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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Washington Capitals
2018-19All 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 2018-19: Michal Kempny (WSH), 24 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 24 | 71 | 0.34 | 25 | 6 | — |
| 2 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 21 | 80 | 0.26 | 70 | 13 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 3 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 20 | 82 | 0.24 | 47 | 24 | — |
| 4 | Brett ConnollyFWSH | WSH | 13 | 81 | 0.16 | 46 | 22 | — |
| 5 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 11 | 63 | 0.17 | 40 | 22 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 6 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 10 | 64 | 0.16 | 22 | 8 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 7 | Christian DjoosDWSH | WSH | 9 | 45 | 0.20 | 10 | 1 | — |
| 8 | Brooks OrpikDWSH | WSH | 8 | 53 | 0.15 | 9 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 7 | 81 | 0.09 | 89 | 51 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 10 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 7 | 76 | 0.09 | 72 | 21 | — |
| 11 | Carl HagelinFLAK/WSH/PIT | LAK/WSH/PIT | 7 | 58 | 0.12 | 19 | 5 | — |
| 12 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 6 | 53 | 0.11 | 20 | 5 | — |
| 13 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 6 | 26 | 0.23 | 4 | 0 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 14 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 54 | 25 | — |
| 15 | Nick JensenDDET/WSH | DET/WSH | 4 | 80 | 0.05 | 20 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 3 | 82 | 0.04 | 29 | 3 | 35%▲21 |
| 17 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 18 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 2 | 80 | 0.03 | 74 | 22 | — |
| 19 | Andre BurakovskyFWSH | WSH | 2 | 76 | 0.03 | 25 | 12 | 5.6%▲5.4 |
| 20 | Nathan WalkerFWSH | WSH | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | -1 | 81 | -0.01 | 36 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 22 | Madison BoweyDWSH/DET | WSH/DET | -1 | 50 | -0.02 | 10 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Matt NiskanenDWSH | WSH | -3 | 80 | -0.04 | 25 | 8 | — |
| 24 | Dmitrij JaskinFWSH | WSH | -5 | 37 | -0.14 | 8 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Devante Smith-PellyFWSH | WSH | -6 | 54 | -0.11 | 8 | 4 | — |
| 26 | Chandler StephensonFWSH | WSH | -13 | 64 | -0.20 | 11 | 5 | 17%▲13 |
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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