most playoff points by a capits defenceman

John Carlson has recorded 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

Wilson

29

Carlson

+/-

+24

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.20

12th

GA/GP

2.82

8th

PP%

15.7

28th

PK%

77.4

23rd

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	30	15	4	64	27
Islanders	26	17	5	57	7
Penguins	22	14	11	55	6
Capitals	24	19	6	54	14
Flyers	22	17	8	52	-8
Blue Jackets	22	19	7	51	-12
Devils	24	22	2	50	-22
Rangers	21	22	6	48	-18

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 1/19	WSH	@	COL	4:00 PM
Wed 1/21	WSH	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Fri 1/23	WSH	@	CGY	9:00 PM
Sat 1/24	WSH	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 1/27	WSH	@	SEA	10:00 PM

Last Game

Panthers

25 - 19 - 3

Final

Capitals

24 - 19 - 6

Sat 17 Jan 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

36

MacKinnon

30

McDavid

27

Boldy

Assists Leaders

53

McDavid

48

Celebrini

46

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

83

McDavid

82

MacKinnon

72

Celebrini

Hits Leaders

240

Trenin

210

Sherwood

175

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

124

Dobson

119

Parayko

117

McCabe

Wins Leaders

23

Vejmelka

19

Saros

19

Swayman

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.20

Cooley

2.25

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Cooley

.917

Wedgewood

.917

Blackwood

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

4.00

3.48

3.41

Goals Against Rankings

2.30

2.54

2.69

Power Play Rankings

33.1

28.8

28.7

Penalty Kill Rankings

85.2

84.5

84.3

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

33-14

33-16

31-16

31-17

28-19

Worst Record ATS

16-31

17-30

18-30

18-29

19-30

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	33	5	8	74	75
Stars	27	12	9	63	27
Wild	27	13	9	63	15
Mammoth	25	20	4	54	18
Predators	23	21	4	50	-23
Blues	19	21	8	46	-43
Blackhawks	19	22	7	45	-21
Jets	19	22	6	44	-4
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	24	11	12	60	15
Oilers	24	17	8	56	7
Kraken	21	17	9	51	-11
Sharks	24	20	3	51	-20
Ducks	24	21	3	51	-14
Kings	19	16	13	51	-11
Flames	21	23	4	46	-17
Canucks	16	27	5	37	-50

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Lightning	29	13	4	62	43
Red Wings	29	16	4	62	3
Canadiens	27	15	7	61	4
Bruins	28	19	2	58	14
Sabres	26	16	5	57	9
Maple Leafs	24	16	8	56	4
Panthers	25	19	3	53	-11
Senators	22	19	6	50	-3
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	30	15	4	64	27
Islanders	26	17	5	57	7
Penguins	22	14	11	55	6
Capitals	24	19	6	54	14
Flyers	22	17	8	52	-8
Blue Jackets	22	19	7	51	-12
Devils	24	22	2	50	-22
Rangers	21	22	6	48	-18