player with the highest average shots on goal per game washington capital

Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots per game for the Capitals, with 4.52 taken.

Interpreted as:

player with the highest average shots on goal per game with a minimum of 250 games played washington capital

	NAME	S/GP	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	4.52	1,573	929	758	1,687	+55	857	331	291	5	1	141	27	7,108	13.1	66	194	34.0	3,876	579	793	1,251	20:27
2	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	3.75	758	397	392	789	+61	770	98	124	12	3	54	4	2,841	14.0
3	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	3.42	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
4	Alexander Semin A. Semin	2.99	469	197	211	408	+65	450	55	101	3	2	28	4	1,400	14.1	42	125	33.6	171	97	381	385	17:28
5	Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	2.92	256	58	118	176	+25	616	21	52	2	2	9	0	747	7.8
6	Guy Charron G. Charron	2.78	320	118	156	274	-75	54	26	51	2	2	12		888	13.3
7	Dennis Maruk D. Maruk	2.75	343	182	249	431	-49	365	55	92	7	1	11		942	19.3
8	Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	2.73	490	188	207	395	-40	462	54	62	1	1	22	0	1,340	14.0
9	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	2.72	685	149	277	426	-9	999	50	125	5	13	24	0	1,863	8.0
10	Bob Sirois B. Sirois	2.54	282	91	120	211	-54	38	23	28	1	0	7		716	12.7
11	Sergei Gonchar S. Gonchar	2.46	654	144	272	416	+51	517	53	132	1	3	19	0	1,609	8.9	2	2	100.0	302	233	150	388	24:23
12	Mike Green M. Green	2.38	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
13	Richard Zednik R. Zednik	2.37	289	69	65	134	-13	213	10	9	0	0	10	0	686	10.1	2	5	40.0	299	59	74	93	15:35
14	Alan Haworth A. Haworth	2.31	346	129	139	268	+68	249	32	33	0	0	16	1	800	16.1
15	John Carlson J. Carlson	2.31	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
16	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	2.26	453	86	259	345	+56	332	31	122	1	5	9	1	1,025	8.4
17	Ryan Walter R. Walter	2.20	307	114	163	277	-16	468	41	41	2	2	6		674	16.9
18	Dave Christian D. Christian	2.19	504	193	224	417	+21	107	67	75	3	6	21	1	1,102	17.5
19	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	2.16	601	98	331	429	+90	1,628	46	136	1	2	14	1	1,299	7.5
20	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	2.14	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
21	Sylvain Cote S. Cote	2.10	622	75	195	270	+60	336	25	68	5	8	14	0	1,306	5.7	0	0		209	162	43	107	18:40
22	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	2.05	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
23	Dainius Zubrus D. Zubrus	2.05	331	86	130	216	-13	260	35	41	1	2	14	2	678	12.7	1,880	3,826	49.1	343	181	203	204	18:48
24	Chris Simon C. Simon	2.03	320	72	79	151	-18	666	19	15	0	0	10	1	650	11.1	5	17	29.4	305	46	84	150	13:47
25	Darren Veitch D. Veitch	2.03	319	25	118	143	+25	181	12	66	0	0	2	0	646	3.9

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has season-level data for shots per game going back to the 1959-60 season.

More NHL News

Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard agrees to a $75 million, five-year contract

Jul 18, 2026

Flyers agree with defenseman Jamie Drysdale on a 4-year, $26 million deal

Jul 17, 2026

St. Louis Blues sign Connor McMichael to a 6-year, $40.5 million contract

Jul 16, 2026

Flyers lock up Trevor Zegras with a 4-year deal worth $9.125M per year

Jul 16, 2026

Jets re-sign forward Cole Perfetti to a 5-year contract

Jul 15, 2026

Hurricanes to open the NHL season against the Panthers, raise their Stanley Cup banner on Sept. 29

Jul 15, 2026

More Capitals Stats

Team Leaders

32

Ovechkin

39

Strome

+/-

+20

Chychrun

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.18

15th

GA/GP

2.90

7th

PP%

17.8

25th

PK%

80.2

14th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	53	22	7	113	56
Flyers	43	27	12	98	7
Penguins	41	25	16	98	25
Capitals	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers	34	39	9	77	-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/2	WSH	@	CAR	7:00 PM
Sat 10/3	WSH	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	PIT	@	WSH	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	NYR	@	WSH	7:00 PM
Sun 10/11	SEA	@	WSH	5:00 PM

Last Game

Capitals

43 - 30 - 9

Final

Blue Jackets

40 - 30 - 12

Tue 14 Apr 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

53

MacKinnon

51

Caufield

48

McDavid

Assists Leaders

90

McDavid

86

Kucherov

74

Bouchard

Points Leaders

138

McDavid

130

Kucherov

127

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

413

Trenin

339

Sherwood

302

Cuylle

Blocks Leaders

190

McCabe

188

Dobson

185

Clarke

Wins Leaders

39

Vasilevskiy

38

Vejmelka

35

Oettinger

Goals Against Leaders

2.02

Wedgewood

2.31

Vasilevskiy

2.42

Vladar

Save Percentage Leaders

.921

Wedgewood

.915

Wallstedt

.912

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.63

3.55

3.54

Goals Against Rankings

2.40

2.71

2.79

Power Play Rankings

30.6

28.6

25.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.7

82.6

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

57-31

58-34

49-33

48-34

59-42

Worst Record ATS

30-52

32-54

34-54

32-50

34-48

43-58

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
Blues - e	37	33	12	86	-27
Predators - e	38	34	10	86	-22
Jets - e	35	35	12	82	-29
Blackhawks - e	29	39	14	72	-62
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights - y	39	26	17	95	15
Oilers - x	41	30	11	93	13
Ducks - x	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres - y	50	23	9	109	47
Lightning - x	50	26	6	106	59
Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
Bruins - x	45	27	10	100	22
Senators - x	44	27	11	99	32
Red Wings - e	41	31	10	92	-17
Panthers - e	40	38	4	84	-25
Maple Leafs - e	32	36	14	78	-46
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes - z	53	22	7	113	56
Penguins - x	41	25	16	98	25
Flyers - x	43	27	12	98	7
Capitals - e	43	30	9	95	19
Blue Jackets - e	40	30	12	92	0
Islanders - e	43	34	5	91	-8
Devils - e	42	37	3	87	-24
Rangers - e	34	39	9	77	-12

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 4/2	BOS	@	FLA	1-2
Thu 4/2	DET	@	PHI	4-2
Thu 4/2	WSH	@	NJD	3-7
Thu 4/2	VAN	@	MIN	2-5
Thu 4/2	WPG	@	DAL	0-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	FLA	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 9/29	MTL	@	TOR	7:00 PM
Tue 9/29	NYR	@	BOS	8:00 PM
Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Tue 9/29	CHI	@	VGK	10:30 PM

Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots per game for the Capitals, with 4.52 taken.

Interpreted as:

Related Searches

More NHL News

More Capitals Stats

32

39

+20

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

53

51

48

90

86

74

138

130

127

413

339

302

190

188

185

39

38

35

2.02

2.31

2.42

.921

.915

.912

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Standings

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule