Washington Capitals Stats 2021-22

2021-22 · 44-26-12 · 100 pts · 4th Metropolitan

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The Washington Capitals went 44-26-12 in 2021-22 (100 points).

Alex Ovechkin led the team with 90 points (50 goals) in 77 games, ahead of Evgeny Kuznetsov with 78.

Ilya Samsonov made 39 starts in goal, going 23-12-5 with a .896 save percentage.

Every Washington Capitals game of 2021-22: scores and results →

Skaters (2021-22)

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	77	50	40	90	+8	29	1	5	334	155	25	32	50	20:34	4:41	0:01	—	49.6%	65-53
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	79	24	54	78	+7	27	5	4	208	42	25	54	51	20:17	3:39	1:06	43.5%	49.6%	57-46
John Carlson	D	78	17	54	71	+13	25	3	2	195	73	112	42	55	23:49	3:54	1:42	—	50.7%	59-55
Tom Wilson	R	78	24	28	52	+13	10	3	5	151	240	55	36	44	18:35	2:26	1:34	42.3%	50.0%	57-48
Conor Sheary	L	71	19	24	43	-2	6	0	5	129	45	44	38	12	15:17	1:43	0:23	40.7%	50.0%	39-41
Dmitry Orlov	D	76	12	23	35	+25	4	0	4	127	124	94	37	44	20:58	0:58	0:44	—	52.4%	64-43
Lars Eller	C	72	13	18	31	-4	2	0	2	116	95	36	37	44	16:07	1:06	1:38	49.5%	50.5%	39-41
Nicklas Backstrom	C	47	6	25	31	-8	14	0	1	68	16	16	25	13	17:29	3:35	0:07	46.4%	47.2%	25-31
Garnet Hathaway	R	76	14	12	26	+19	0	1	4	124	250	62	23	20	13:23	0:09	1:09	35.7%	51.6%	38-21
T.J. Oshie	R	44	11	14	25	-12	10	1	1	77	86	30	19	18	17:27	3:25	0:20	42.6%	49.0%	20-27
Nic Dowd	C	64	10	14	24	+10	1	1	0	90	139	53	28	14	14:16	0:03	1:55	53.7%	50.6%	29-21
Anthony Mantha	R	37	9	14	23	+4	2	0	0	82	46	18	13	13	15:10	1:52	0:02	—	53.7%	28-21
Justin Schultz	D	74	4	19	23	-15	5	0	1	92	40	87	13	25	16:55	1:24	0:03	—	51.4%	43-51
Nick Jensen	D	76	5	16	21	+32	0	0	1	88	135	92	23	44	19:21	0:03	2:32	—	50.2%	65-38
Connor McMichael	L	68	9	9	18	-3	0	0	0	105	46	22	15	10	10:28	0:05	0:01	42.9%	52.2%	26-29
Martin Fehérváry	D	79	8	9	17	+15	0	2	2	96	251	117	14	36	19:39	0:02	1:46	—	49.0%	61-56
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	72	1	16	17	-3	0	1	0	75	25	129	30	19	17:28	0:10	2:37	—	49.3%	42-46
Daniel Sprong	R	47	8	6	14	+6	0	0	0	102	35	12	15	17	12:45	1:01	0:01	—	50.7%	25-17
Carl Hagelin	L	53	3	11	14	+10	0	1	1	71	32	12	14	15	14:14	0:02	1:53	—	52.0%	21-14
Aliaksei Protas	L	33	3	6	9	+4	1	0	0	34	20	12	8	15	11:50	0:57	0:01	44.8%	53.7%	16-13
Joe Snively	C	12	4	3	7	+3	1	0	0	21	2	3	7	1	11:33	0:17	0:00	—	46.4%	8-6
Marcus Johansson	L	18	3	3	6	-4	1	0	1	30	14	8	2	9	14:51	2:00	0:00	—	53.7%	10-12
Brett Leason	R	36	3	3	6	+1	0	0	0	45	16	14	9	4	8:57	0:01	0:00	—	52.3%	9-9
Johan Larsson	L	14	1	5	6	-1	1	0	0	14	17	4	3	4	11:53	0:07	0:46	—	55.4%	6-7
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	L	23	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	29	18	8	3	5	11:11	0:02	0:42	—	47.4%	7-7
Michael Sgarbossa	C	10	2	2	4	+3	0	0	0	11	7	2	1	3	9:54	0:45	0:00	56.9%	55.7%	4-3
Matt Irwin	D	17	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	29	36	21	2	7	12:39	0:01	0:34	—	56.0%	12-12
Michal Kempny	D	15	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	10	22	19	1	6	15:50	0:01	1:02	—	45.5%	5-8
Hendrix Lapierre	C	6	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	7	1	2	3	1	9:35	0:57	0:00	26.1%	41.1%	3-1
Garrett Pilon	C	2	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	9:25	0:00	0:00	—	52.2%	1-0
Beck Malenstyn	L	12	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	10	34	7	2	1	9:03	0:00	0:44	—	53.7%	5-3
Dennis Cholowski	D	7	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	3	3	9	1	4	13:35	0:41	0:00	—	39.9%	5-8
Lucas Johansen	D	1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:18	0:00	0:00	—	81.8%	1-0
Alexander Alexeyev	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:35	0:00	0:00	—	44.4%	0-0
Mike Vecchione	R	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5:06	0:00	0:00	—	50.0%	0-1

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 (2021-22)

Washington Capitals goalie stats
Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	Last start
Ilya Samsonov	44	39	23	12	5	.896	3.02	3	Apr 29
Vitek Vanecek	42	39	20	12	6	.908	2.67	4	Apr 28
Zach Fucale	4	3	1	1	1	.924	1.75	1	Jan 10
Pheonix Copley	2	1	0	1	0	.878	3.11	0	Feb 8