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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Washington Capitals
2021-22All 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 2021-22: Nick Jensen (WSH), 32 +/-.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick JensenDWSH | WSH | 32 | 76 | 0.42 | 21 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 2 | Dmitry OrlovDWSH | WSH | 25 | 76 | 0.33 | 35 | 12 | 35%▲21 |
| 3 | Garnet HathawayFWSH | WSH | 19 | 76 | 0.25 | 26 | 14 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 4 | Martin FehérváryDWSH | WSH | 15 | 79 | 0.19 | 17 | 8 | 27%▼7.7 |
| 5 | John CarlsonDWSH | WSH | 13 | 78 | 0.17 | 71 | 17 | 99%▲2.4 |
| 6 | Tom WilsonFWSH | WSH | 13 | 78 | 0.17 | 52 | 24 | 94%▲6.3 |
| 7 | Nic DowdFWSH | WSH | 10 | 64 | 0.16 | 24 | 10 | 3.2%▲3.1 |
| 8 | Carl HagelinFWSH | WSH | 10 | 53 | 0.19 | 14 | 3 | — |
| 9 | Alex OvechkinFWSH | WSH | 8 | 77 | 0.10 | 90 | 50 | 96%▲1.2 |
| 10 | Evgeny KuznetsovFWSH | WSH | 7 | 79 | 0.09 | 78 | 24 | — |
| 11 | Anthony ManthaFWSH | WSH | 4 | 37 | 0.11 | 23 | 9 | 52%▲15 |
| 12 | Aliaksei ProtasFWSH | WSH | 4 | 33 | 0.12 | 9 | 3 | 59%▲33 |
| 13 | Joe SnivelyFWSH | WSH | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 7 | 4 | — |
| 14 | Michael SgarbossaFWSH | WSH | 3 | 10 | 0.30 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 15 | Beck MalenstynFWSH | WSH | 2 | 12 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 4.1%▲3.7 |
| 16 | Hendrix LapierreFWSH | WSH | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 1 | 1 | 8.1%▲8 |
| 17 | Brett LeasonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 36 | 0.03 | 6 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Garrett PilonFWSH | WSH | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 19 | Lucas JohansenDWSH | WSH | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Daniel SprongFWSH/SEA | WSH/SEA | 0 | 63 | 0.00 | 20 | 14 | — |
| 21 | Axel Jonsson-FjallbyFWSH | WSH | 0 | 23 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | — |
| 22 | Matt IrwinDWSH | WSH | 0 | 17 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | — |
| 23 | Alexander AlexeyevDWSH | WSH | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Mike VecchioneFWSH | WSH | -1 | 1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Conor ShearyFWSH | WSH | -2 | 71 | -0.03 | 43 | 19 | 0.1% |
| 26 | Trevor van RiemsdykDWSH | WSH | -3 | 72 | -0.04 | 17 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 27 | Connor McMichaelFWSH | WSH | -3 | 68 | -0.04 | 18 | 9 | 34%▲27 |
| 28 | Michal KempnyDWSH | WSH | -3 | 15 | -0.20 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 29 | Dennis CholowskiDWSH/SEA | WSH/SEA | -3 | 11 | -0.27 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Lars EllerFWSH | WSH | -4 | 72 | -0.06 | 31 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 31 | Johan LarssonFARI/WSH | ARI/WSH | -4 | 43 | -0.09 | 21 | 7 | — |
| 32 | Nicklas BackstromFWSH | WSH | -8 | 47 | -0.17 | 31 | 6 | — |
| 33 | T.J. OshieFWSH | WSH | -12 | 44 | -0.27 | 25 | 11 | — |
| 34 | Justin SchultzDWSH | WSH | -15 | 74 | -0.20 | 23 | 4 | — |
| 35 | Marcus JohanssonFSEA/WSH | SEA/WSH | -26 | 69 | -0.38 | 29 | 9 | 0.7% |
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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