The Washington Capitals used 23 players in the 2020-21 playoffs, with a 1-2-2 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists) in 5 games. Ilya Samsonov played the most games in goal (3).
| # | 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 35 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.80 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 2 | T.J. Oshie 🇺🇸 RW 34 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.80 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 3 | Garnet Hathaway 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 12:25 |
| 4 | Dmitry Orlov 🇷🇺 D 29 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23:26 |
| 5 | Nic Dowd 🇺🇸 C 30 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 15:56 |
| 6 | Tom Wilson 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 19:07 |
| 7 | Anthony Mantha 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 17:35 |
| 8 | John Carlson 🇺🇸 D 31 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25:55 |
| 9 | Conor Sheary 🇺🇸 LW 28 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 10 | Brenden Dillon 🇨🇦 D 30 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 11 | Daniel Sprong 🇳🇱 RW 24 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10:23 |
| 12 | Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 33 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20:52 |
| 13 | Lars Eller 🇩🇰 C 31 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 14 | Carl Hagelin 🇸🇪 LW 32 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 15 | Michael Raffl 🇦🇹 LW 32 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 13:11 |
| 16 | Justin Schultz 🇨🇦 D 30 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 17 | Nick Jensen 🇺🇸 D 30 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 18 | Zdeno Chara 🇸🇰 D 44 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 19 | Daniel Carr 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 20 | Evgeny Kuznetsov 🇷🇺 C 28 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:04 |
| Team totals · 20 skaters | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 5.60 | 3 | 169 | 218 | 80 | 52 |
| # | 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 | 2 | 1 | 2.50 | 0.929 | 65 | 5 | — | |
| 2 | Vitek Vanecek 🇨🇿 G 25 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.750 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| 3 | Ilya Samsonov 🇷🇺 G 24 | 3 | 0 | 3.33 | 0.899 | 89 | 10 | — |
30% of this roster was born in United States, against 26% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 17% of its players, against 6% league-wide. American-born players scored 43% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 |
|
+4 | 12 (43%) | Oshie, Hathaway, Dowd, Carlson +3 |
| Canada | 5 |
|
-25 | 5 (18%) | Mantha, Wilson, Dillon, Schultz +1 |
| Russia | 4 |
|
+11 | 7 (25%) | Ovechkin, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Samsonov |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+1 | 2 (7%) | Backstrom, Hagelin |
| Austria | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Raffl |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+1 | 0 | Vanecek |
| Denmark | 1 |
|
+3 | 1 (4%) | Eller |
| Netherlands | 1 |
|
+4 | 1 (4%) | Sprong |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Chara |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in the 2020-21 playoffs with 4 points — 2 goals and 2 assists in 5 games. Next came T.J. Oshie (4) and Garnet Hathaway (3).
Alex Ovechkin scored 2 goals for the Washington Capitals in the 2020-21 playoffs, 2 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 23 players in the 2020-21 playoffs: 20 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 10 goals.
Ilya Samsonov played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in the 2020-21 playoffs: 3 games, 0 wins, a 0.899 save percentage and a 3.33 goals against average. Craig Anderson was the backup, in 2 games.
John Carlson averaged 25:55 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in the 2020-21 playoffs, the most on the roster.
The average age was 30.4 years. Daniel Sprong was the youngest at 24, and Zdeno Chara the oldest at 44.
The Washington Capitals used 23 players in the 2020-21 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 7 in the United States, 5 in Canada and 4 in Russia. The other 7 came from Sweden, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Netherlands and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 26% of players were born in the United States, against 30% on this roster.