2018–19_Washington_Capitals_season

2018–19 Washington Capitals
2018–19 Washington Capitals
Metropolitan Division champions
Division	1st Metropolitan
Conference	3rd Eastern
2018–19 record	48–26–8
Home record	24–11–6
Road record	24–15–2
Goals for	278
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Todd Reirden
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom; Brooks Orpik
Arena	Capital One Arena
Average attendance	18,508
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL); South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (51)
Assists	John Carlson (57)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (89)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (128)
Plus/minus	Michal Kempny (+24)
Wins	Braden Holtby (32)
Goals against average	Braden Holtby (2.82)
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2018–19 Washington Capitals season

NHL ice hockey team season

The 2018–19 Washington Capitals season was the 45th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[2] It was the first season with new head coach Todd Reirden. They entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions. The Capitals clinched a playoff spot on March 28, 2019, after a 3–2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.^[3] On April 4, the team defended their division title in a 2–1 win against the Montreal Canadiens.^[4]

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The Capitals faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs, where they lost in seven games. With losing the series after taking a 2–0 series lead, this was the eleventh time the Capitals have lost a playoff series after taking a 2–game lead in their franchise history.

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[7]

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2018–19 game log

October: 5–3–2, 12 points (Home: 3–1–1; Road: 2–2–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 3	Boston	7–0		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 4	@ Pittsburgh	6–7	OT	Holtby	PPG Paints Arena	18,627	1–0–1	3	Recap
3	October 10	Vegas	5–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	2–0–1	5	Recap
4	October 11	@ New Jersey	0–6		Copley	Prudential Center	16,514	2–1–1	5	Recap
5	October 13	Toronto	2–4		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	2–2–1	5	Recap
6	October 17	NY Rangers	4–3	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	3–2–1	7	Recap
7	October 19	Florida	5–6	SO	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	3–2–2	8	Recap
8	October 22	@ Vancouver	5–2		Holtby	Rogers Arena	17,227	4–2–2	10	Recap
9	October 25	@ Edmonton	1–4		Holtby	Rogers Place	18,347	4–3–2	10	Recap
10	October 27	@ Calgary	4–3	SO	Copley	Scotiabank Saddledome	17,832	5–3–2	12	Recap

November: 10–4–1, 21 points (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 5–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
11	November 1	@ Montreal	4–6		Holtby	Bell Centre	20,279	5–4–2	12	Recap
12	November 3	Dallas	3–4	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	5–4–3	13	Recap
13	November 5	Edmonton	4–2		Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	6–4–3	15	Recap
14	November 7	Pittsburgh	2–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	7–4–3	17	Recap
15	November 9	Columbus	1–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	7–5–3	17	Recap
16	November 11	Arizona	1–4		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	7–6–3	17	Recap
17	November 13	@ Minnesota	5–2		Copley	Xcel Energy Center	19,101	8–6–3	19	Recap
18	November 14	@ Winnipeg	1–3		Copley	Bell MTS Place	15,321	8–7–3	19	Recap
19	November 16	@ Colorado	3–2	OT	Copley	Pepsi Center	18,050	9–7–3	21	Recap
20	November 19	@ Montreal	5–4	OT	Holtby	Bell Centre	21,911	10–7–3	23	Recap
21	November 21	Chicago	4–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	11–7–3	25	Recap
22	November 23	Detroit	3–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	12–7–3	27	Recap
23	November 24	@ NY Rangers	5–3		Copley	Madison Square Garden	16,884	13–7–3	29	Recap
24	November 26	@ NY Islanders	4–1		Holtby	Barclays Center	9,072	14–7–3	31	Recap
25	November 30	New Jersey	6–3		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	15–7–3	33	Recap

December: 9–4–0, 18 points (Home: 4–3–0; Road: 5–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
26	December 2	Anaheim	5–6		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	15–8–3	33	Recap
27	December 4	@ Vegas	3–5		Holtby	T-Mobile Arena	18,275	15–9–3	33	Recap
28	December 6	@ Arizona	4–2		Copley	Gila River Arena	11,910	16–9–3	35	Recap
29	December 8	@ Columbus	4–0		Holtby	Nationwide Arena	18,501	17–9–3	37	Recap
30	December 11	Detroit	6–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	18–9–3	39	Recap
31	December 14	@ Carolina	6–5	SO	Holtby	PNC Arena	14,446	19–9–3	41	Recap
32	December 15	Buffalo	4–3	SO	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	20–9–3	43	Recap
33	December 19	Pittsburgh	1–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	20–10–3	43	Recap
34	December 21	Buffalo	2–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	21–10–3	45	Recap
35	December 22	@ Ottawa	4–0		Copley	Canadian Tire Centre	15,605	22–10–3	47	Recap
36	December 27	Carolina	3–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	23–10–3	49	Recap
37	December 29	@ Ottawa	3–2		Copley	Canadian Tire Centre	16,808	24–10–3	51	Recap
38	December 31	Nashville	3–6		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	24–11–3	51	Recap

January: 3–6–3, 9 points (Home: 1–2–2; Road: 2–4–1)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
39	January 3	@ St. Louis	2–5		Holtby	Enterprise Center	17,200	24–12–3	51	Recap
40	January 4	@ Dallas	1–2	OT	Copley	American Airlines Center	18,532	24–12–4	52	Recap
41	January 6	@ Detroit	3–2		Holtby	Little Caesars Arena	19,515	25–12–4	54	Recap
42	January 8	Philadelphia	5–3		Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	26–12–4	56	Recap
43	January 10	@ Boston	4–2		Holtby	TD Garden	17,565	27–12–4	58	Recap
44	January 12	Columbus	1–2	OT	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	27–12–5	59	Recap
45	January 14	St. Louis	1–4		Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	27–13–5	59	Recap
46	January 15	@ Nashville	2–7		Copley	Bridgestone Arena	17,336	27–14–5	59	Recap
47	January 18	NY Islanders	0–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	27–15–5	59	Recap
48	January 20	@ Chicago	5–8		Copley	United Center	21,316	27–16–5	59	Recap
49	January 22	San Jose	6–7	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	27–16–6	60	Recap
50	January 23	@ Toronto	3–6		Holtby	Scotiabank Arena	19,148	27–17–6	60	Recap

February: 9–4–1, 19 points (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 3–3–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
51	February 1	Calgary	4–3		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	28–17–6	62	Recap
52	February 3	Boston	0–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	28–18–6	62	Recap
53	February 5	Vancouver	3–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	29–18–6	64	Recap
54	February 7	Colorado	4–3	OT	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	30–18–6	66	Recap
55	February 9	Florida	4–5	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	30–18–7	67	Recap
56	February 11	Los Angeles	6–4		Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	31–18–7	69	Recap
57	February 12	@ Columbus	0–3		Holtby	Nationwide Arena	15,701	31–19–7	69	Recap
58	February 14	@ San Jose	5–1		Holtby	SAP Center	17,562	32–19–7	71	Recap
59	February 17	@ Anaheim	2–5		Holtby	Honda Center	17,495	32–20–7	71	Recap
60	February 18	@ Los Angeles	3–2		Copley	Staples Center	18,230	33–20–7	73	Recap
61	February 21	@ Toronto	3–2		Holtby	Scotiabank Arena	19,378	34–20–7	75	Recap
62	February 23	@ Buffalo	2–5		Holtby	KeyBank Center	19,070	34–21–7	75	Recap
63	February 24	NY Rangers	6–5	OT	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	35–21–7	77	Recap
64	February 26	Ottawa	7–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	36–21–7	79	Recap

March: 11–3–1, 23 points (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 7–2–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 1	@ NY Islanders	3–1		Holtby	Nassau Coliseum	13,971	37–21–7	81	Recap
66	March 3	@ NY Rangers	3–2	SO	Holtby	Madison Square Garden	17,517	38–21–7	83	Recap
67	March 6	@ Philadelphia	5–3		Holtby	Wells Fargo Center	19,232	39–21–7	85	Recap
68	March 8	New Jersey	3–0		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	40–21–7	87	Recap
69	March 10	Winnipeg	3–1		Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	41–21–7	89	Recap
70	March 12	@ Pittsburgh	3–5		Holtby	PPG Paints Arena	18,640	41–22–7	89	Recap
71	March 14	@ Philadelphia	5–2		Holtby	Wells Fargo Center	19,475	42–22–7	91	Recap
72	March 16	@ Tampa Bay	3–6		Holtby	Amalie Arena	19,092	42–23–7	91	Recap
73	March 19	@ New Jersey	4–1		Copley	Prudential Center	14,815	43–23–7	93	Recap
74	March 20	Tampa Bay	4–5	OT	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	43–23–8	94	Recap
75	March 22	Minnesota	1–2		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	43–24–8	94	Recap
76	March 24	Philadelphia	3–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	44–24–8	96	Recap
77	March 26	Carolina	4–1		Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	45–24–8	98	Recap
78	March 28	@ Carolina	3–2		Holtby	PNC Arena	14,680	46–24–8	100	Recap
79	March 30	@ Tampa Bay	6–3		Holtby	Amalie Arena	19,092	47–24–8	102	Recap

April: 1–2–0, 2 points (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–1–0)

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Decision	Location	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
80	April 1	@ Florida	3–5	Copley	BB&T Center	14,376	47–25–8	102	Recap
81	April 4	Montreal	2–1	Holtby	Capital One Arena	18,506	48–25–8	104	Recap
82	April 6	NY Islanders	0–3	Copley	Capital One Arena	18,506	48–26–8	104	Recap

Win (2 Points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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Player	GP	GS	MIN	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Braden Holtby	59	58	3,406:34	32	19	5	160	2.82	1,795	.911	3	0	2	2
Pheonix Copley	27	24	1,528:56	16	7	3	74	2.90	776	.905	1	0	1	0

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	To Colorado Avalanche Philipp Grubauer Brooks Orpik	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2018	^[15]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Vancouver Canucks 6th-round pick in 2018 6th-round pick in 2019	To Washington Capitals 6th-round pick in 2018	^[16]
February 21, 2019 (2019-02-21)	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020	To Washington Capitals Carl Hagelin	^[17]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	To Detroit Red Wings Madison Bowey 2nd-round pick in 2020	To Washington Capitals Nick Jensen BUF's 5th-round pick in 2019	^[18]
June 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Niskanen	To Washington Capitals Radko Gudas	^[19]

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jay Beagle	to Vancouver Canucks	4-year	^[20]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Nic Dowd	from Vancouver Canucks	1-year	^[21]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Tyler Graovac	to Calgary Flames	1-year	^[22]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Jayson Megna	from Vancouver Canucks	1-year	^[23]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Michael Sgarbossa	from Winnipeg Jets	1-year	^[23]
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)	Joe Whitney	to Linköpings (SHL)	2-year	^[24]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Brooks Orpik	from Colorado Avalanche	1-year	^[25]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)	Tim McGauley	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	Unknown	^[26]
August 13, 2018 (2018-08-13)	Zach Sill	to Sparta Praha (ELH)	Unknown	^[27]
August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)	Adam Carlson	to Rapid City Rush (ECHL)	1-year	^[28]
August 16, 2018 (2018-08-16)	Wayne Simpson	to Rochester Americans (AHL)	1-year	^[29]
August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21)	Anthony Peluso	to Calgary Flames	1-year	^[30]
September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)	Sergei Shumakov	from CSKA Moscow (KHL)	1-year	^[31]
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Alex Chiasson	to Edmonton Oilers	1-year	^[32]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	Parker Milner	from Hershey Bears (AHL)	1-year	^[33]
March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18)	Joe Snively	from Yale Bulldogs (ECAC Hockey)	2-year	^[34]
April 5, 2019 (2019-04-05)	Bobby Nardella	from Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Big Ten)	2-year	^[35]

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24)	John Carlson	8-year	^[40]
June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	Devante Smith-Pelly	1-year	^[41]
June 29, 2018 (2018-06-29)	Michal Kempny	4-year	^[42]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Travis Boyd	2-year	^[43]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Riley Barber	1-year	^[44]
July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)	Liam O'Brien	1-year	^[45]
July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19)	Madison Bowey	2-year	^[46]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Brooks Orpik	1-year	^[47]
July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)	Tom Wilson	6-year	^[48]
September 24, 2018 (2018-09-24)	Alexander Alexeyev	3-year	^[49]
February 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)	Nick Jensen	4-year	^[50]
April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11)	Nic Dowd	3-year	^[51]
May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)	Shane Gersich	1-year	^[52]
May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)	Brian Pinho	1-year	^[53]
June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10)	Liam O'Brien	1-year	^[54]
June 16, 2019 (2019-06-16)	Carl Hagelin	4-year	^[55]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	31	Alexander Alexeyev	D	Russia	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	46¹	Martin Fehervary	D	Slovakia	IK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan)
2	47²	Kody Clark	RW	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	93	Riley Sutter	C/RW	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	124	Mitchell Gibson	G	United States	Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL)
6	186	Alex Kannok-Leipert	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
7	217	Eric Florchuk	C	Canada	Victoria Royals (WHL)

2018–19_Washington_Capitals_season

2018–19 Washington Capitals season

Standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

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Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Washington Capitals	82	48	26	8	44	278	249	+29	104
2	x – New York Islanders	82	48	27	7	43	228	196	+32	103
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	44	26	12	42	273	241	+32	100
4	x – Carolina Hurricanes	82	46	29	7	44	245	223	+22	99
5	x – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	47	31	4	45	258	232	+26	98
6	Philadelphia Flyers	82	37	37	8	34	244	281	−37	82
7	New York Rangers	82	32	36	14	26	227	272	−45	78
8	New Jersey Devils	82	31	41	10	28	222	275	−53	72