The Washington Capitals used 39 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 50-24-8 record. Alex Ovechkin led the team with 110 points (56 goals, 54 assists) in 79 games. Jose Theodore played the most games in goal (57).
| # | 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 23 | 79 | 🔥 1 | 56 | 54 | 110 | 1.39 | 19 | 528 | 243 | 32 | 72 | 23:00 |
| 2 | Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 21 | 82 | 🔥 4 | 22 | 66 | 88 | 1.07 | 14 | 174 | 52 | 46 | 46 | 19:56 |
| 3 | Alexander Semin 🇷🇺 RW 25 | 62 | 🔥 1 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 1.27 | 8 | 223 | 22 | 10 | 77 | 19:14 |
| 4 | Mike Green 🇨🇦 D 23 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 1.07 | 18 | 243 | 86 | 110 | 68 | 25:45 |
| 5 | Brooks Laich 🇨🇦 C 25 | 82 | 🔥 2 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 0.65 | 9 | 185 | 99 | 42 | 31 | 17:16 |
| 6 | Viktor Kozlov 🇷🇺 C 34 | 67 | 🔥 1 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 0.61 | 2 | 153 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 15:39 |
| 7 | Tomas Fleischmann 🇨🇿 LW 24 | 73 | 🧊 2 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 0.51 | 7 | 131 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 15:04 |
| 8 | Sergei Fedorov 🇷🇺 C 39 | 52 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 0.63 | 2 | 118 | 28 | 25 | 50 | 16:30 |
| 9 | Michael Nylander 🇸🇪 C 36 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 0.46 | 4 | 87 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 14:02 |
| 10 | Eric Fehr 🇨🇦 C 23 | 61 | 🧊 3 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.41 | 1 | 134 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 11:14 |
| 11 | David Steckel 🇺🇸 C 27 | 76 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.25 | 0 | 103 | 91 | 52 | 34 | 13:48 |
| 12 | Boyd Gordon 🇨🇦 C 25 | 64 | 🧊 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.22 | 0 | 69 | 33 | 43 | 16 | 13:27 |
| 13 | Milan Jurcina 🇸🇰 D 25 | 79 | 🧊 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.18 | 0 | 95 | 157 | 131 | 68 | 16:09 |
| 14 | Tom Poti 🇺🇸 D 32 | 52 | 🧊 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.25 | 0 | 48 | 31 | 97 | 28 | 21:08 |
| 15 | Shaone Morrisonn 🇨🇦 D 26 | 72 | 🧊 9 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.18 | 0 | 50 | 111 | 98 | 77 | 17:59 |
| 16 | Jeff Schultz 🇨🇦 D 23 | 64 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.19 | 0 | 40 | 53 | 93 | 21 | 19:45 |
| 17 | Matt Bradley 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.14 | 0 | 98 | 115 | 16 | 59 | 10:36 |
| 18 | Keith Aucoin 🇺🇸 C 30 | 12 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10:19 |
| 19 | Chris Clark 🇺🇸 RW 33 | 32 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.19 | 0 | 36 | 49 | 7 | 32 | 11:34 |
| 20 | Karl Alzner 🇨🇦 D 20 | 30 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.17 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 21 | Tyler Sloan 🇨🇦 D 28 | 26 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.19 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 16:38 |
| 22 | Donald Brashear 🇺🇸 LW 37 | 63 | 🧊 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.06 | 0 | 43 | 119 | 8 | 121 | 8:14 |
| 23 | Sami Lepisto 🇫🇮 D 24 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19:36 |
| 24 | John Erskine 🇨🇦 D 28 | 52 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.08 | 0 | 50 | 128 | 76 | 63 | 16:47 |
| 25 | Brian Pothier 🇺🇸 D 31 | 9 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16:34 |
| 26 | Bryan Helmer 🇨🇦 D 36 | 12 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 27 | Sean Collins 🇺🇸 D 25 | 15 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14:32 |
| 28 | Alexandre Giroux 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 12 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10:34 |
| 29 | Chris Bourque 🇺🇸 LW 23 | 8 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9:46 |
| 30 | Graham Mink 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:03 |
| 31 | Oskar Osala 🇫🇮 LW 21 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:43 |
| 32 | Andrew Gordon 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:12 |
| 33 | Staffan Kronwall 🇸🇪 D 26 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 34 | Jay Beagle 🇨🇦 C 23 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7:36 |
| 35 | Quintin Laing 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| Team totals · 35 skaters | 82 | 268 | 445 | 713 | 8.70 | 85 | 2747 | 1662 | 1111 | 1009 |
| # | 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 | Jose Theodore 🇨🇦 G 32 | 57 | 33 | 2.75 | 0.900 | 1415 | 157 | — | |
| 2 | Brent Johnson 🇺🇸 G 32 | 21 | 13 | 2.52 | 0.908 | 526 | 53 | — | |
| 3 | Semyon Varlamov 🇷🇺 G 20 | 6 | 4 | 2.17 | 0.918 | 146 | 13 | — | |
| 4 | Michal Neuvirth 🇨🇿 G 21 | 5 | 2 | 2.20 | 0.892 | 91 | 11 | — |
41% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 13% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Russian-born players scored 37% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 16 |
|
-11 | 220 (31%) | Green, Laich, Fehr, Gordon +12 |
| United States | 10 |
|
+4 | 54 (8%) | Steckel, Poti, Aucoin, Clark +6 |
| Russia | 5 |
|
+10 | 263 (37%) | Ovechkin, Semin, Kozlov, Fedorov +1 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+3 | 121 (17%) | Backstrom, Nylander, Kronwall |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
-1 | 37 (5%) | Fleischmann, Neuvirth |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+1 | 4 (1%) | Lepisto, Osala |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+1 | 14 (2%) | Jurcina |
Alex Ovechkin led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2008-09 with 110 points — 56 goals and 54 assists in 79 games. Next came Nicklas Backstrom (88) and Alexander Semin (79).
Alex Ovechkin scored 56 goals for the Washington Capitals in 2008-09, 19 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 39 players in 2008-09: 35 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 268 goals.
Jose Theodore played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2008-09: 57 games, 33 wins, a 0.900 save percentage and a 2.75 goals against average. Brent Johnson was the backup, in 21 games.
Mike Green averaged 25:45 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in 2008-09, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.2 years. Karl Alzner was the youngest at 20, and Sergei Fedorov the oldest at 39.
The Washington Capitals used 39 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 16 in Canada, 10 in the United States and 5 in Russia. The other 8 came from Sweden, Czechia, Finland and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 41% on this roster.