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2019-20 Washington Capitals Roster

29 players used · 41-20-8 record

The Washington Capitals used 29 players in the 2019-20 season, with a 41-20-8 record. John Carlson led the team with 75 points (15 goals, 60 assists) in 69 games. Braden Holtby played the most games in goal (48).

Points leader
75 PTS
John Carlson
15 G · 60 A in 69 games
Goals leader
48 G
Alex Ovechkin
13 on the power play
Assists leader
60 A
John Carlson
75 points overall
Goalie wins leader
26 W
Braden Holtby
2.96 GAA · 0.897 SV%
27
Skaters
17 forwards · 10 defence
2
Goalies
Braden Holtby started most
236
Goals scored
in 69 games
27.7
Average age
20 to 36 years
8
Birth countries
8 born in Canada
24:37
Most ice time
John Carlson
2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20
Part of the season
Regular season Playoffs
Position
All skaters27 Forwards17 Defence10
🏒 Skaters 27 players · sorted by points
# Player ⇅ GP ⇅ Streak G ⇅ A ⇅ PTS ▼ P/GP ⇅ PPG ⇅ SOG ⇅ HIT ⇅ BLK ⇅ PIM ⇅ TOI ⇅
1 JC John Carlson 🇺🇸 D 30 69 🧊 2 15 60 75 1.09 2 189 55 108 26 24:37
2 AO Alex Ovechkin 🇷🇺 LW 34 68 🔥 1 48 19 67 0.99 13 311 184 30 30 20:39
3 NB Nicklas Backstrom 🇸🇪 C 32 61 🧊 1 12 42 54 0.89 2 132 30 45 14 19:01
4 JV Jakub Vrana 🇨🇿 LW 24 69 🧊 1 25 27 52 0.75 1 187 29 16 18 14:52
5 EK Evgeny Kuznetsov 🇷🇺 C 27 63 🔥 1 19 33 52 0.83 6 129 35 16 40 17:50
6 TO T.J. Oshie 🇺🇸 RW 33 69 🧊 1 26 23 49 0.71 10 133 90 58 26 18:17
7 TW Tom Wilson 🇨🇦 RW 26 68 🔥 1 21 23 44 0.65 5 154 253 58 93 18:16
8 LE Lars Eller 🇩🇰 C 30 69 🧊 2 16 23 39 0.57 2 151 59 44 48 17:00
9 DO Dmitry Orlov 🇷🇺 D 28 69 🔥 1 4 23 27 0.39 1 105 106 82 36 22:10
10 CH Carl Hagelin 🇸🇪 LW 31 58 🧊 1 8 17 25 0.43 0 107 24 19 16 14:19
11 RP Richard Panik 🇸🇰 RW 29 59 🧊 1 9 13 22 0.37 0 67 75 19 36 11:20
12 MK Michal Kempny 🇨🇿 D 29 58 🧊 2 3 15 18 0.31 0 73 42 72 22 18:38
13 GH Garnet Hathaway 🇺🇸 RW 28 66 🧊 1 9 7 16 0.24 0 80 189 46 79 10:46
14 ND Nic Dowd 🇺🇸 C 29 56 🧊 1 7 8 15 0.27 0 52 117 26 28 10:50
15 RG Radko Gudas 🇨🇿 D 29 63 🧊 10 2 13 15 0.24 0 90 164 75 40 16:43
16 BL Brendan Leipsic 🇨🇦 LW 25 61 🧊 11 3 8 11 0.18 0 49 57 20 13 9:09
17 TB Travis Boyd 🇺🇸 C 26 24 🧊 2 3 7 10 0.42 0 26 14 9 2 11:45
18 JS Jonas Siegenthaler 🇨🇭 D 22 64 🧊 20 2 7 9 0.14 0 49 51 105 43 15:43
19 NJ Nick Jensen 🇺🇸 D 29 68 🧊 1 0 8 8 0.12 0 61 59 71 13 17:49
20 CS Chandler Stephenson 🇨🇦 C 25 24 🔥 1 3 1 4 0.17 0 18 20 12 6 11:50
21 IK Ilya Kovalchuk 🇷🇺 LW 36 7 🧊 2 1 3 4 0.57 0 18 12 3 4 14:40
22 MF Martin Fehervary 🇸🇰 D 20 6 🧊 1 0 1 1 0.17 0 7 14 2 6 15:58
23 BD Brenden Dillon 🇨🇦 D 29 10 🧊 14 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 16 7 21 20:02
24 TL Tyler Lewington 🇨🇦 D 25 6 🧊 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 13 7 17 10:09
25 MS Michael Sgarbossa 🇨🇦 C 27 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 3 0 0 8:06
26 BM Beck Malenstyn 🇨🇦 LW 22 3 🧊 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 5 1 0 9:16
27 CD Christian Djoos 🇸🇪 D 25 2 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 8:56
Team totals · 27 skaters 69 236 381 617 8.94 42 2206 1716 951 677
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 2 goalies · sorted by games played
# Goalie ⇅ GP ▼ W ⇅ GAA ⇅ SV% ⇅ SV ⇅ GA ⇅ TOI
1 BH Braden Holtby 🇨🇦 G 30 48 26 2.96 0.897 1243 142 —
2 IS Ilya Samsonov 🇷🇺 G 23 26 16 2.31 0.913 629 60 —
🌍 Where the roster was born 8 countries · against the whole NHL in 2019-20

28% of this roster was born in Canada, against 42% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 17% of its players, against 5% league-wide. American-born players scored 28% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 8
28%
-14 59 (10%) Wilson, Leipsic, Stephenson, Dillon +4
United States 6
21%
-6 173 (28%) Carlson, Oshie, Hathaway, Dowd +2
Russia 5
17%
+12 150 (24%) Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Orlov, Kovalchuk +1
Czechia 3
10%
+6 85 (14%) Vrana, Kempny, Gudas
Sweden 3
10%
-1 79 (13%) Backstrom, Hagelin, Djoos
Slovakia 2
7%
+6 23 (4%) Panik, Fehervary
Switzerland 1
3%
+2 9 (1%) Siegenthaler
Denmark 1
3%
+2 39 (6%) Eller
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

2019-20 Washington Capitals roster questions

Who led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2019-20?

John Carlson led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 2019-20 with 75 points — 15 goals and 60 assists in 69 games. Next came Alex Ovechkin (67) and Nicklas Backstrom (54).

Who scored the most goals for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20?

Alex Ovechkin scored 48 goals for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20, 13 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Washington Capitals use in 2019-20?

The Washington Capitals dressed 29 players in 2019-20: 27 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 236 goals.

Who was the Washington Capitals starting goalie in 2019-20?

Braden Holtby played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20: 48 games, 26 wins, a 0.897 save percentage and a 2.96 goals against average. Ilya Samsonov was the backup, in 26 games.

Who played the most minutes for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20?

John Carlson averaged 24:37 of ice time per game for the Washington Capitals in 2019-20, the most on the roster.

How old was the 2019-20 Washington Capitals roster?

The average age was 27.7 years. Martin Fehervary was the youngest at 20, and Ilya Kovalchuk the oldest at 36.

Where were the 2019-20 Washington Capitals players born?

The Washington Capitals used 29 players in 2019-20 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 8 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 5 in Russia. The other 10 came from Czechia, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland and Denmark. League-wide that season, 42% of players were born in Canada, against 28% on this roster.

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