The Washington Capitals used 39 players in the 2021-22 season, with a 44-26-12 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 90 points (50 goals, 40 assists) in 77 games. Ilya Samsonov played the most games in goal (44).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Carlson 🇺🇸 D 32 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 0.91 | 7 | 195 | 73 | 112 | 20 | 23:48 |
| 2 | Dmitry Orlov 🇷🇺 D 30 | 76 | 🧊 5 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 0.46 | 2 | 127 | 124 | 94 | 44 | 20:57 |
| 3 | Justin Schultz 🇨🇦 D 31 | 74 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 0.31 | 2 | 92 | 40 | 87 | 16 | 16:55 |
| 4 | Nick Jensen 🇺🇸 D 31 | 76 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.28 | 0 | 88 | 135 | 92 | 21 | 19:20 |
| 5 | Martin Fehervary 🇸🇰 D 22 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.22 | 0 | 96 | 251 | 117 | 26 | 19:39 |
| 6 | Trevor van Riemsdyk 🇺🇸 D 30 | 72 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 0.24 | 0 | 75 | 25 | 129 | 40 | 17:28 |
| 7 | Matt Irwin 🇨🇦 D 34 | 17 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 29 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 12:38 |
| 8 | Michal Kempny 🇨🇿 D 31 | 15 | 🧊 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15:50 |
| 9 | Dennis Cholowski 🇨🇦 D 24 | 7 | 🔥 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 10 | Lucas Johansen 🇨🇦 D 24 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 11 | Alexander Alexeyev 🇷🇺 D 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:35 |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 82 | 49 | 143 | 192 | 2.34 | 11 | 715 | 710 | 680 | 193 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ▼ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilya Samsonov 🇷🇺 G 25 | 44 | 23 | 2.70 | 0.896 | 1026 | 119 | — | |
| 2 | Vitek Vanecek 🇨🇿 G 26 | 42 | 21 | 2.45 | 0.908 | 1015 | 103 | — | |
| 3 | Zach Fucale 🇨🇦 G 26 | 4 | 1 | 1.25 | 0.924 | 61 | 5 | — | |
| 4 | Pheonix Copley 🇺🇸 G 30 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 | 0.878 | 36 | 5 | — |
31% of this roster was born in Canada, against 42% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 13% of its players, against 5% league-wide. American-born players scored 33% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 12 |
|
-11 | 134 (19%) | Wilson, Schultz, Mantha, McMichael +8 |
| United States | 11 |
|
-1 | 235 (33%) | Carlson, Sheary, Hathaway, Oshie +7 |
| Russia | 5 |
|
+8 | 203 (29%) | Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Orlov, Alexeyev +1 |
| Sweden | 5 |
|
+4 | 61 (9%) | Backstrom, Hagelin, Johansson, Larsson +1 |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+2 | 2 (0%) | Kempny, Vanecek |
| Belarus | 1 |
|
+3 | 9 (1%) | Protas |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+2 | 31 (4%) | Eller |
| Netherlands | 1 |
|
+3 | 14 (2%) | Sprong |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 17 (2%) | Fehervary |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2021-22 with 90 points — 50 goals and 40 assists in 77 games. Next came Evgeny Kuznetsov (78) and John Carlson (71).
Alex Ovechkin scored 50 goals for the Washington Capitals in 2021-22, 16 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 39 players in 2021-22: 35 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 270 goals.
Ilya Samsonov played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2021-22: 44 games, 23 wins, a 0.896 save percentage and a 2.70 goals against average. Vitek Vanecek was the backup, in 42 games.
John Carlson averaged 23:48 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in 2021-22, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.8 years. Hendrix Lapierre was the youngest at 20, and Alex Ovechkin the oldest at 36.
The Washington Capitals used 39 players in 2021-22 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 12 in Canada, 11 in the United States and 5 in Russia. The other 11 came from Sweden, Czechia, Belarus, Denmark, Netherlands and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 42% of players were born in Canada, against 31% on this roster.