most ppa for capitals by a player career

Nicklas Backstrom has the most career power-play assists for the Capitals, with 335 assists.

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	NAME	PPA	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	335	1,105	271	762	1,033	+83	504	86	2	0	39	9	2,264	12.0	8,912	17,776	50.1	771	652	759	615	19:23
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	291	1,575	929	759	1,688	+55	857	331	5	1	141	27	7,109	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,880	580	793	1,253	20:27
3	John Carlson J. Carlson	226	1,143	166	606	772	+114	390	47	2	7	32	2	2,635	6.3	1	6	16.7	944	2,181	661	1,156	23:35
4	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	177	983	113	361	474	+47	449	51	4	10	16	2	1,768	6.4	0	1	0.0	115	363	133	259	23:02
5	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	143	629	195	359	554	+45	196	49	17	4	33	2	1,237	15.8
6	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	138	825	181	418	599	+18	476	56	12	10	27	4	1,468	12.3
7	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	136	601	98	331	429	+90	1,628	46	1	2	14	1	1,299	7.5
8	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	132	654	144	272	416	+51	517	53	1	3	19	0	1,609	8.9	2	2	100.0	302	233	150	388	24:23
9	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	125	685	149	277	426	-9	999	50	5	13	24	0	1,863	8.0
10	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	124	758	397	392	789	+61	770	98	12	3	54	4	2,841	14.0
11	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	122	723	171	397	568	+38	388	47	5	2	31	8	1,548	11.0	3,967	8,997	44.1	427	210	386	477	17:34
12	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	122	453	86	259	345	+56	332	31	1	5	9	1	1,025	8.4
13	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	119	961	472	353	825	+74	679	137	32	4	73	5	3,290	14.3	8	21	38.1	323	102	217	326	19:55
14	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	119	872	181	375	556	-11	2,003	72	1	5	29	3	1,195	15.1
15	Adam Oates A. Oates	116	387	73	290	363	+5	126	20	2	9	15	3	472	15.5	3,244	5,654	57.4	38	123	166	301	21:48
16	Mike Green M. Green	111	575	113	247	360	+58	416	52	1	2	20	8	1,369	8.3	0	1	0.0	727	756	304	558	22:11
17	Alexander Semin A. Semin	101	469	197	211	408	+65	450	55	3	2	28	4	1,400	14.1	42	125	33.6	171	97	381	385	17:28
18	Mike Ridley M. Ridley	96	588	218	329	547	+49	250	69	17	10	32	4	1,083	20.1
19	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	92	343	182	249	431	-49	365	55	7	1	11		942	19.3
20	Dylan Strome D. Strome	75	327	98	176	274	-14	126	24	0	0	12	3	618	15.9	2,706	5,048	53.6	68	213	126	232	17:30
21	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	75	312	62	172	234	-26	98	27	5	2	9	1	621	10.0
22	Dave Christian D. Christian	75	504	193	224	417	+21	107	67	3	6	21	1	1,102	17.5
23	Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	68	579	118	206	324	+15	70	30	2	1	26	3	863	13.7	889	2,124	41.9	349	171	263	294	16:28
24	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	68	622	75	195	270	+60	336	25	5	8	14	0	1,306	5.7	0	0		209	162	43	107	18:40
25	Darren Veitch D. Veitch	66	319	25	118	143	+25	181	12	0	0	2	0	646	3.9

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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)
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
Sat 10/17	NJD	@	WSH	1:00 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