2021–22 Washington Capitals season

The 2021–22 Washington Capitals season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.^[2] On April 17, 2022, the Capitals clinched a playoff spot after the New York Islanders lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[3] The Capitals were defeated in the first round by the Florida Panthers, in six games.

2021–22 Washington Capitals
Division	4th Metropolitan
Conference	8th Eastern
2021–22 record	44–26–12
Home record	19–16–6
Road record	25–10–6
Goals for	275
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Peter Laviolette
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom John Carlson
Arena	Capital One Arena
Average attendance	18,573^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears (AHL) South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (50)
Assists	John Carlson Evgeny Kuznetsov (54)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (90)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (98)
Plus/minus	Nick Jensen (+32)
Wins	Ilya Samsonov (23)
Goals against average	Zachary Fucale (1.75)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Carolina Hurricanes	82	54	20	8	47	278	202	+76	116
2	x – New York Rangers	82	52	24	6	44	254	207	+47	110
3	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	46	25	11	37	272	229	+43	103
4	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
5	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
6	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
7	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
8	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61

Source: National Hockey League^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
2	ME	x – Washington Capitals	82	44	26	12	35	275	245	+30	100
3	ME	e – New York Islanders	82	37	35	10	34	231	237	−6	84
4	ME	e – Columbus Blue Jackets	82	37	38	7	26	262	300	−38	81
5	AT	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	AT	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	AT	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	ME	e – New Jersey Devils	82	27	46	9	19	248	307	−59	63
9	ME	e – Philadelphia Flyers	82	25	46	11	20	211	298	−87	61
10	AT	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League^[5]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021.^[6]

2021–22 game log
October: 5–0–3 (home: 3–0–3; road: 2–0–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 13 New York Rangers 5–1 Vanecek 18,573 1–0–0 2 ^[7] 2 October 16 Tampa Bay 1–2 OT Vanecek 18,573 1–0–1 3 ^[8] 3 October 19 Colorado 6–3 Samsonov 18,573 2–0–1 5 ^[9] 4 October 21 @ New Jersey 4–1 Vanecek 12,377 3–0–1 7 ^[10] 5 October 23 Calgary 3–4 OT Samsonov 18,573 3–0–2 8 ^[11] 6 October 25 @ Ottawa 7–5 Samsonov 11,387 4–0–2 10 ^[12] 7 October 27 Detroit 2–3 OT Vanecek 18,573 4–0–3 11 ^[13] 8 October 29 Arizona 2–0 Samsonov 18,573 5–0–3 13 ^[14]
November: 9–4–2 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–3–2) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 9 November 1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 2–3 Vanecek 19,092 5–1–3 13 ^[15] 10 November 4 @ Florida Panthers 4–5 OT Vanecek 12,542 5–1–4 14 ^[16] 11 November 6 Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 Vanecek 18,573 5–2–4 14 ^[17] 12 November 8 Buffalo Sabres 5–3 Vanecek 18,573 6–2–4 16 ^[18] 13 November 11 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 Fucale 16,812 7–2–4 18 ^[19] 14 November 12 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 Samsonov 16,985 8–2–4 20 ^[20] 15 November 14 Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 Vanecek 18,573 9–2–4 22 ^[21] 16 November 16 @ Anaheim Ducks 2–3 OT Vanecek 13,456 9–2–5 23 ^[22] 17 November 17 @ Los Angeles Kings 2–0 Samsonov 14,694 10–2–5 25 ^[23] 18 November 20 @ San Jose Sharks 4–0 Samsonov 16,527 11–2–5 27 ^[24] 19 November 21 @ Seattle Kraken 2–5 Vanecek 17,151 11–3–5 27 ^[25] 20 November 24 Montreal Canadiens 6–3 Samsonov 18,573 12–3–5 29 ^[26] 21 November 26 Florida Panthers 4–3 Samsonov 18,573 13–3–5 31 ^[27] 22 November 28 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 Samsonov 18,815 14–3–5 33 ^[28] 23 November 30 @ Florida Panthers 4–5 Samsonov 12,365 14–4–5 33 ^[29]
December: 6–2–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 24 December 2 Chicago Blackhawks 3–4 SO Vanecek 18,573 14–4–6 34 ^[30] 25 December 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Samsonov 18,573 15–4–6 36 ^[31] 26 December 6 Anaheim Ducks 4–3 SO Samsonov 18,573 16–4–6 38 ^[32] 27 December 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–4 Samsonov 18,573 16–5–6 38 ^[33] 28 December 11 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–2 SO Vanecek 9,554 17–5–6 40 ^[34] 29 December 15 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4–5 OT Samsonov 18,260 17–5–7 41 ^[35] 30 December 17 @ Winnipeg Jets 5–2 Vanecek 14,039 18–5–7 43 ^[36] 31 December 19 Los Angeles Kings 2–3 Vanecek 18,573 18–6–7 43 ^[37] — December 21 @ Philadelphia Flyers Postponed due to COVID-19.^[38] Moved to February 17.^[39] — December 23 @ New York Islanders Postponed due to COVID-19.^[40] Moved to April 28.^[39] — December 27 Ottawa Senators Postponed due to COVID-19.^[41] Moved to February 13.^[39] 32 December 29 Nashville Predators 5–3 Samsonov 18,573 19–6–7 45 ^[42] 33 December 31 @ Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Samsonov 17,721 20–6–7 47 ^[43]
January: 5–6–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–2–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 34 January 2 New Jersey Devils 3–4 OT Samsonov 18,573 20–6–8 48 ^[44] — January 4 @ Montreal Canadiens Postponed due to attendance restrictions.^[45] Moved to February 10.^[39] 35 January 7 @ St. Louis Blues 1–5 Samsonov 18,096 20–7–8 48 ^[46] 36 January 8 @ Minnesota Wild 2–3 SO Fucale 19,078 20–7–9 49 ^[47] 37 January 10 Boston Bruins 3–7 Fucale 18,573 20–8–9 49 ^[48] 38 January 15 @ New York Islanders 2–0 Vanecek 17,255 21–8–9 51 ^[49] 39 January 16 Vancouver Canucks 2–4 Samsonov 18,573 21–9–9 51 ^[50] 40 January 18 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 OT Vanecek 18,573 22–9–9 53 ^[51] 41 January 20 @ Boston Bruins 3–4 Vanecek 17,850 22–10–9 53 ^[52] 42 January 22 Ottawa Senators 2–3 OT Vanecek 18,573 23–10–9 55 ^[53] 43 January 24 Vegas Golden Knights 0–1 Vanecek 18,573 23–11–9 55 ^[54] 44 January 26 San Jose Sharks 1–4 Samsonov 18,573 23–12–9 55 ^[55] 45 January 28 @ Dallas Stars 5–0 Vanecek 18,532 24–12–9 57 ^[56]
February: 4–6–0 (home: 0–4–0; road: 4–2–0) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 46 February 1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 OT Samsonov 17,826 25–12–9 59 ^[57] 47 February 2 Edmonton Oilers 3–5 Copley 18,573 25–13–9 59 ^[58] 48 February 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 4–5 Samsonov 18,573 25–14–9 59 ^[59] 49 February 10 @ Montreal Canadiens 5–2 Samsonov 500 26–14–9 61 ^[60] 50 February 13 Ottawa Senators 1–4 Samsonov 18,573 26–15–9 61 ^[61] 51 February 15 @ Nashville Predators 4–1 Samsonov 17,238 27–15–9 63 ^[62] 52 February 17 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 Samsonov 16,886 28–15–9 65 ^[63] 53 February 24 @ New York Rangers 1–4 Samsonov 18,006 28–16–9 65 ^[64] 54 February 26 @ Philadelphia Flyers 1–2 Samsonov 18,276 28–17–9 65 ^[65] 55 February 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–5 Vanecek 18,573 28–18–9 65 ^[66]
March: 9–3–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 5–0–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 56 March 3 Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 Vanecek 18,573 29–18–9 67 ^[67] 57 March 5 Seattle Kraken 5–2 Vanecek 18,573 30–18–9 69 ^[68] 58 March 8 @ Calgary Flames 5–4 Vanecek 15,628 31–18–9 71 ^[69] 59 March 9 @ Edmonton Oilers 3–4 OT Samsonov 16,368 31–18–10 72 ^[70] 60 March 11 @ Vancouver Canucks 4–3 OT Vanecek 18,814 32–18–10 74 ^[71] 61 March 15 New York Islanders 4–3 SO Vanecek 18,573 33–18–10 76 ^[72] 62 March 17 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2 Vanecek 15,911 34–18–10 78 ^[73] 63 March 18 @ Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 SO Samsonov 18,680 35–18–10 80 ^[74] 64 March 20 Dallas Stars 2–3 Vanecek 18,573 35–19–10 80 ^[75] 65 March 22 St. Louis Blues 2–5 Vanecek 18,573 35–20–10 80 ^[76] 66 March 25 @ Buffalo Sabres 4–3 SO Samsonov 9,740 36–20–10 82 ^[77] 67 March 26 New Jersey Devils 4–3 Vanecek 18,573 37–20–10 84 ^[78] 68 March 28 Carolina Hurricanes 1–6 Vanecek 18,573 37–21–10 84 ^[79]
April: 7–5–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–3–1) Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 69 April 3 Minnesota Wild 1–5 Vanecek 18,573 37–22–10 84 ^[80] 70 April 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 Samsonov 18,573 38–22–10 86 ^[81] 71 April 9 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 Samsonov 18,404 39–22–10 88 ^[82] 72 April 10 Boston Bruins 4–2 Vanecek 18,573 40–22–10 90 ^[83] 73 April 12 Philadelphia Flyers 9–2 Samsonov 18,573 41–22–10 92 ^[84] 74 April 14 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 3–7 Samsonov 18,466 41–23–10 92 ^[85] 75 April 16 @ Montreal Canadiens 8–4 Vanecek 21,105 42–23–10 94 ^[86] 76 April 18 @ Colorado Avalanche 3–2 Samsonov 18,020 43–23–10 96 ^[87] 77 April 20 @ Vegas Golden Knights 3–4 OT Samsonov 18,240 43–23–11 97 ^[88] 78 April 22 @ Arizona Coyotes 2–0 Vanecek 14,053 44–23–11 99 ^[89] 79 April 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4 SO Vanecek 18,573 44–23–12 100 ^[90] 80 April 26 New York Islanders 1–4 Samsonov 18,573 44–24–12 100 ^[91] 81 April 28 @ New York Islanders 1–5 Vanecek 16,722 44–25–12 100 ^[92] 82 April 29 @ New York Rangers 2–3 Samsonov 17,230 44–26–12 100 ^[93]
Win (2 Points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs

2022 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Florida Panthers: Florida won 4–2 Game Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 @ Florida 4–2 Vanecek 19,678 1–0 ^[94] 2 May 5 @ Florida 1–5 Vanecek 19,636 1–1 ^[95] 3 May 7 Florida 6–1 Samsonov 18,573 2–1 ^[96] 4 May 9 Florida 2–3 OT Samsonov 18,573 2–2 ^[97] 5 May 11 @ Florida 3–5 Samsonov 20,023 2–3 ^[98] 6 May 13 Florida 3–4 OT Samsonov 18,573 2–4 ^[99]
Win   Loss

Player statistics

As of April 29, 2022

Skaters

Regular season^[100] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Alexander Ovechkin 77 50 40 90 +8 18 Evgeny Kuznetsov 79 24 54 78 +7 44 John Carlson 78 17 54 71 +13 20 Tom Wilson 78 24 28 52 +13 98 Conor Sheary 71 19 24 43 −2 14 Dmitry Orlov 76 12 23 35 +25 44 Lars Eller 72 13 18 31 −4 40 Nicklas Backstrom 47 6 25 31 −8 12 Garnet Hathaway 76 14 12 26 +19 57 T. J. Oshie 44 11 14 25 −12 18 Nic Dowd 64 10 14 24 +10 44 Anthony Mantha 37 9 14 23 +4 14 Justin Schultz 74 4 19 23 −15 16 Nick Jensen 76 5 16 21 +32 21 Connor McMichael 68 9 9 18 −3 10 Martin Fehervary 79 8 9 17 +15 26 Trevor van Riemsdyk 72 1 16 17 −3 40 Daniel Sprong^‡ 47 8 6 14 +6 8 Carl Hagelin 53 3 11 14 +10 20 Aliaksei Protas 33 3 6 9 +4 0 Joe Snively 12 4 3 7 +3 2 Marcus Johansson^† 18 3 3 6 −4 0 Brett Leason 36 3 3 6 +1 4 Johan Larsson^† 14 1 5 6 −1 2 Michael Sgarbossa 10 2 2 4 +3 0 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby 23 2 2 4 0 4 Matt Irwin 17 1 3 4 0 6 Michal Kempny 15 1 1 2 −3 16 Beck Malenstyn 12 1 0 1 +2 9 Garrett Pilon 2 1 0 1 +1 0 Hendrix Lapierre 6 1 0 1 +2 2 Lucas Johansen 1 0 1 1 +1 0 Dennis Cholowski^‡ 7 0 1 1 −4 2 Mike Vecchione 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Alexander Alexeyev 1 0 0 0 0 2

Playoffs^[101] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM T. J. Oshie 6 6 1 7 +2 0 Nicklas Backstrom 6 2 4 6 +1 4 Alexander Ovechkin 6 1 5 6 −3 0 Evgeny Kuznetsov 6 2 3 5 −3 2 John Carlson 6 1 4 5 −5 2 Anthony Mantha 6 0 4 4 −3 13 Justin Schultz 6 1 2 3 +2 6 Lars Eller 6 1 2 3 −4 0 Garnet Hathaway 6 1 1 2 −6 16 Trevor van Riemsdyk 6 1 1 2 +3 0 Nic Dowd 6 1 1 2 −3 4 Marcus Johansson 6 1 1 2 +1 0 Johan Larsson 6 0 2 2 −2 2 Tom Wilson 1 1 0 1 0 0 Connor McMichael 4 0 1 1 0 0 Conor Sheary 6 0 1 1 −2 0 Dmitry Orlov 6 0 1 1 −4 2 Brett Leason 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Martin Fehervary 6 0 0 0 −7 8 Nick Jensen 6 0 0 0 −5 4

Goaltenders

Regular season^[102]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ilya Samsonov	44	39	2,361:18	23	12	5	119	3.02	1,145	.896	3	0	0	0
Vitek Vanecek	42	39	2,317:23	20	12	6	103	2.67	1,117	.908	4	0	0	0
Zachary Fucale	4	3	171:35	1	1	1	5	1.75	66	.924	1	0	0	0
Pheonix Copley	2	1	96:35	0	1	0	5	3.11	41	.878	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[103]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ilya Samsonov	5	4	262:54	1	3	13	2.97	148	.912	0	0	0	0
Vitek Vanecek	2	2	99:49	1	1	7	4.21	51	.863	0	0	0	2

^†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 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	To New York Rangers ARI 3rd-round pick in 2021	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2021 6th-round pick in 2021	^[104]
July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26)	To Winnipeg Jets Brenden Dillon	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2022 2nd-round pick in 2023	^[105]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To Seattle Kraken WPG 2nd-round pick in 2023	To Washington Capitals Vitek Vanecek	^[106]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Seattle Kraken Daniel Sprong 4th-round pick in 2022 6th-round pick in 2022	To Washington Capitals Marcus Johansson	^[107]
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2023	To Washington Capitals Johan Larsson	^[108]

Notes:

• ^[a] Arizona will receive a third-round pick in 2024 if Colorado wins the 2022 Stanley Cup and Kuemper in 50% of their playoff games; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Matt Irwin	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	^[109]
	Dylan McIlrath	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency	^[109]
	Hunter Shepard	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[109]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)	Mike Vecchione	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	^[110]
October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Buffalo Sabres		Waivers	^[111]
October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)	Dennis Cholowski	Seattle Kraken		Waivers	^[112]
March 1, 2022 (2022-03-01)	Henrik Rybinski	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	3-year	Free agency	^[113]
March 28, 2022 (2022-03-28)	Clay Stevenson	Dartmouth Big Green (ECAC)	2-year	Free agency	^[114]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Vitek Vanecek	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[115]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Craig Anderson	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	^[116]
	Michael Raffl	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	^[117]
August 20, 2021 (2021-08-20)	Henrik Lundqvist			Retirement	^[118]
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	Buffalo Sabres		Waivers	^[119]
October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)	Cameron Schilling	Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[120]
February 9, 2022 (2022-02-09)	Dennis Cholowski	Seattle Kraken		Waivers	^[121]
June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15)	Tobias Geisser	EV Zug (NL)	3-year	Free agency	^[122]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08)	Beck Malenstyn	1-year	Re-signing	^[123]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Alexander Ovechkin	5-year	Re-signing	^[124]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Lucas Johansen	1-year	Re-signing	^[109]
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)	Ilya Samsonov	1-year	Re-signing	^[125]
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)	Vincent Iorio	3-year	Entry-level	^[126]
November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)	Nic Dowd	3-year	Extension	^[127]
March 16, 2022 (2022-03-16)	Joe Snively	2-year	Extension	^[128]
March 28, 2022 (2022-03-28)	Mike Vecchione	1-year	Extension	^[129]
April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)	Garin Bjorklund	3-year	Entry-level	^[130]
May 2, 2022 (2022-05-02)	Bogdan Trineyev	3-year	Entry-level	^[131]
June 25, 2022 (2022-06-25)	Brett Leason	2-year	Extension	^[132]
	Beck Malenstyn	2-year	Extension	^[133]

Draft picks

See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which were held on July 23 to 24, 2021. It was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
2	55	Vincent Iorio	D	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	80	Brent Johnson	D	USA	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
4	119	Joaquin Lemay	D	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
5	151	Haakon Hanelt	F/D	Germany	Eisbaren Berlin (DEL)
6	176	Dru Krebs	D	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6	183	Chase Clark	G	USA	Jersey Hitmen (USPHL)

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