2020-21 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-15-5 (SO: 3-2) - 77 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost first round
First Round - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Peter Laviolette (36-15, 5 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2020-21 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 36-15-5 (SO: 3-2) - 77 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost first round
First Round - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-1
Coach: Peter Laviolette (36-15, 5 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2020-21 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2020-21 season with a record of 36 wins and 15 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 3-2 showing in shootouts for 77 points, finishing second in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Capitals scored 191 goals and surrendered 163. Alex Ovechkin netted 24 goals for Washington, and Nicklas Backstrom recorded 38 assists. Vitek Vanecek topped the squad with 21 wins, while Ilya Samsonov recorded a 2.69 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Peter Laviolette coached the team. The 2020-21 Washington Capitals lost in the first round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 55 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 16.5 |
| John Carlson | D | 52 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 12 | -5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 7.8 |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 53 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 18 | -3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 20.8 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 45 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 12 | -7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 182 | 13.2 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 47 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 15.7 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 41 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 11.5 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 46 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 39 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 16.2 |
| Lars Eller | C | 44 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 11.6 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 53 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 14 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 15.9 |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 51 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 9.6 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 42 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 17.6 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 56 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 56 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 56 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 7.1 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 56 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 16.2 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 53 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3.3 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 55 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3.0 |
| Richard Panik | R | 36 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 10.5 |
| Trevor Van Riemsdyk | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Michael Raffl | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Michael Sgarbossa | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Carr | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Philippe Maillet | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Connor McMichael | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garrett Pilon | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Pinho | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Craig Anderson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1064 | 188 | 314 | 502 | 517 | 63 | 38 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1647 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitek Vanecek | 37 | 2115 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 95 | 2.70 | 1031 | 936 | .908 |
| Ilya Samsonov | 19 | 1093 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 2.69 | 499 | 450 | .902 |
| Craig Anderson | 4 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2.13 | 71 | 65 | .915 |
| Totals | 60 | 3377 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 150 | 2.67 | 1751 | 1601 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| John Carlson | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | |
| Tom Wilson | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Justin Schultz | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Lars Eller | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Conor Sheary | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Nic Dowd | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Nick Jensen | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Michael Raffl | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Carr | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Anderson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 96 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 52 | -20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 5.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitek Vanecek | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.62 | 4 | 3 | .750 |
| Ilya Samsonov | 3 | 201 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.99 | 99 | 89 | .899 |
| Craig Anderson | 2 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.68 | 70 | 65 | .929 |
| Totals | 6 | 326 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.94 | 189 | 173 | .915 |
