Alex Ovechkin has the most career empty-net goals for the Capitals, with 72 goals.

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	NAME	ENG	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	72	1,575	929	759	1,688	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,109	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,880	580	793	1,253	20:27
2	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	20	909	209	248	457	+47	1,661	44	33	12	6	31	5	1,552	13.5	167	413	40.4	2,684	602	350	486	15:40
3	Mike Ridley M. Ridley	16	588	218	329	547	+49	250	69	96	17	10	32	4	1,083	20.1
4	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	14	1,105	271	762	1,033	+83	504	86	335	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,776	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
5	Kelly Miller K. Miller	13	940	162	246	408	+75	436	17	20	15	22	29	5	1,330	12.2
6	T.J. Oshie	12	567	192	193	385	+16	302	76	47	2	3	28	2	1,130	17.0	835	1,779	46.9	932	426	382	285	18:01
7	Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	11	323	68	104	172	+53	60	0	3	5	4	12	1	533	12.8	157	388	40.5	145	152	114	212	14:52
8	Lars Eller L. Eller	11	551	93	130	223	+4	282	5	18	3	3	10	3	953	9.8	3,512	6,998	50.2	521	302	272	311	15:21
9	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	11	961	472	353	825	+74	679	137	119	32	4	73	5	3,290	14.3	8	21	38.1	323	102	217	326	19:55
10	John Carlson J. Carlson	9	1,143	166	606	772	+114	390	47	226	2	7	32	2	2,635	6.3	1	6	16.7	944	2,181	661	1,156	23:35
11	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	7	723	171	397	568	+38	388	47	122	5	2	31	8	1,548	11.0	3,967	8,997	44.1	427	210	386	477	17:34
12	Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	7	451	87	138	225	+69	251	3	0	6	6	15	1	631	13.8
13	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	7	758	397	392	789	+61	770	98	124	12	3	54	4	2,841	14.0
14	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	7	343	182	249	431	-49	365	55	92	7	1	11		942	19.3
15	Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	6	579	118	206	324	+15	70	30	68	2	1	26	3	863	13.7	889	2,124	41.9	349	171	263	294	16:28
16	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	6	825	181	418	599	+18	476	56	138	12	10	27	4	1,468	12.3
17	Nic Dowd N. Dowd	5	506	78	87	165	+40	305	0	1	6	2	15	0	513	15.2	3,352	6,571	51.0	957	414	238	209	13:41
18	Troy Brouwer T. Brouwer	5	293	83	69	152	-15	234	30	26	3	1	16	1	550	15.1	623	1,192	52.3	771	161	141	107	17:58
19	Jason Chimera J. Chimera	5	490	82	115	197	-2	350	8	10	4	1	11	2	955	8.6	167	345	48.4	730	126	136	160	13:47
20	Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	5	363	27	58	85	-3	82	0	0	5	4	3	0	444	6.1	2,293	4,253	53.9	153	285	151	77	13:49
21	Jeff Halpern J. Halpern	5	507	91	139	230	+1	375	20	40	7	3	16	1	746	12.2	4,256	7,846	54.2	366	287	252	200	16:19
22	Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	4	257	38	38	76	+38	254	0	0	0	3	6	0	336	11.3	32	91	35.2	816	203	63	55	12:11
23	Mike Green M. Green	4	575	113	247	360	+58	416	52	111	1	2	20	8	1,369	8.3	0	1	0.0	727	756	304	558	22:11
24	Brooks Laich B. Laich	4	742	133	191	324	-8	297	42	46	10	7	24	4	1,423	9.3	2,644	5,488	48.2	875	485	329	287	15:31
25	Steve Konowalchuk S. Konowalchuk	4	693	146	196	342	+62	619	30	29	6	6	23	4	1,238	11.8	204	401	50.9	569	104	103	101	17:01

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More Capitals Stats

Team Leaders

2

Tuch

2

Chychrun

+/-

+2

Tuch

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.00

14th

GA/GP

2.50

8th

PP%

25.0

11th

PK%

88.9

9th

2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	4	1	0	8	8
Hurricanes	2	1	1	5	-1
Penguins	2	1	0	4	7
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12
Islanders	1	2	0	2	2
Devils	1	2	0	2	-7
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM
Tue 10/13	WSH	@	CAR	6:45 PM
Wed 10/14	MTL	@	WSH	7:30 PM

Last Game

Capitals

1 - 1 - 0

Final

Lightning

1 - 1 - 0

Sat 3 Oct 2026

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

5

Schmaltz

4

Aho

4

Bouchard

Assists Leaders

8

Eichel

7

McDavid

6

Keller

Points Leaders

10

Eichel

9

McDavid

8

Bouchard

Hits Leaders

20

Sherwood

19

Pettersson

18

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

17

Hronek

16

Weegar

13

Gavrikov

Wins Leaders

3

Shesterkin

2

Markstrom

2

Askarov

Goals Against Leaders

1.01

Oettinger

1.01

Hofer

1.02

Sorokin

Save Percentage Leaders

.968

Sorokin

.955

Hofer

.949

Ullmark

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

7.00

5.67

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

1.60

1.67

2.00

Power Play Rankings

61.5

50.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

2-0

4-1

3-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

0-4

1-3

1-2

NHL 2026-27 Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Senators	2	1	0	4	2
Lightning	2	1	0	4	1
Sabres	2	1	0	4	-1
Maple Leafs	2	2	0	4	0
Bruins	2	2	0	4	-2
Canadiens	1	1	1	3	-2
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Rangers	4	1	0	8	8
Hurricanes	2	1	1	5	-1
Penguins	2	1	0	4	7
Capitals	1	1	0	2	1
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	0
Islanders	1	2	0	2	2
Devils	1	2	0	2	-7
Flyers	0	2	2	2	-12

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	3	1	0	6	9
Wild	2	0	1	5	4
Jets	2	0	1	5	1
Avalanche	2	0	0	4	9
Predators	1	1	1	3	-2
Stars	1	2	0	2	0
Blues	1	2	0	2	-3
Blackhawks	1	3	0	2	-8
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	3	1	0	6	7
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Ducks	2	0	0	4	2
Sharks	2	1	0	4	-3
Kraken	2	2	0	4	4
Canucks	2	2	0	4	1
Kings	0	2	1	1	-6
Flames	0	3	0	0	-13