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Washington Capitals Eastern Conference Metropolitan Division
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Season Overview
Washington Capitals Carolina Hurricanes
40-31 (17) Season Record (NHL Rk) 52-23 (3)
4 Division Rank 2
8 Conference Rank 2
22-12 Home Record 27-10
18-19 Away Record 25-13
16-9 Division Record 16-6
25-18-7 Conference Record 35-10-5
220 Goals For 279
257 Goals Against 216
Won 3 Streak Lost 1
Team Info
Height Average 6-2
Weight Average 199.0
Age Average 28.4
Oldest Alex Ovechkin (38)
Youngest Ivan Miroshnichenko (20)
Rookies 7
30 years old + 13
How The Team Was Built
Drafted 14
Free agency 11
Waivers 1
Trades 3
EXPERIENCE
GP Forwards 7153 games
GP Defensemen 3063 games
GP Goalies 499 games
Team Totals 10884 games
Team Info
Height Average 6-1
Weight Average 195.4
Age Average 27.4
Oldest Brent Burns (39)
Youngest Bradly Nadeau (18)
Rookies 5
30 years old + 10
How The Team Was Built
Drafted 13
Free agency 10
Waivers 1
Trades 8
EXPERIENCE
GP Forwards 6854 games
GP Defensemen 4770 games
GP Goalies 898 games
Team Totals 13193 games
Injuries
Backstrom, Nicklas Hip injury injured reserve
Iorio, Vincent Upper body injury day-to-day
Jensen, Nick Undisclosed remainder of the regular season
van Riemsdyk, Trevor Upper body injury day-to-day
Injuries
Fast, Jesper Upper body injury remainder of the playoffs
Pesce, Brett Lower body injury sidelined indefinitely
Team Leaders
Goals Alex Ovechkin - 31
Assists John Carlson - 42
Points Dylan Strome - 67
Wins Charlie Lindgren - 25
Plus/minus Nicolas Aube-Kubel - 4
Pen. minutes Tom Wilson - 133
Team Leaders
Goals Sebastian Aho - 36
Assists Sebastian Aho - 53
Points Sebastian Aho - 89
Wins Pyotr Kochetkov - 23
Plus/minus Sebastian Aho - 34
Pen. minutes Brendan Lemieux - 64
Who's Hot?
Martin Fehervary (D) 2pts in last 3 GP
Darcy Kuemper (G) 0-1-0, 2.44, .938 in last 2 GPI
Tom Wilson (RW) 3pts in last 3 GP
Who's Not?
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (RW) 0pts in last 7 GP
John Carlson (D) 2pts in last 4 GP
Charlie Lindgren (G) 0-2-0, 3.62, .857 in last 2 GPI
Sonny Milano (RW) 0pts in last 5 GP
T.J. Oshie (RW) 1pts in last 3 GP
Alex Ovechkin (LW) 0pts in last 3 GP
Max Pacioretty (RW) 1pts in last 5 GP
Who's Hot?
Pyotr Kochetkov (G) 4-0-0, 1.25, .938 in last 4 GPI
Martin Necas (RW) 4pts in last 4 GP
Stefan Noesen (RW) 4pts in last 5 GP
Andrei Svechnikov (RW) 4pts in last 3 GP
Who's Not?
Frederik Andersen (G) 2-1-0, 2.40, .897 in last 3 GPI
Brent Burns (D) 1pts in last 4 GP
Spencer Martin (G) 1-1-0, 4.00, .830 in last 2 GPI
Jaccob Slavin (D) 0pts in last 5 GP
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