W 2–0 | Final |
| Nov 20 | @ SJS | W 4–0 | Final |
| Nov 21 | @ SEA | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 24 | vs MTL | W 6–3 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs FLA | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 28 | @ CAR | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 30 | @ FLA | L 4–5 | Final |
| Dec 2 | vs CHI | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Dec 4 | vs CBJ | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 6 | vs ANA | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Dec 10 | vs PIT | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 11 | @ BUF | W 3–2 | Final/SO |
| Dec 15 | @ CHI | L 4–5 | Final/OT |
| Dec 17 | @ WPG | W 5–2 | Final |
| Dec 19 | vs LAK | L 2–3 | Final |
| Dec 29 | vs NSH | W 5–3 | Final |
| Dec 31 | @ DET | W 3–1 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs NJD | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 7 | @ STL | L 1–5 | Final |
| Jan 8 | @ MIN | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Jan 10 | vs BOS | L 3–7 | Final |
| Jan 15 | @ NYI | W 2–0 | Final |
| Jan 16 | vs VAN | L 2–4 | Final |
| Jan 18 | vs WPG | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 20 | @ BOS | L 3–4 | Final |
| Jan 22 | vs OTT | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 24 | vs VGK | L 0–1 | Final |
| Jan 26 | vs SJS | L 1–4 | Final |
| Jan 28 | @ DAL | W 5–0 | Final |
| Feb 1 | @ PIT | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Feb 2 | vs EDM | L 3–5 | Final |
| Feb 8 | vs CBJ | L 4–5 | Final |
| Feb 10 | @ MTL | W 5–2 | Final |
| Feb 13 | vs OTT | L 1–4 | Final |
| Feb 15 | @ NSH | W 4–1 | Final |
| Feb 17 | @ PHI | W 5–3 | Final |
| Feb 24 | @ NYR | L 1–4 | Final |
| Feb 26 | @ PHI | L 1–2 | Final |
| Feb 28 | vs TOR | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 3 | vs CAR | W 4–0 | Final |
| Mar 5 | vs SEA | W 5–2 | Final |
| Mar 8 | @ CGY | W 5–4 | Final |
| Mar 9 | @ EDM | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Mar 11 | @ VAN | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 15 | vs NYI | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 17 | @ CBJ | W 7–2 | Final |
| Mar 18 | @ CAR | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 20 | vs DAL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 22 | vs STL | L 2–5 | Final |
| Mar 25 | @ BUF | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 26 | vs NJD | W 4–3 | Final |
| Mar 28 | vs CAR | L 1–6 | Final |
| Apr 3 | vs MIN | L 1–5 | Final |
| Apr 6 | vs TBL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Apr 9 | @ PIT | W 6–3 | Final |
| Apr 10 | vs BOS | W 4–2 | Final |
| Apr 12 | vs PHI | W 9–2 | Final |
| Apr 14 | @ TOR | L 3–7 | Final |
| Apr 16 | @ MTL | W 8–4 | Final |
| Apr 18 | @ COL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Apr 20 | @ VGK | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Apr 22 | @ ARI | W 2–0 | Final |
| Apr 24 | vs TOR | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Apr 26 | vs NYI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Apr 28 | @ NYI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Apr 29 | @ NYR | L 2–3 | Final |
| May 3 | @ FLA | W 4–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 5 | @ FLA | L 1–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 7 | vs FLA | W 6–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 9 | vs FLA | L 2–3 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| May 11 | @ FLA | L 3–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 13 | vs FLA | L 3–4 | Final/OT · Playoffs |