The Washington Capitals used 24 players in the 2009-10 playoffs, with a 3-3-1 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in 7 games. Semyon Varlamov played the most games in goal (6).
| # | 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 24 | 7 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1.43 | 1 | 34 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23:06 |
| 2 | Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 22 | 7 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1.29 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21:03 |
| 3 | Mike Knuble 🇨🇦 RW 37 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.86 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 17:49 |
| 4 | Eric Fehr 🇨🇦 C 24 | 7 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11:24 |
| 5 | John Carlson 🇺🇸 D 20 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 6 | Tom Poti 🇺🇸 D 33 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21:22 |
| 7 | Brooks Laich 🇨🇦 C 26 | 7 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 19:56 |
| 8 | Matt Bradley 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 7 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 9 | Jason Chimera 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 7 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 10 | Mike Green 🇨🇦 D 24 | 7 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 26:01 |
| 11 | Boyd Gordon 🇨🇦 C 26 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 12 | Joe Corvo 🇺🇸 D 32 | 7 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16:53 |
| 13 | Alexander Semin 🇷🇺 RW 26 | 7 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19:20 |
| 14 | Brendan Morrison 🇨🇦 C 34 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11:59 |
| 15 | Tomas Fleischmann 🇨🇿 LW 25 | 6 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13:21 |
| 16 | Eric Belanger 🇨🇦 C 32 | 7 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14:05 |
| 17 | Jeff Schultz 🇨🇦 D 24 | 7 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 19:43 |
| 18 | Shaone Morrisonn 🇨🇦 D 27 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 19 | Karl Alzner 🇨🇦 D 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 20 | Scott Walker 🇨🇦 RW 36 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:47 |
| 21 | David Steckel 🇺🇸 C 28 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 22 | Tyler Sloan 🇨🇦 D 29 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13:05 |
| Team totals · 22 skaters | 7 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 8.43 | 1 | 292 | 171 | 109 | 65 |
| # | 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 | Semyon Varlamov 🇷🇺 G 21 | 6 | 3 | 2.33 | 0.908 | 139 | 14 | — | |
| 2 | Jose Theodore 🇨🇦 G 33 | 2 | 1 | 2.50 | 0.875 | 35 | 5 | — |
62% of this roster was born in Canada, against 54% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 12% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 46% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 15 |
|
+8 | 27 (46%) | Knuble, Fehr, Bradley, Laich +11 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-3 | 10 (17%) | Poti, Carlson, Corvo, Steckel |
| Russia | 3 |
|
+9 | 12 (20%) | Ovechkin, Semin, Varlamov |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 1 (2%) | Fleischmann |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-2 | 9 (15%) | Backstrom |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in the 2009-10 playoffs with 10 points — 5 goals and 5 assists in 7 games. Next came Nicklas Backstrom (9) and Mike Knuble (6).
Alex Ovechkin scored 5 goals for the Washington Capitals in the 2009-10 playoffs, 1 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 24 players in the 2009-10 playoffs: 22 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 22 goals.
Semyon Varlamov played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in the 2009-10 playoffs: 6 games, 3 wins, a 0.908 save percentage and a 2.33 goals against average. Jose Theodore was the backup, in 2 games.
Mike Green averaged 26:01 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in the 2009-10 playoffs, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.7 years. John Carlson was the youngest at 20, and Mike Knuble the oldest at 37.
The Washington Capitals used 24 players in the 2009-10 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 15 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 3 in Russia. The other 2 came from Czechia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 54% of players were born in Canada, against 62% on this roster.