capitals all-time postseason assists leaders

Nicklas Backstrom has made the most career assists for the Capitals in the playoffs, with 76 assists.

	NAME	A	GP	G	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	76	139	38	114	+5	62	10	39	0	0	7	4	303	12.5	1,238	2,483	49.9	170	99	102	91	20:47
2	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	70	161	77	147	+3	83	31	33	0	0	11	1	675	11.4	11	15	73.3	672	87	72	136	20:56
3	John Carlson J. Carlson	57	137	21	78	-4	56	13	31	0	0	2	0	374	5.6	0	0		213	279	81	150	24:33
4	Dale Hunter D. Hunter	47	100	25	72	-1	372	11	13	0	0	2	1	142	17.6
5	Scott Stevens S. Stevens	44	67	9	53	+3	180	4	22	0	1	2	0	169	5.3
6	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	42	95	12	54	+4	42	4	19	0	3	1	0	170	7.1	0	0		4	25	8	9	22:42
7	Mike Ridley M. Ridley	41	76	19	60	-8	40	3	11	1	4	2	0	133	14.3
8	Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	38	87	29	67	+2	48	6	20	0	0	4	1	275	10.5	526	1,237	42.5	90	32	42	56	19:12
9	Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	36	95	19	55	+13	86	5	12	1	0	1	0	191	9.9
10	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	32	83	16	48	+5	224	4	17	2	2	1	0	263	6.1
11	T.J. Oshie	31	76	29	60	0	67	17	9	0	0	6	1	170	17.1	142	305	46.6	199	77	56	57	19:41
12	Kelly Miller K. Miller	30	100	17	47	+2	59	1	3	4	2	2	1	147	11.6
13	Joe Juneau J. Juneau	28	44	13	41	-2	22	3	11	1	1	5	2	115	11.3
14	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	27	47	16	43	-4	61	4	12	0	0	1	1	174	9.2
15	Mike Green M. Green	26	71	9	35	-2	75	6	10	0	1	2	1	162	5.6	0	0		123	111	31	75	23:24
16	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	26	73	30	56	+9	54	13	8	0	0	6	1	239	12.6	1	2	50.0	24	6	11	20	21:56
17	Lars Eller L. Eller	23	68	9	32	-7	34	1	4	0	0	3	1	121	7.4	445	893	49.8	139	33	32	38	15:45
18	Tom Wilson T. Wilson	23	97	18	41	0	164	4	6	0	0	2	1	137	13.1	16	42	38.1	398	59	53	48	15:20
19	Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	22	75	10	32	-11	6	2	5	0	0	3	1	124	8.1	64	164	39.0	126	35	30	39	17:59
20	Brooks Laich B. Laich	22	65	10	32	+2	26	2	4	0	0	1	0	127	7.9	288	557	51.7	74	62	30	24	17:52
21	Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	21	74	2	23	-4	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	110	1.8	0	0		147	104	48	61	21:46
22	Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	20	70	2	22	+7	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	102	2.0	0	0		186	143	36	74	24:41
23	Alexander Semin A. Semin	19	51	15	34	-1	46	5	8	0	0	4	1	177	8.5	2	7	28.6	28	10	38	44	18:56
24	Dave Christian D. Christian	19	49	17	36	+6	17	4	7	0	0	1	0	132	12.9
25	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	19	32	9	28	-10	16	6	5	0	1	1	0	70	12.9

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2026-27 Division Standings

TEAM	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	0	1	1	-1
Rangers	1	0	0	-3
Flyers	0	0	0	0
Penguins	0	0	0	0
Islanders	0	0	0	0
Devils	0	0	0	0
Capitals	0	0	0	0
Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0

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

NHL 2026-27 Leaders

Goals Leaders

3

Bouchard

2

Nylander

2

Podkolzin

Assists Leaders

2

Bouchard

2

Hronek

2

McDavid

Points Leaders

5

Bouchard

3

Eichel

2

Hronek

Hits Leaders

8

Svechnikov

8

Zadorov

8

Gatcomb

Blocks Leaders

5

Pettersson

4

Murphy

3

Bouchard

Wins Leaders

1

Markstrom

1

Swayman

1

Dobes

Goals Against Leaders

0.00

Markstrom

0.00

Swayman

0.92

Bussi

Save Percentage Leaders

1.000

Markstrom

1.000

Swayman

.950

Bussi

NHL 2026-27 Rankings

Goals Rankings

6.00

5.00

Goals Against Rankings

0.00

1.00

Power Play Rankings

50.0

33.3

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

100.0

NHL 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NHL 2026-27 Standings

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

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