Washington Capitals Stats 2017-18

2017-18 · 49-26-7 · 105 pts · 1st Metropolitan

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The Washington Capitals went 49-26-7 in 2017-18 (105 points).

Alex Ovechkin led the team with 87 points (49 goals) in 82 games, ahead of Evgeny Kuznetsov with 83.

Braden Holtby made 54 starts in goal, going 34-16-4 with a .907 save percentage.

Every Washington Capitals game of 2017-18: scores and results →

Skaters (2017-18)

Washington Capitals skater stats
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PPP	SHP	GWG	SOG	Hits	Blk	TK	GV	TOI/GP	PP/GP	SH/GP	FO%	5v5 CF%	5v5 GF-GA
Alex Ovechkin	L	82	49	38	87	+3	31	0	7	355	139	21	25	71	20:09	4:09	0:01	—	50.5%	67-54
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	79	27	56	83	+3	30	1	8	187	50	26	44	66	18:49	3:24	0:03	44.2%	47.8%	59-47
Nicklas Backstrom	C	81	21	50	71	+5	26	0	4	165	37	51	44	58	19:40	3:28	0:53	51.2%	51.3%	55-35
John Carlson	D	82	15	53	68	0	32	0	4	237	47	146	58	97	24:47	3:38	2:35	—	49.0%	64-59
T.J. Oshie	R	74	18	29	47	+2	18	0	3	127	124	54	51	39	18:25	3:19	0:44	47.9%	50.2%	42-29
Lars Eller	C	81	18	20	38	-6	6	0	2	161	71	69	39	47	15:18	1:10	1:48	49.3%	47.7%	33-45
Tom Wilson	R	78	14	21	35	+10	1	1	1	123	250	51	40	44	15:59	0:04	1:42	46.3%	50.6%	56-48
Dmitry Orlov	D	82	10	21	31	+10	4	0	2	125	128	116	54	51	23:08	1:09	1:58	—	49.5%	67-60
Matt Niskanen	D	68	7	22	29	+24	0	1	1	120	117	98	18	73	22:36	0:30	2:41	—	48.5%	63-48
Brett Connolly	R	70	15	12	27	-6	5	0	2	67	72	24	17	19	12:00	1:24	0:00	45.2%	46.5%	33-32
Jakub Vrana	L	73	13	14	27	+2	3	0	2	133	31	16	28	37	12:30	0:40	0:00	52.0%	50.1%	35-33
Andre Burakovsky	L	56	12	13	25	+3	4	0	5	84	40	26	23	34	13:50	1:09	0:01	54.5%	52.3%	28-23
Jay Beagle	C	79	7	15	22	+3	0	1	2	65	69	44	25	10	12:27	0:01	2:30	58.5%	39.4%	22-27
Alex Chiasson	R	61	9	9	18	+1	1	3	2	59	57	29	29	16	11:46	0:36	1:39	26.8%	43.7%	22-25
Chandler Stephenson	C	67	6	12	18	+13	0	0	0	36	26	33	24	16	11:52	0:08	1:18	54.8%	44.1%	26-18
Devante Smith-Pelly	R	75	7	9	16	-6	0	0	1	103	151	62	16	18	12:21	0:02	0:58	48.5%	44.1%	25-33
Christian Djoos	D	63	3	11	14	+13	0	0	0	60	22	55	13	33	14:02	0:14	0:04	—	51.7%	42-31
Madison Bowey	D	51	0	12	12	-3	0	0	0	47	48	42	11	38	13:43	0:01	0:18	—	45.2%	20-24
Brooks Orpik	D	81	0	10	10	-9	0	0	0	54	218	168	17	44	19:22	0:01	3:05	—	44.3%	38-51
Jakub Jerabek	D	11	1	3	4	-1	0	0	0	11	14	10	0	7	13:59	0:00	0:02	—	45.8%	7-8
Taylor Chorney	D	24	1	3	4	+8	0	1	0	14	18	31	4	11	12:59	0:00	1:40	—	43.9%	15-7
Michal Kempny	D	22	2	1	3	+1	0	0	0	32	26	36	4	16	16:45	0:00	0:28	—	47.7%	18-16
Nathan Walker	L	7	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	4	13	0	0	0	9:12	0:09	0:21	—	48.3%	3-2
Aaron Ness	D	8	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	1	8	1	2	12:44	0:00	0:49	—	42.0%	6-4
Shane Gersich	C	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	0	9:01	0:00	0:00	—	53.6%	1-2
Travis Boyd	C	8	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	8:50	0:01	0:00	50.0%	43.2%	3-1
Liam O'Brien	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	6:55	0:00	0:00	—	37.0%	0-0
Tyler Graovac	C	5	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	5	1	3	0	6:44	0:02	0:07	—	24.1%	0-3
Anthony Peluso	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	4:39	0:00	0:00	—	44.4%	0-0

Regular season. Column headers open the league leaderboard for the season. Completed seasons use the NHL's official power-play and shorthanded totals. Recording changed in 2024-25: giveaways roughly doubled and takeaways fell by a third, so compare within a season.

Goalies (2017-18)

Washington Capitals goalie stats
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	Last start
Braden Holtby	54	54	34	16	4	.907	2.99	0	Apr 7
Philipp Grubauer	35	28	15	10	3	.923	2.35	2	Apr 5