2009-10 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 54-15-13 (SO: 5-6) - 121 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Southeast Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-3
Coach: Bruce Boudreau (54-15, 13 OTL)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
2009-10 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 2009-10 season with a record of 54 wins and 15 losses (and 13 overtime losses), with a 5-6 showing in shootouts for 121 points, finishing first in the NHL's Southeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Capitals paced the circuit with 318 goals. Washington surrendered 233 goals. Alex Ovechkin scored 50 goals for the squad, while Nicklas Backstrom and Alexander Semin netted 30 or more also. Nicklas Backstrom recorded 68 assists. Jose Theodore earned 30 wins in front of the net for the team, and Semyon Varlamov added 15 or more victories also. Jose Theodore recorded a 2.81 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Bruce Boudreau coached the team. The 2009-10 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 72 | 50 | 59 | 109 | 89 | 45 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 368 | 13.6 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 82 | 33 | 68 | 101 | 50 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 222 | 14.9 |
| Alexander Semin | L | 73 | 40 | 44 | 84 | 66 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 278 | 14.4 |
| Mike Green | D | 75 | 19 | 57 | 76 | 54 | 39 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 9.3 |
| Brooks Laich | C | 78 | 25 | 34 | 59 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 222 | 11.3 |
| Mike Knuble | R | 69 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 59 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 151 | 19.2 |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 69 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 19.0 |
| Brendan Morrison | C | 74 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 11.4 |
| Eric Fehr | R | 69 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 14.5 |
| Matt Bradley | R | 77 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 10.2 |
| Tom Poti | D | 70 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 73 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Jason Chimera | L | 39 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Dave Steckel | C | 79 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 5.6 |
| Chris Clark | R | 38 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | -4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 6.8 |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 68 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Brian Pothier | D | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 7.0 |
| Boyd Gordon | R | 36 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Mathieu Perreault | C | 21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.8 |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Eric Belanger | C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
| Joe Corvo | D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| John Erskine | D | 50 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| John Carlson | D | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Keith Aucoin | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Quintin Laing | L | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Scott Walker | R | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Alexandre Giroux | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kyle Wilson | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michal Neuvirth | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Gordon | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Bourque | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Boyd Kane | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1566 | 313 | 523 | 836 | 920 | 384 | 79 | 145 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 2693 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 47 | 2586 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 2.81 | 1352 | 1231 | .911 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 26 | 1527 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 2.55 | 718 | 653 | .909 |
| Michal Neuvirth | 17 | 872 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.75 | 464 | 424 | .914 |
| Totals | 90 | 4985 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 226 | 2.72 | 2760 | 2534 | .918 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 | |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 | |
| Alexander Semin | L | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Green | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | |
| Brooks Laich | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Mike Knuble | R | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | |
| Tomas Fleischmann | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Brendan Morrison | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Fehr | R | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | |
| Matt Bradley | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Tom Poti | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Chimera | L | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Dave Steckel | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Boyd Gordon | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Tyler Sloan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Belanger | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Corvo | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| John Carlson | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Karl Alzner | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Walker | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Theodore | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semyon Varlamov | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 134 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 65 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 292 | 7.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 2 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.70 | 40 | 35 | .875 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 6 | 349 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.41 | 153 | 139 | .908 |
| Totals | 8 | 430 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2.65 | 212 | 193 | .910 |
