Washington Capitals Game Notes

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Wed, Oct 13, 2021

Washington Capitals

Team Game: 1 Home Game: 1

# Goalie 30 Ilya Samsonov 41 Vitek Vanecek

# P Player 2 D Justin Schultz 3 D Nick Jensen 8 L Alex Ovechkin 9 D Dmitry Orlov 10 R Daniel Sprong 20 C Lars Eller 21 R Garnet Hathaway 24 C Connor McMichael 26 C Nic Dowd 29 C Hendrix Lapierre 39 R Anthony Mantha 42 D Martin Fehervary 43 R Tom Wilson 47 L Beck Malenstyn 52 D Matt Irwin 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 62 L Carl Hagelin 73 L Conor Sheary 74 D John Carlson 77 R T.J. Oshie 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov

Senior VP and General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches

Goaltending Coach Video Coordinator

0 - 0 - 0

0 - 0 - 0 (Home) 0 - 0 - 0 (Road)

New York Rangers

Team Game: 1 Road Game: 1

NHL Game #4

0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 (Home) 0 - 0 - 0 (Road)

GP W L OT GAA SV% # - - - - - - 31 - - - - - - 40

Goalie Igor Shesterkin Alexandar Georgiev

GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player

- - - - - - 5 D Jarred Tinordi - - - - - - 8 D Jacob Trouba - - - - - - 10 L Artemi Panarin - - - - - - 12 D Patrik Nemeth - - - - - - 13 L Alexis Lafreni?re - - - - - - 15 R Julien Gauthier - - - - - - 16 C Ryan Strome - - - - - - 17 C Kevin Rooney - - - - - - 20 L Chris Kreider - - - - - - 21 C Barclay Goodrow - - - - - - 23 D Adam Fox - - - - - - 24 R Kaapo Kakko - - - - - - 25 D Libor Hajek - - - - - - 27 D Nils Lundkvist - - - - - - 29 L Dryden Hunt - - - - - - 55 D Ryan Lindgren - - - - - - 72 C Filip Chytil - - - - - - 75 R Ryan Reaves - - - - - - 79 D K'Andre Miller - - - - - - 91 L Sammy Blais - - - - - - 93 C Mika Zibanejad

GP W ---

L OT GAA SV% -- - -- - -

GP G A P +/- PIM

- -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - -

Brian MacLellan

Peter Laviolette

Scott Arniel, Blaine Forsythe, Kevin McCarthy, Brett Leonhardt (Video)

Scott Murray

Jared Elenberger

President, General Manager, and Alternate Governor Assistant General Manager and General Manager, Hartford Wolf Pack Head Coach Assistant Coaches

Head Goaltending Coach & Director of New York Rangers Goaltending

Chris Drury

Ryan Martin

Gerard Gallant Gord Murphy, Mike Kelly, Jim

Midgley, Kyle Smith (Head Video Coordinator), Sam

Kelley (Video Assistant), Mark Ciaccio (Skills) Benoit Allaire

Tonight's Officials Referees Supervisor Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official.

Chris Rooney (5), Wes McCauley (4) Linesmen Paul Devorski Video Judge

Today's Schedule WPG @ ANA : 7:00

MTL @ TOR : 7:00

NYR @ WSH : 7:30

CHI @ COL : 8:00

Jonny Murray (95), Mark Shewchyk (92) John Sheiry

VAN @ EDM : 8:00

Washington Capitals: Roster

Active (23 Players)

# Name

2 Justin Schultz 3 Nick Jensen 8 Alex Ovechkin 9 Dmitry Orlov 10 Daniel Sprong 20 Lars Eller 21 Garnet Hathaway 24 Connor McMichael 26 Nic Dowd 29 Hendrix Lapierre 30 Ilya Samsonov 39 Anthony Mantha 41 Vitek Vanecek 42 Martin Fehervary 43 Tom Wilson 47 Beck Malenstyn 52 Matt Irwin 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 62 Carl Hagelin 73 Conor Sheary 74 John Carlson 77 T.J. Oshie 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov

23 Players Total

Pos

D D L D R C R C C C G R G D R L D D L L D R C

Avg:

Ht.

Wt.

6' 2"

188

6' 1"

205

6' 3"

238

5' 11"

214

6' 0"

193

6' 2"

205

6' 3"

208

6' 0"

180

6' 1"

193

6' 0"

180

6' 3"

200

6' 5"

234

6' 2"

184

6' 2"

199

6' 4"

220

6' 3"

200

6' 2"

200

6' 3"

191

6' 0"

183

5' 9"

179

6' 3"

215

6' 0"

187

6' 2"

207

6' 1"

200

Injured Reserve List (1 Players)

19 Nicklas Backstrom

C

6' 1"

202

Goal Streaks

No active streaks

Assist Streaks

No active streaks

New York Rangers: Roster

Active (23 Players)

# Name

5 Jarred Tinordi 8 Jacob Trouba 10 Artemi Panarin 12 Patrik Nemeth 13 Alexis Lafreni?re 15 Julien Gauthier 16 Ryan Strome 17 Kevin Rooney 20 Chris Kreider 21 Barclay Goodrow 23 Adam Fox 24 Kaapo Kakko 25 Libor Hajek 27 Nils Lundkvist 29 Dryden Hunt 31 Igor Shesterkin 40 Alexandar Georgiev 55 Ryan Lindgren 72 Filip Chytil 75 Ryan Reaves 79 K'Andre Miller 91 Sammy Blais 93 Mika Zibanejad

23 Players Total

Pos

D D L D L R C C L C D R D D L G G D C R D L C

Avg:

Ht.

Wt.

6' 6"

232

6' 3"

208

6' 0"

175

6' 4"

230

6' 2"

196

6' 4"

227

6' 1"

191

6' 2"

201

6' 3"

223

6' 2"

204

5' 11"

183

6' 3"

205

6' 3"

206

5' 11"

187

6' 0"

192

6' 1"

189

6' 1"

178

6' 1"

191

6' 3"

210

6' 2"

225

6' 4"

216

6' 2"

210

6' 2"

200

6' 2"

203

Goal Streaks

No active streaks

Assist Streaks

No active streaks

Born

Jul 6, 1990 Sep 21, 1990 Sep 17, 1985 Jul 23, 1991 Mar 17, 1997 May 8, 1989 Nov 23, 1991 Jan 15, 2001 May 27, 1990 Feb 9, 2002 Feb 22, 1997 Sep 16, 1994 Jan 9, 1996 Oct 6, 1999 Mar 29, 1994 Feb 4, 1998 Nov 29, 1987 Jul 24, 1991 Aug 23, 1988 Jun 8, 1992 Jan 10, 1990 Dec 23, 1986 May 19, 1992

Age: 28.7

Birthplace

Kelowna, BC, CAN Rogers, MN, USA Moscow, RUS Novokuznetsk, RUS Amsterdam, NLD Rodovre, DNK Kennebunkport, ME, USA Ajax, ON, CAN Huntsville, AL, USA Gatineau, QC, CAN Magnitogorsk, RUS Longueuil, QC, CAN Havlickuv Brod, CZE Bratislava, SVK Toronto, ON, CAN Delta, BC, CAN Victoria, BC, CAN Middletown, NJ, USA Sodertalje, SWE Winchester, MA, USA Natick, MA, USA Everett, WA, USA Chelyabinsk, RUS

Nov 23, 1987

G?vle, SWE

Point Streaks

No active streaks

Born

Feb 20, 1992 Feb 26, 1994 Oct 30, 1991 Feb 8, 1992 Oct 11, 2001 Oct 15, 1997 Jul 11, 1993 May 21, 1993 Apr 30, 1991 Feb 26, 1993 Feb 17, 1998 Feb 13, 2001 Feb 4, 1998 Jul 27, 2000 Nov 24, 1995 Dec 30, 1995 Feb 10, 1996 Feb 11, 1998 Sep 5, 1999 Jan 20, 1987 Jan 21, 2000 Jun 17, 1996 Apr 18, 1993

Age: 26.1

Birthplace Millersville, MD, USA Rochester, MI, USA Korkino, RUS Stockholm, SWE St-Eustache, QC, CAN Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC, CAN Mississauga, ON, CAN Canton, MA, USA Boxford, MA, USA Toronto, ON, CAN Jericho, NY, USA Turku, FIN Smrcek, CZE Pitea, SWE Cranbrook, BC, CAN Moscow, RUS Ruse, BGR Burnsville, MN, USA Kromeriz, CZE Winnipeg, MB, CAN St. Paul, MN, USA Montmagny, QC, CAN Stockholm, SWE

Point Streaks

No active streaks

New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals

Team Records

Last game: Next game: Overall record/streak: Home record/streak: Road record/streak: Last 5 Games: Last 10 Games: 1-Goal Games: 2-Goal Games: 3-Goal Games: Scoring first: Opponent scoring first: Leading after 1 period: Trailing after 1 period: Tied after 1 period: Leading after 2 periods: Trailing after 2 periods: Tied after 2 periods: OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Atlantic: vs. Metropolitan: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE:

New York Rangers -

Thursday vs DALLAS 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Month by Month Record

Totals:

New York Rangers

W-L-OT

Points

0-0-0

0

Washington Capitals -

Saturday vs TAMPA BAY 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 / None 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

Washington Capitals

W-L-OT

Points

0-0-0

0

New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals

Situations

Goals by Period

1

2

3

OT

T

Avg

New York Rangers:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Opponents:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Washington Capitals:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Opponents:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shots by Period

1

2

3

OT

T

Avg

New York Rangers:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Opponents:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Washington Capitals:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Opponents:

0

0

0

0

0

0

Power Play

G

Overall:

0

Home:

0

Road:

0

New York Rangers

Att

%

0

0 0

0

0 0

0

0 0

-

Washington Capitals

G

Att

%

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

-

Penalty Killing

G

Overall:

0

Home:

0

Road:

0

New York Rangers

Att

%

0

0 0

0

0 0

0

0 0

-

Washington Capitals

G

Att

%

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

0

0

0 0

-

Penalties

New York Rangers

GP

Min

Avg./Rank

0

0

0 0

Washington Capitals

GP

Min

Avg./Rank

0

0

0 0

Goal Situations

6 on 5: 6 on 4: 6 on 3: 5 on 5: 5 on 4: 5 on 3: 4 on 4: 4 on 3: 3 on 3: 3 on 4: 3 on 5: 3 on 6: 4 on 5: 4 on 6: 5 on 6: Empty Net: Penalty Shots:

Total:

New York Rangers

For

Against

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Washington Capitals

For

Against

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Individual Leaders

Points: Goals: Assists: PP Goals: SH Goals: GW Goals: 3+ Goals:

PIM: Shots:

+/-:

New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals

Situations

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Shootout

Shooter Goaltender

New York Rangers G/S

Record

% SV/SA

GDG SV%

Shooter Goaltender

Washington Capitals G/S

Record

% SV/SA

Power Play

New York Rangers

Player

G

A

P

No players to display

Shorthanded

New York Rangers

Player

G

A

P

No players to display

Washington Capitals

Player

G

A

No players to display

Washington Capitals

Player

G

A

No players to display

GDG SV%

P

P

Washington

Oct 13, 2021

New York

Feb 24, 2022 Apr 29, 2022

New York Rangers (0-0-0) @ Washington Capitals (0-0-0)

Season Series

Capitals

0

Capitals

0 0

Rangers

0

Rangers

0 0

Attend

0

Attend

0 0

Goaltenders

/

Goaltenders

/ /

W. Goal W. Goal

Rangers Head-to-Head Stats

Player Goaltender

GP

G

A

GP GS W L

P

+/-

PIM

PP

SH

GW

OT GAA SV% SA SV GA SO G

EN

S

%

A P PIM TOI

Capitals Head-to-Head Stats

Player Goaltender

GP

G

A

GP GS W L

P

+/-

PIM

PP

SH

GW

OT GAA SV% SA SV GA SO G

EN

S

%

A P PIM TOI

Washington Capitals: Media Notes

RECENT TRANSACTIONS - Recalled Beck Malenstyn and Connor McMichael from AHL Hershey, 10/12 - Assigned Zach Fucale, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Beck Malenstyn, Connor McMichael and Garrett Pilon to AHL Hershey, 10/11

CAPITALS MILESTONES WITHIN REACH Peter Laviolette - One win shy of becoming the winningest American-born head coach in NHL history Anthony Mantha - One goal shy of 100 career goals Alex Ovechkin - Two goals shy of passing Marcel Dionne for fifth on the NHL's all-time goals list, three games shy of 1,200 career games Lars Eller - Two games shy of 800 career games Garnet Hathaway - Three games shy of 300 career games

CAPITALS MILESTONES RECENTLY ACHIEVED None

INJURIES/ILLNESSES None

UPCOMING SCHEDULE Oct. 16, 7 p.m. (ET) vs. Tampa Bay (NBCSW, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7) Oct. 19, 7 p.m. (ET) vs. Colorado (ESPN+/Hulu, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7) Oct. 21, 7 p.m. (ET) at New Jersey (NBCSW, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7) Oct. 23, 1 p.m. (ET) vs. Calgary (NBCSW, NHLN, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7) Oct. 25, 7 p.m. (ET) at Ottawa (NBCSW+, 106.7 The Fan/Caps Radio 24/7)

Tonight's Game The Capitals face the New York Rangers on Wednesday in Washington's season opener, marking the fifth time in franchise history the Capitals have opened their season against the Rangers and the first time at home in franchise history. The Capitals have a 23-21-1-1 record all-time in season openers and are 5-0-2 over the last seven seasons. Washington holds a record of 16-1-2 in their last 19 home openers. Alex Ovechkin has recorded 20 points (11g, 9a) in 16 season-opening games, and his 11 goals in season openers are the most among active players. Only 12 players in NHL history have scored at least 12 career goals in their team's season-opening games ? with Ovechkin only a hat trick away from a share of the all-time lead.

Record 61-42-9-4

HOME vs. NY RANGERS

Goals For

Goals Against

403

358

Current Streak 1 WSH win (3/28/21)

Games Ovechkin (66) Backstrom (57) Carlson (44)

CAPITALS vs. RANGERS ALL-TIME (CAREER TOTALS)

Goals

Assists

Ovechkin (39)

Backstrom (37)

Backstrom (12)

Carlson (27)

Oshie (10)

Ovechkin (20)

Points Ovechkin (59) Backstrom (49) Carlson (33)

Note of the Night - With 730 career goals, Alex Ovechkin is two goals shy of passing Marcel Dionne (731g) for fifth on the NHL's all-time goals list - A 37-goal season would propel Ovechkin to 767 goals, which would pass Dionne, Brett Hull (741) and Jaromir Jagr (766) for third on the NHL's all-time goals list. - Ovechkin (269 PPG, 2nd; 116 GWG, 4th) also can move up NHL lists for career power-play goals (Dave Andreychuk: 274 PPG, 1st) and gamewinning goals (Phil Esposito: 118 GWG, 3rd). - Ovechkin needs 165 goals to pass Wayne Gretzky (894g) as the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer. With Ovechkin signed with the Capitals for the next five seasons, he would need to average 33 goals per season during that span to pass Gretzky as the NHL's all-time goal-scoring leader. - Ovechkin signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract on July 27. The deal will carry Ovechkin through 21 seasons with the Capitals. In Washington, D.C., sports history, only Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson and Washington Football Team cornerback Darrell Green have played at least 20

seasons with their respective team (Johnson: 21 seasons from 1907 to 1927; Green: 20 seasons from 1983 to 2002).

Top Caps Facts New Wave - The Capitals 2021-22 season-opening roster includes seven players aged 25 or younger, six of them who were drafted, including four rookies Hendrix Lapierre (19), Connor McMichael (20), Martin Fehervary (22) and Beck Malenstyn (23) (additionally 25 or younger: Daniel Sprong, Ilya Samsonov and Vitek Vanecek). - That marks the first time since 2015-16 that the Capitals have had at least seven players on the opening roster at the age of 25 or younger (2015-16: John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Tom Wilson, Andre Burakovsky, Michael Latta, Nate Schmidt and Marcus Johansson). - If Lapierre and McMichael both play, tonight could mark the first time since 2014-15 that multiple rookies play in a Capitals' season opener (2014-15: Wilson, Latta and Connor Carrick). - Should Lapierre make his NHL debut tonight, it will mark the fourth time in franchise history a Capitals draft pick made his NHL debut in either the ensuing or following year of his draft in three straight seasons (Fehervary, 2018-19; McMichael: 2019-20) and the first time since 2007-08 to 2010-11 (Nicklas Backstrom, Karl Alzner, John Carlson and Marcus Johansson). - Lapierre could become the first forward to make his NHL debut for the Capitals at the age of 19 since Burakovsky in the 2014-15 season. - Lapierre led Washington with five assists and tied with Evgeny Kuznetsov for the team lead in points (5) during the preseason. - In addition, Caps goaltenders Ilya Samsonov (24) and Vitek Vanecek (25) will begin the season as the youngest goaltending duo in the NHL.

Strong Core - The Capitals' core of Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson, T.J. Oshie, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov and Tom Wilson will enter their seventh season together. Only the Anaheim Ducks, New York Islanders and Winnipeg Jets have at least seven players play together for the last six seasons on their active roster. - The septet of players have combined for 826 of the Capitals' 1,463 goals since 2015-16 (56.5%), 1,377 of the 2,487 assists (55.4%) and 2,203 of the 3,950 points (55.8%).

American Leader - Should the Capitals win tonight against the New York Rangers, head coach Peter Laviolette will record his 674th career win, which would pass John Tortorella (673) for the most wins by an American-born coach in NHL history. - Last season, Laviolette set a franchise record with a .688 points percentage (36-15-5), the highest points percentage by a first-year head coach in franchise history. - Laviolette has improved his respective team's point percentage from the season prior to his arrival at all five franchise's he's coached in his career. - Last season, the Capitals ranked third in the NHL in goals (188) and their 3.36 goals per game average marked the second-highest average by the Capitals in the last 10 seasons. - Laviolette is 27 wins shy of becoming the 10th coach in NHL history to reach 700 career wins.

Super Carly - John Carlson has finished in the top-five in points among defensemen in each of the last four seasons, recording 44 points (10g, 34a) in 52 games last season. - Should Carlson finish in the top-5 this season, he will be the 23rd defenseman in NHL history to finish in the top-five in points in five straight seasons and the first since Brent Burns from 2014-15 to 2018-19. - Only Burns, Nicklas Lidstrom, Al MacInnis, Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Denis Potvin and Bobby Orr have accomplished this feat since 1970, and 18 of 21 defensemen to accomplish this feat and are eligible are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. - Since 2017-18, Carlson ranks first in the NHL in points among defensemen (53g, 204a, 257p), holding a 33-point lead over the next closest defenseman (Brent Burns: 224 points). - Carlson is 12 assists shy of passing Michal Pivonka (418a) for the third-most assists in franchise history. Should Carlson pass Pivonka, the Capitals will be one of three teams with their top-three franchise assist leaders on their active roster, joining the Vegas Golden Knights (founded in 2017-18) and the Winnipeg Jets (founded in 1999-00).

Mo Time - Anthony Mantha, who enters the regular season one goal shy of his 100th career goal, has scored at a pace of at least 20 goals in each of his last five seasons. - Mantha set a career-high mark of 25 goals in 2018-19 in just 67 games, a 30-goal pace. Mantha followed that season with 16 goals in 43 games in the shortened 2019-20 season, again scoring at a 30-goal pace. - Since his first full season in the NHL in 2016-17, Mantha's 6.5 relative shot attempt percentage at five-on-five is the second-highest percentage in the NHL among players with at least 200 games played, trailing only Boston's Patrice Bergeron (7.2 percent).

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