cap era defensemen playoff points leaders

John Carlson has collected the most career points by a Capitals defenseman in the playoffs, with 78 points.

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	John Carlson J. Carlson	78	137	21	57	-4	56	13	31	0	0	2	0	374	5.6	0	0	213	279	81	150	24:33
2	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	54	95	12	42	+4	42	4	19	0	3	1	0	170	7.1	0	0	4	25	8	9	22:42
3	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	53	67	9	44	+3	180	4	22	0	1	2	0	169	5.3
4	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	48	83	16	32	+5	224	4	17	2	2	1	0	263	6.1
5	Mike Green M. Green	35	71	9	26	-2	75	6	10	0	1	2	1	162	5.6	0	0	123	111	31	75	23:24
6	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	31	51	13	18	+8	48	5	10	1	0	3	0	126	10.3	0	0	21	15	5	21	23:05
7	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	26	42	9	17	+3	51	5	5	0	1	2	0	104	8.7
8	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	23	74	2	21	-4	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	110	1.8	0	0	147	104	48	61	21:46
9	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	22	70	2	20	+7	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	102	2.0	0	0	186	143	36	74	24:41
10	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	20	40	6	14	-9	30	1	5	0	0	0	0	96	6.3	0	0	8	8	6	6	21:11
11	Rod Langway R. Langway	18	78	2	16	0	55	1	4	0	0	1	1	117	1.7
12	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	16	23	11	5	-1	40	4	2	0	1	2	0	81	13.6
13	Tom Poti T. Poti	12	27	2	10	+16	17	1	2	0	2	0	0	28	7.1	0	0	13	41	7	28	22:11
14	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	11	64	2	9	+11	44	0	0	0	1	2	1	61	3.3	0	0	240	138	8	21	18:23
15	Karl Alzner K. Alzner	11	64	3	8	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	72	4.2	0	0	108	137	18	37	21:29
16	John Erskine J. Erskine	7	39	1	6	-2	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	109	61	3	29	16:31
17	Joe Reekie J. Reekie	7	48	3	4	-1	57	0	0	1	0	1	0	30	10.0	0	0	5	3	1	2	13:26
18	Bob Rouse B. Rouse	7	21	4	3	-1	51	1	1	0	1	0	0	27	14.8
19	Michal Kempny M. Kempny	6	29	2	4	-1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3	0	0	45	47	5	12	17:57
20	Kevin Shattenkirk K. Shattenkirk	6	13	1	5	-4	6	1	3	0	0	1	1	36	2.8	0	0	20	22	5	12	18:27
21	Garry Galley G. Galley	6	15	2	4	-1	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	8.0
22	Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	5	10	3	2	+3	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	18	16.7	0	0	13	30	1	8	23:53
23	Nate Schmidt N. Schmidt	5	21	1	4	+3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	4.2	0	0	22	20	8	8	14:40
24	Trevor van Riemsdyk T. van Riemsdyk	4	19	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	10	37	5	11	15:44
25	Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	4	14	1	3	+8	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	20	37	8	16	22:17

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Team Leaders

22

Ovechkin

35

Carlson

+/-

+24

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

14th

GA/GP

2.95

11th

PP%

16.3

26th

PK%

78.5

21st

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 2/2	NYI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Tue 2/3	WSH	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 2/5	NSH	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Wed 2/25	PHI	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Fri 2/27	VGK	@	WSH	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hurricanes

33 - 15 - 6

Final

Capitals

27 - 22 - 7

Sat 31 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

40

MacKinnon

34

McDavid

32

Caufield

Assists Leaders

61

McDavid

55

Kucherov

52

Celebrini

Points Leaders

95

McDavid

91

MacKinnon

82

Kucherov

Hits Leaders

276

Trenin

210

Sherwood

198

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

137

Parayko

135

Dobson

125

Weegar

Wins Leaders

25

Vejmelka

24

Vasilevskiy

22

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.04

Vasilevskiy

2.22

Cooley

2.22

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.920

Vasilevskiy

.919

Grubauer

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.91

3.46

3.45

Goals Against Rankings

2.43

2.48

2.69

Power Play Rankings

31.2

30.0

27.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.4

84.6

84.1

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

38-16

35-18

35-20

32-21

32-22

Worst Record ATS

17-37

19-36

19-35

19-34

20-34

22-34

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	36	8	9	81	74
Wild	32	14	10	74	25
Stars	32	14	9	73	31
Mammoth	28	23	4	60	19
Predators	25	23	6	56	-27
Jets	22	25	7	51	-10
Blackhawks	21	25	9	51	-30
Blues	20	26	9	49	-54
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	25	15	14	64	7
Oilers	28	20	8	64	8
Kraken	26	19	9	61	-3
Kings	23	17	13	59	-9
Ducks	28	23	3	59	-13
Sharks	27	22	4	58	-17
Flames	22	26	6	50	-26
Canucks	18	31	6	42	-54

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	34	14	4	72	52
Red Wings	32	18	6	70	0
Canadiens	31	17	7	69	9
Sabres	31	18	5	67	21
Bruins	32	20	3	67	15
Panthers	28	23	3	59	-11
Senators	26	21	7	59	6
Maple Leafs	25	21	9	59	-11
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	33	15	6	72	30
Penguins	28	14	11	67	22
Islanders	30	20	5	65	7
Blue Jackets	27	20	7	61	-5
Capitals	27	22	7	61	9
Flyers	24	20	10	58	-14
Devils	28	25	2	58	-24
Rangers	22	28	6	50	-27