The 2017-18 roster for the Capitals included Evgeny Kuznetsov at center, Alex Ovechkin at left wing, T.J. Oshie at right wing, John Carlson at defenseman and Braden Holtby at goalie.

	NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	19	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	C	6'1"	210	11/23/1987	30	Gavle, Sweden
2	83	Jay Beagle J. Beagle	C	6'3"	218	10/16/1985	32	Calgary, Canada
3	22	Madison Bowey M. Bowey	D	6'2"	198	4/22/1995	22	Winnipeg, Canada
4	72	Travis Boyd T. Boyd	C	5'11"	185	9/14/1993	24	Hopkins, MN
5	65	Andre Burakovsky A. Burakovsky	LW	6'3"	201	2/9/1995	22	Klagenfurt, Austria
6	74	John Carlson J. Carlson	D	6'3"	218	1/10/1990	28	Natick, MA
7	39	Alex Chiasson A. Chiasson	RW	6'4"	208	10/1/1990	27	Montreal, Canada
8	4	Taylor Chorney T. Chorney	D	6'0"	193	4/27/1987	30	Thunder Bay, Canada
9	10	Brett Connolly B. Connolly	RW	6'3"	195	5/2/1992	25	Campbell River, Canada
10	29	Christian Djoos C. Djoos	D	6'0"	169	8/6/1994	23	Gothenburg, Sweden
11	20	Lars Eller L. Eller	C	6'2"	207	5/8/1989	28	Rodovre, Denmark
12	63	Shane Gersich S. Gersich	LW	5'11"	175	7/10/1996	21	Chaska, MN
13	91	Tyler Graovac T. Graovac	C	6'5"	208	4/27/1993	24	Brampton, Canada
14	31	Philipp Grubauer P. Grubauer	G	6'1"	191	11/25/1991	26	Rosenheim, Germany
15	70	Braden Holtby B. Holtby	G	6'2"	211	9/16/1989	28	Lloydminster, Canada
16	28	Jakub Jerabek J. Jerabek	D	5'11"	200	5/12/1991	26	Pilsen, Czech Republic
17	6	Michal Kempny M. Kempny	D	6'0"	194	9/8/1990	27	Hodonin, Czech Republic
18	92	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	C	6'2"	204	5/19/1992	25	Chelyabinsk, Russia
19	55	Aaron Ness A. Ness	D	5'10"	184	5/18/1990	27	Roseau, MN
20	2	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	D	6'1"	203	12/6/1986	31	Virginia, MN
21	87	Liam O'Brien L. O'Brien	C	6'1"	215	7/29/1994	23	Halifax, Canada
22	9	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	D	5'11"	212	7/23/1991	26	Novokuznetsk, Russia
23	44	Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	D	6'3"	217	9/26/1980	37	San Francisco, CA
24	77	T.J. Oshie	RW	5'11"	195	12/23/1986	31	Everett, WA
25	8	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	LW	6'3"	235	9/17/1985	32	Moscow, Russia