The Washington Capitals used 32 players in the 2020-21 season, with a 36-15-5 record. Nicklas Backstrom led the team with 53 points (15 goals, 38 assists) in 55 games. Vitek Vanecek played the most games in goal (37).
| # | 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 31 | 52 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 0.85 | 3 | 128 | 52 | 69 | 12 | 23:46 |
| 2 | Justin Schultz 🇨🇦 D 30 | 46 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 24 | 27 | 0.59 | 0 | 67 | 28 | 49 | 10 | 19:00 |
| 3 | Dmitry Orlov 🇷🇺 D 29 | 51 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.43 | 0 | 83 | 87 | 50 | 20 | 19:48 |
| 4 | Brenden Dillon 🇨🇦 D 30 | 56 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 0.34 | 0 | 51 | 143 | 61 | 49 | 18:56 |
| 5 | Nick Jensen 🇺🇸 D 30 | 53 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.26 | 0 | 60 | 56 | 65 | 14 | 17:18 |
| 6 | Zdeno Chara 🇸🇰 D 44 | 55 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.18 | 0 | 67 | 88 | 67 | 44 | 18:19 |
| 7 | Trevor van Riemsdyk 🇺🇸 D 29 | 21 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 8 | Jonas Siegenthaler 🇨🇭 D 23 | 7 | 🧊 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 13:22 |
| Team totals · 8 skaters | 56 | 28 | 111 | 139 | 2.48 | 3 | 482 | 473 | 398 | 153 |
| # | 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 | Craig Anderson 🇺🇸 G 39 | 4 | 2 | 1.50 | 0.915 | 65 | 6 | — | |
| 2 | Vitek Vanecek 🇨🇿 G 25 | 37 | 21 | 2.57 | 0.908 | 936 | 95 | — | |
| 3 | Ilya Samsonov 🇷🇺 G 24 | 19 | 13 | 2.58 | 0.902 | 450 | 49 | — |
31% of this roster was born in United States, against 29% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 12% of its players, against 5% league-wide. American-born players scored 32% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 |
|
+2 | 159 (32%) | Carlson, Oshie, Sheary, Hathaway +6 |
| Canada | 8 |
|
-17 | 90 (18%) | Wilson, Schultz, Dillon, Mantha +4 |
| Russia | 4 |
|
+7 | 93 (19%) | Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Orlov, Samsonov |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+3 | 25 (5%) | Vrana, Vanecek |
| Slovakia | 2 |
|
+5 | 19 (4%) | Chara, Panik |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
-3 | 69 (14%) | Backstrom, Hagelin |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+3 | 3 (1%) | Raffl |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+2 | 0 | Siegenthaler |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+2 | 23 (5%) | Eller |
| Netherlands | 1 |
|
+3 | 20 (4%) | Sprong |
Nicklas Backstrom led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2020-21 with 53 points — 15 goals and 38 assists in 55 games. Next came John Carlson (44) and T.J. Oshie (43).
Alex Ovechkin scored 24 goals for the Washington Capitals in 2020-21, 9 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 32 players in 2020-21: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 188 goals.
Vitek Vanecek played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2020-21: 37 games, 21 wins, a 0.908 save percentage and a 2.57 goals against average. Ilya Samsonov was the backup, in 19 games.
John Carlson averaged 23:46 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in 2020-21, the most on the roster.
The average age was 29.1 years. Connor McMichael was the youngest at 20, and Zdeno Chara the oldest at 44.
The Washington Capitals used 32 players in 2020-21 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 10 in the United States, 8 in Canada and 4 in Russia. The other 10 came from Czechia, Slovakia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Netherlands. League-wide that season, 29% of players were born in the United States, against 31% on this roster.