2018–19 Washington Capitals 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]

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^[1]
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)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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.

Standings

Metropolitan Division

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

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2018.^[6]

2018 preseason game log: 2–3–2 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 1–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score Record 1 September 16 @ Boston 1–2 SO 0–0–1 2 September 18 Boston 2–5 0–1–1 3 September 20 @ Montreal 2–5 0–2–1 4 September 21 @ Carolina 1–5 0–3–1 5 September 25 @ St. Louis 4–0 1–3–1 6 September 28 Carolina 4–5 OT 1–3–2 7 September 30 St. Louis 5–2 2–3–2

Regular season

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

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 OT 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)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Capitals faced the Carolina Hurricanes in the First Round of the playoffs,^[8] and were defeated in seven games.^[9]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina won 4–3 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Location Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Carolina 4–2 Holtby Capital One Arena 18,506 1–0 Recap 2 April 13 Carolina 4–3 OT Holtby Capital One Arena 18,506 2–0 Recap 3 April 15 @ Carolina 0–5 Holtby PNC Arena 18,783 2–1 Recap 4 April 18 @ Carolina 1–2 Holtby PNC Arena 19,202 2–2 Recap 5 April 20 Carolina 6–0 Holtby Capital One Arena 18,506 3–2 Recap 6 April 22 @ Carolina 2–5 Holtby PNC Arena 18,913 3–3 Recap 7 April 24 Carolina 3–4 2OT Holtby Capital One Arena 18,506 3–4 Recap
Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of April 24, 2019^[10]

Skaters

Regular season^[11] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Alexander Ovechkin 81 51 38 89 7 40 Nicklas Backstrom 80 22 52 74 2 30 Evgeny Kuznetsov 76 21 51 72 7 50 John Carlson 80 13 57 70 21 34 T. J. Oshie 69 25 29 54 5 36 Jakub Vrana 82 24 23 47 20 27 Brett Connolly 81 22 24 46 13 24 Tom Wilson 63 22 18 40 11 128 Lars Eller 81 13 23 36 –1 37 Dmitry Orlov 82 3 26 29 3 33 Andre Burakovsky 76 12 13 25 2 14 Matt Niskanen 80 8 17 25 –3 41 Michal Kempny 71 6 19 25 24 60 Nic Dowd 64 8 14 22 10 20 Travis Boyd 53 5 15 20 6 6 Chandler Stephenson 64 5 6 11 –13 0 Carl Hagelin^† 20 3 8 11 7 10 Christian Djoos 45 1 9 10 9 4 Brooks Orpik 53 2 7 9 8 32 Devante Smith-Pelly 54 4 4 8 –6 15 Dmitrij Jaskin 37 2 6 8 –5 6 Madison Bowey^‡ 33 1 5 6 3 38 Nick Jensen^† 20 0 5 5 3 4 Jonas Siegenthaler 26 0 4 4 6 10 Tyler Lewington 2 1 1 2 3 7 Nathan Walker 3 0 1 1 1 2

Playoffs^[12] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Alexander Ovechkin 7 4 5 9 –2 19 Nicklas Backstrom 7 5 3 8 –4 4 Evgeny Kuznetsov 7 1 5 6 –1 2 Tom Wilson 7 3 2 5 1 2 John Carlson 7 0 5 5 0 6 Dmitry Orlov 7 0 4 4 –2 4 Lars Eller 7 1 2 3 –1 2 Brett Connolly 7 2 0 2 –2 6 T. J. Oshie 4 1 1 2 0 4 Brooks Orpik 7 1 1 2 –1 0 Andre Burakovsky 7 1 1 2 –3 0 Matt Niskanen 7 0 2 2 0 0 Nic Dowd 7 1 0 1 –1 6 Carl Hagelin 7 0 1 1 –1 0 Jakub Vrana 7 0 0 0 –1 6 Chandler Stephenson 6 0 0 0 –2 2 Devante Smith-Pelly 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Jensen 7 0 0 0 –2 2 Jonas Siegenthaler 4 0 0 0 0 2 Christian Djoos 3 0 0 0 –3 0 Travis Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[13]

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

Playoffs^[14]

Player	GP	GS	MIN	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Braden Holtby	7	7	448:58	3	4	20	2.67	233	.914	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

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]

Free agents

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]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)	Dmitrij Jaskin	from St. Louis Blues	^[36]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref December 7, 2018 (2018-12-07) Sergei Shumakov Mutual termination ^[37] May 1, 2019 (2019-05-01) Maximilian Kammerer Mutual termination ^[38] May 18, 2019 (2019-05-18) Juuso Ikonen Mutual termination ^[39]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

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]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	31	Alexander Alexeyev	D	Russia	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
2	46^1	Martin Fehervary	D	Slovakia	IK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan)
2	47^2	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)

Notes:

1. The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on July 2, 2017, that sent Marcus Johansson to New Jersey in exchange for Toronto's third-round pick in 2018 and this pick.^[56]
2. The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as the result of a trade on June 22, 2018, that sent Philipp Grubauer and Brooks Orpik to Colorado in exchange for this pick.^[15]

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