The Washington Capitals used 28 players in the 2018-19 season, with a 48-26-8 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 89 points (51 goals, 38 assists) in 81 games. Braden Holtby played the most games in goal (59).
| # | 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 | Alex Ovechkin 🇷🇺 LW 33 | 81 | 🧊 2 | 51 | 38 | 89 | 1.10 | 18 | 338 | 223 | 41 | 40 | 20:55 |
| 2 | Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 31 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 0.93 | 7 | 169 | 54 | 30 | 30 | 19:57 |
| 3 | Evgeny Kuznetsov 🇷🇺 C 26 | 76 | 🧊 2 | 21 | 51 | 72 | 0.95 | 8 | 193 | 46 | 20 | 50 | 18:47 |
| 4 | T.J. Oshie 🇺🇸 RW 32 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 0.78 | 6 | 143 | 133 | 55 | 36 | 18:36 |
| 5 | Jakub Vrana 🇨🇿 LW 23 | 82 | 🧊 2 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 0.57 | 1 | 161 | 47 | 32 | 27 | 14:02 |
| 6 | Brett Connolly 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 0.57 | 1 | 139 | 53 | 25 | 24 | 13:19 |
| 7 | Tom Wilson 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 0.63 | 3 | 130 | 200 | 52 | 128 | 18:08 |
| 8 | Lars Eller 🇩🇰 C 29 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 0.44 | 0 | 163 | 69 | 47 | 37 | 16:32 |
| 9 | Andre Burakovsky 🇦🇹 LW 24 | 76 | 🧊 1 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.33 | 1 | 100 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 11:07 |
| 10 | Nic Dowd 🇺🇸 C 28 | 64 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.34 | 0 | 47 | 97 | 37 | 20 | 10:17 |
| 11 | Travis Boyd 🇺🇸 C 25 | 53 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.38 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 9:49 |
| 12 | Chandler Stephenson 🇨🇦 C 24 | 64 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.17 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 13 | Carl Hagelin 🇸🇪 LW 30 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.55 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 14:55 |
| 14 | Devante Smith-Pelly 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 54 | 🧊 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.15 | 0 | 60 | 78 | 36 | 15 | 10:51 |
| 15 | Dmitrij Jaskin 🇷🇺 RW 26 | 37 | 🧊 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.22 | 0 | 48 | 87 | 14 | 6 | 10:05 |
| 16 | Nathan Walker 🇬🇧 LW 25 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8:08 |
| Team totals · 16 skaters | 82 | 239 | 325 | 564 | 6.88 | 45 | 1799 | 1191 | 477 | 445 |
| # | 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 | Braden Holtby 🇨🇦 G 29 | 59 | 32 | 2.71 | 0.911 | 1635 | 160 | — | |
| 2 | Pheonix Copley 🇺🇸 G 27 | 27 | 17 | 2.74 | 0.905 | 702 | 74 | — |
29% of this roster was born in United States, against 29% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 14% of its players, against 4% league-wide. American-born players scored 27% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 |
|
even | 205 (27%) | Carlson, Oshie, Niskanen, Dowd +4 |
| Canada | 7 |
|
-18 | 113 (15%) | Connolly, Wilson, Stephenson, Smith-Pelly +3 |
| Russia | 4 |
|
+10 | 198 (26%) | Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Orlov, Jaskin |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+2 | 95 (13%) | Backstrom, Hagelin, Djoos |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+3 | 72 (10%) | Vrana, Kempny |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+3 | 25 (3%) | Burakovsky |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+3 | 4 (1%) | Siegenthaler |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+3 | 36 (5%) | Eller |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+4 | 1 (0%) | Walker |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2018-19 with 89 points — 51 goals and 38 assists in 81 games. Next came Nicklas Backstrom (74) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (72).
Alex Ovechkin scored 51 goals for the Washington Capitals in 2018-19, 18 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 28 players in 2018-19: 26 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 274 goals.
Braden Holtby played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2018-19: 59 games, 32 wins, a 0.911 save percentage and a 2.71 goals against average. Pheonix Copley was the backup, in 27 games.
John Carlson averaged 25:03 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in 2018-19, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.2 years. Jonas Siegenthaler was the youngest at 21, and Brooks Orpik the oldest at 38.
The Washington Capitals used 28 players in 2018-19 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 8 in the United States, 7 in Canada and 4 in Russia. The other 9 came from Sweden, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and United Kingdom. League-wide that season, 29% of players were born in the United States, against 29% on this roster.