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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Washington Capitals
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 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 2019-20: Chandler Stephenson (VGK/WSH), 24 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandler StephensonFVGK/WSH | VGK/WSH | 24 | 65 | 0.37 | 26 | 11 | 17%▲13 |
| 2 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | 19 | 58 | 0.33 | 18 | 3 | — |
| 3 | Richard PanikFWSH | WSH | 16 | 59 | 0.27 | 22 | 9 | — |
| 4 | Radko GudasDWSH | WSH | 15 | 63 | 0.24 | 15 | 2 | 25%▲22 |
| 5 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 12 | 69 | 0.17 | 75 | 15 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 6 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 12 | 58 | 0.21 | 25 | 8 | — |
| 7 | Jonas SiegenthalerDWSH | WSH | 11 | 64 | 0.17 | 9 | 2 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 8 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 11 | 56 | 0.20 | 15 | 7 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 9 | Travis BoydFWSH | WSH | 9 | 24 | 0.38 | 10 | 3 | — |
| 10 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 6 | 66 | 0.09 | 16 | 9 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 11 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 5 | 69 | 0.07 | 27 | 4 | 35%▲21 |
| 12 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | 4 | 69 | 0.06 | 49 | 26 | — |
| 13 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 39 | 16 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Jakub VranaFWSH | WSH | 3 | 69 | 0.04 | 52 | 25 | — |
| 15 | Brendan LeipsicFWSH | WSH | 3 | 61 | 0.05 | 11 | 3 | — |
| 16 | Christian DjoosDANA/WSH | ANA/WSH | 3 | 11 | 0.27 | 3 | 1 | — |
| 17 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 1 | 68 | 0.01 | 8 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | -1 | 61 | -0.02 | 54 | 12 | — |
| 20 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | -1 | 3 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 21 | Brenden DillonDSJS/WSH | SJS/WSH | -2 | 69 | -0.03 | 14 | 1 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 22 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | -2 | 63 | -0.03 | 52 | 19 | — |
| 23 | Tyler LewingtonDWSH | WSH | -2 | 6 | -0.33 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | -2 | 6 | -0.33 | 1 | 0 | 27%▼7.7 |
| 25 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | -3 | 68 | -0.04 | 44 | 21 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 26 | Ilya KovalchukFMTL/LAK/WSH | MTL/LAK/WSH | -4 | 46 | -0.09 | 26 | 10 | — |
| 27 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | -12 | 68 | -0.18 | 67 | 48 | 96%▲1.2 |
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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