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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Washington Capitals
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 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 2020-21: Dmitry Orlov (WSH), 16 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 16 | 51 | 0.31 | 22 | 8 | 35%▲21 |
| 2 | Brenden DillonDWSH | WSH | 15 | 56 | 0.27 | 19 | 2 | 9.7%▲9.1 |
| 3 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | 12 | 46 | 0.26 | 27 | 3 | — |
| 4 | Jakub VranaFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | 10 | 50 | 0.20 | 36 | 19 | — |
| 5 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 7 | 56 | 0.13 | 16 | 6 | — |
| 6 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 7 | 56 | 0.13 | 18 | 6 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 7 | Daniel SprongFWSH | WSH | 7 | 42 | 0.17 | 20 | 13 | — |
| 8 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 7 | 41 | 0.17 | 29 | 9 | — |
| 9 | Zdeno CharaDWSH | WSH | 5 | 55 | 0.09 | 10 | 2 | — |
| 10 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 5 | 53 | 0.09 | 14 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 4 | 56 | 0.07 | 15 | 11 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 12 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 2 | 5 | 0.40 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 47 | 0.02 | 33 | 13 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 14 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | 0 | 55 | 0.00 | 53 | 15 | — |
| 15 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 34%▲27 |
| 17 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | -1 | 53 | -0.02 | 22 | 14 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | -1 | 44 | -0.02 | 23 | 8 | 0.2% |
| 19 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | -1 | 21 | -0.05 | 3 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 20 | Philippe MailletFWSH | WSH | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Daniel CarrFWSH | WSH | -2 | 6 | -0.33 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Brian PinhoFWSH | WSH | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | -3 | 53 | -0.06 | 43 | 22 | — |
| 24 | Michael RafflFPHI/WSH | PHI/WSH | -4 | 44 | -0.09 | 11 | 4 | — |
| 25 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | -5 | 52 | -0.10 | 44 | 10 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 26 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | -7 | 45 | -0.16 | 42 | 24 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 27 | Richard PanikFWSH/DET | WSH/DET | -9 | 48 | -0.19 | 13 | 4 | — |
| 28 | Jonas SiegenthalerDNJD/WSH | NJD/WSH | -9 | 15 | -0.60 | 0 | 0 | 3.3%▲2.9 |
| 29 | Anthony ManthaFDET/WSH | DET/WSH | -14 | 56 | -0.25 | 29 | 15 | 52%▲15 |
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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