2021-22 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 44-26-12 (SO: 5-3) - 100 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Metropolitan Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference first round
Conference First Round - Lost to Florida Panthers 4-2
Coach: Peter Laviolette (44-26, 12 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2021-22 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2021-22 season with a record of 44 wins and 26 losses (and 12 overtime losses), with a 5-3 showing in shootouts for 100 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Metropolitan Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Capitals scored 275 goals and yielded 245. Alex Ovechkin netted 50 goals for Washington, while John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov each contributed 54 assists. Ilya Samsonov earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Vitek Vanecek added 15 or more wins, too. Vitek Vanecek recorded a 2.67 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Peter Laviolette coached the team. The 2021-22 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL conference first round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 77 | 50 | 40 | 90 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 334 | 15.0 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 79 | 24 | 54 | 78 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 208 | 11.5 |
| John Carlson | D | 78 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 195 | 8.7 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 78 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 98 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 15.9 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 71 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 14 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 129 | 14.7 |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 76 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 9.4 |
| Lars Eller | C | 72 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 40 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 11.2 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 47 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 12 | -8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 76 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 11.3 |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 44 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 18 | -12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 14.3 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 64 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 11.1 |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 37 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 11.0 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 74 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 16 | -15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 4.3 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 76 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 5.7 |
| Connor McMichael | C | 68 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 8.6 |
| Martin Fehervary | D | 79 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 8.3 |
| Trevor Van Riemsdyk | D | 72 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 40 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1.3 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 47 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 7.8 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 53 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Aliaksei Protas | C | 33 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Joe Snively | C | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19.0 |
| Marcus Johansson | C | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Brett Leason | R | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Michael Sgarbossa | C | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Axel Jonsson-Fjallby | L | 23 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Garrett Pilon | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Lucas Johansen | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Cholowski | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Alexeyev | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pheonix Copley | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Vecchione | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ilya Samsonov | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zachary Fucale | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1568 | 270 | 436 | 706 | 613 | 119 | 48 | 91 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 2577 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov | 44 | 2361 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 119 | 3.02 | 1145 | 1026 | .896 |
| Vitek Vanecek | 42 | 2317 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 2.67 | 1117 | 1014 | .908 |
| Zachary Fucale | 4 | 172 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.74 | 66 | 61 | .924 |
| Pheonix Copley | 2 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.09 | 41 | 36 | .878 |
| Totals | 92 | 4947 | 44 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 232 | 2.81 | 2601 | 2369 | .911 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| John Carlson | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Tom Wilson | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Conor Sheary | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Lars Eller | C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| T.J. Oshie | C | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27.3 | |
| Nic Dowd | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Anthony Mantha | R | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Justin Schultz | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Nick Jensen | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Connor McMichael | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Martin Fehervary | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Trevor Van Riemsdyk | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Marcus Johansson | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Brett Leason | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johan Larsson | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Vitek Vanecek | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ilya Samsonov | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 65 | -39 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 182 | 10.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov | 5 | 263 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.97 | 148 | 135 | .912 |
| Vitek Vanecek | 2 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.20 | 51 | 44 | .863 |
| Totals | 7 | 363 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.31 | 219 | 199 | .909 |
