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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Washington Capitals
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes.
Leader for the Washington Capitals in 2017-18: Matt Niskanen (WSH), 24 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt NiskanenDWSH | WSH | 24 | 68 | 0.35 | 29 | 7 | — |
| 2 | Michal KempnyDCHI/WSH | CHI/WSH | 14 | 53 | 0.26 | 10 | 3 | — |
| 3 | Chandler StephensonFWSH | WSH | 13 | 67 | 0.19 | 18 | 6 | 17%▲13 |
| 4 | Christian DjoosDWSH | WSH | 13 | 63 | 0.21 | 14 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 10 | 82 | 0.12 | 31 | 10 | 35%▲21 |
| 6 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 10 | 78 | 0.13 | 35 | 14 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 7 | Taylor ChorneyDWSH/CBJ | WSH/CBJ | 10 | 25 | 0.40 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 5 | 81 | 0.06 | 71 | 21 | — |
| 9 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 87 | 49 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 10 | Jay BeagleFWSH | WSH | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 22 | 7 | — |
| 11 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 3 | 79 | 0.04 | 83 | 27 | — |
| 12 | Andre BurakovskyFWSH | WSH | 3 | 56 | 0.05 | 25 | 12 | 5.6%▲5.4 |
| 13 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 2 | 74 | 0.03 | 47 | 18 | — |
| 14 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 73 | 0.03 | 27 | 13 | — |
| 15 | Aaron NessDWSH | WSH | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Alex ChiassonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 61 | 0.02 | 18 | 9 | — |
| 18 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 0 | 82 | 0.00 | 68 | 15 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 19 | Nathan WalkerFWSH/EDM | WSH/EDM | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Liam O'BrienFWSH | WSH | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Anthony PelusoFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Shane GersichFWSH | WSH | -1 | 3 | -0.33 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Jakub JerabekDMTL/WSH | MTL/WSH | -2 | 36 | -0.06 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 24 | Madison BoweyDWSH | WSH | -3 | 51 | -0.06 | 12 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Tyler GraovacFWSH | WSH | -3 | 5 | -0.60 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | -6 | 81 | -0.07 | 38 | 18 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Devante Smith-PellyFWSH | WSH | -6 | 75 | -0.08 | 16 | 7 | — |
| 28 | Brett ConnollyFWSH | WSH | -6 | 70 | -0.09 | 27 | 15 | — |
| 29 | Brooks OrpikDWSH | WSH | -9 | 81 | -0.11 | 10 | 0 | — |
How to read it
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
How reliable is it?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
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