The Washington Capitals used 22 players in the 2011-12 playoffs, with a 7-3-4 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 9 points (5 goals, 4 assists) in 14 games. Braden Holtby played the most games in goal (14).
| # | 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 26 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.64 | 2 | 50 | 58 | 14 | 8 | 19:51 |
| 2 | Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 24 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.62 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 21:31 |
| 3 | Jason Chimera 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 14 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.50 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13:42 |
| 4 | Brooks Laich 🇨🇦 C 28 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.50 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 20:13 |
| 5 | John Carlson 🇺🇸 D 22 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.36 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 24:02 |
| 6 | Joel Ward 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 10:56 |
| 7 | Alexander Semin 🇷🇺 RW 28 | 14 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.29 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 17:28 |
| 8 | Troy Brouwer 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 14 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 19:00 |
| 9 | Mike Green 🇨🇦 D 26 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.29 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 23:45 |
| 10 | Roman Hamrlik 🇨🇿 D 37 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 22:17 |
| 11 | Mike Knuble 🇨🇦 RW 39 | 11 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 9:07 |
| 12 | Marcus Johansson 🇸🇪 LW 21 | 14 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 13 | Dennis Wideman 🇨🇦 D 29 | 14 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 20:44 |
| 14 | Matt Hendricks 🇺🇸 C 30 | 14 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 22 | 61 | 12 | 6 | 16:05 |
| 15 | Jay Beagle 🇨🇦 C 26 | 12 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 18:25 |
| 16 | Keith Aucoin 🇺🇸 C 33 | 14 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10:21 |
| 17 | Karl Alzner 🇨🇦 D 23 | 14 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 0 | 24:53 |
| 18 | John Erskine 🇨🇦 D 31 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9:25 |
| 19 | Jeff Schultz 🇨🇦 D 26 | 10 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 20 | Mathieu Perreault 🇨🇦 C 24 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 21 | Jeff Halpern 🇺🇸 C 35 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8:03 |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 14 | 29 | 46 | 75 | 5.36 | 7 | 386 | 454 | 308 | 118 |
| # | 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 22 | 14 | 7 | 2.14 | 0.935 | 429 | 30 | — |
59% of this roster was born in Canada, against 51% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 9% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 51% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 13 |
|
+8 | 38 (51%) | Laich, Chimera, Ward, Brouwer +9 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-4 | 9 (12%) | Carlson, Hendricks, Aucoin, Halpern |
| Russia | 2 |
|
+5 | 13 (17%) | Ovechkin, Semin |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
even | 11 (15%) | Backstrom, Johansson |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 4 (5%) | Hamrlik |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in the 2011-12 playoffs with 9 points — 5 goals and 4 assists in 14 games. Next came Nicklas Backstrom (8) and Jason Chimera (7).
Alex Ovechkin scored 5 goals for the Washington Capitals in the 2011-12 playoffs, 2 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 22 players in the 2011-12 playoffs: 21 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 29 goals.
Braden Holtby played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in the 2011-12 playoffs: 14 games, 7 wins, a 0.935 save percentage and a 2.14 goals against average.
Karl Alzner averaged 24:53 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in the 2011-12 playoffs, the most on the roster.
The average age was 28.1 years. Marcus Johansson was the youngest at 21, and Mike Knuble the oldest at 39.
The Washington Capitals used 22 players in the 2011-12 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 13 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Russia. The other 3 came from Sweden and Czechia. League-wide that season, 51% of players were born in Canada, against 59% on this roster.