2009–10 Washington Capitals season

2009–10 Washington Capitals
Presidents' Trophy Winners
Southeast Division Champions
Division 1st Southeast
Conference 1st Eastern
2009–10 record 54–15–13
Home record 30–5–6
Road record 24–10–7
Goals for 315
Goals against 229
Team information
General Manager George McPhee
Coach Bruce Boudreau
Captain Chris Clark (Oct-Dec)
Vacant (28 Dec-5 Jan)
Alexander Ovechkin (Jan-Apr)
Alternate captains Mike Knuble
Alexander Ovechkin (Oct-Jan)
Tom Poti
Arena Verizon Center
Average attendance 18,277
Team leaders
Goals Alexander Ovechkin (50)
Assists Nicklas Backstrom (68)
Points Alexander Ovechkin (109)
Penalties in minutes Alexander Ovechkin (87)
Plus/minus Jeff Schultz (+48)
Wins Jose Theodore (30)
Goals against average Semyon Varlamov (2.54)
<2008–09 2010–11>

The 2009–10 Washington Capitals season was the 36th season for the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL). The season started with the 2009 NHL Entry Draft on June 26–27, with the Capitals holding the 24th selection in the draft.[1]

Pre-season

# Date Opponent Score Location
1 September 17 Buffalo Sabres W 4-3 (OT) HSBC Arena
2 September 19 Chicago Blackhawks W 3-2 (OT) United Center
3 September 21 Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 Verizon Center
4 September 23 Chicago Blackhawks W 6-2 Verizon Center
5 September 24 New York Rangers L 2-3 Madison Square Garden
6 September 27 New York Rangers W 4-3 Verizon Center

Regular season

On December 28, the Capitals traded away captain Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Jason Chimera. On January 5, Alexander Ovechkin was named the new team captain, the unanimous choice of his teammates.

From January 13 to February 7, 2010, Washington won 14 straight games.[2]

By finishing the regular season with 121 points in the standings, the Capitals became the first non-Original Six team to ever reach the 120-point plateau.

The Capitals finished the regular season in first place in scoring, with 313 goals (excluding five shootout-winning goals). This was the highest total by an NHL team since the 1995–96 season. Seven Washington players reached the 20-goal mark. The Capitals also scored the most power-play goals in the League, with 79, and had the best power-play percentage, at 25.24% (79 for 313).[3][4][5]

Divisional standings

Southeast Division[6]
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Washington Capitals 82 54 15 13 318 233 121
2 Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 34 13 234 256 83
3 Carolina Hurricanes 82 35 37 10 230 256 80
4 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 34 36 12 217 260 80
5 Florida Panthers 82 32 37 13 208 244 77

Conference standings

Eastern Conference[7]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Washington Capitals SE 82 54 15 13 318 233 121
2 y – New Jersey Devils AT 82 48 27 7 222 191 103
3 y – Buffalo Sabres NE 82 45 27 10 235 207 100
4 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 47 28 7 257 237 101
5 Ottawa Senators NE 82 44 32 6 225 238 94
6 Boston Bruins NE 82 39 30 13 206 200 91
7 Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 41 35 6 236 225 88
8 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 39 33 10 217 223 88
8.5
9 New York Rangers AT 82 38 33 11 222 218 87
10 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 35 34 13 234 256 83
11 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 35 37 10 230 256 80
12 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 34 36 12 217 260 80
13 New York Islanders AT 82 34 37 11 222 264 79
14 Florida Panthers SE 82 32 37 13 208 244 77
15 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 30 38 14 214 267 74

bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division)

AT - Atlantic Division, NE - Northeast Division, SE - Southeast Division

Game log

2009–10 Game Log

Playoffs

On March 11, the Capitals clinched the division title for the third consecutive season after also winning division titles in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 campaigns. The Capitals also clinched as the Eastern Conference regular season champions. On April 4, the Capitals won their first ever Presidents' Trophy award. The Capitals played the Montreal Canadiens in the opening round. The Canadiens won Game 1, 3–2 in overtime. The Capitals won the next three games to take a 3–1 series lead. The Canadiens won the next two games to tie the series at 3–3 and force a Game 7. In Game 7, the Canadiens took a 2–0 lead, which held up until the third period. The Capitals came close many times and outshot the Canadiens 42 to 16, but Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak kept them in the game, only allowing one goal. The Canadiens won the game 2–1 and eliminated the Capitals in the first round, considered one of the biggest playoff upsets in NHL history.

Key:      Win      Loss      Clinch Playoff Series      Eliminated from playoffs

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 72 50 59 109 45 89
Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 82 33 68 101 37 50
Semin, AlexanderAlexander Semin 73 40 44 84 36 66
Green, MikeMike Green 75 19 57 76 39 54
Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich 78 25 34 59 16 34
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble 69 29 24 53 23 59
Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann 69 23 28 51 9 28
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 74 12 30 42 23 40
Fehr, EricEric Fehr 69 21 18 39 18 24
Poti, TomTom Poti 70 4 20 24 26 42
Bradley, MattMatt Bradley 77 10 14 24 6 47
Schultz, JeffJeff Schultz 73 3 20 23 50 32
Chimera, JasonJason Chimera† 39 7 10 17 6 51
Steckel, DavidDavid Steckel 79 5 11 16 4 19
Clark, ChrisChris Clark‡ 38 4 11 15 -4 27
Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn 68 1 11 12 8 68
Pothier, BrianBrian Pothier‡ 41 4 7 11 12 10
Gordon, BoydBoyd Gordon 36 4 6 10 4 12
Perreault, MathieuMathieu Perreault 21 4 5 9 4 6
Erskine, JohnJohn Erskine 50 1 5 6 16 66
Sloan, TylerTyler Sloan 40 2 4 6 -1 22
Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 22 1 5 6 11 8
Belanger, EricEric Belanger† 17 2 4 6 3 4
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo† 18 2 4 6 -4 2
Aucoin, KeithKeith Aucoin 9 1 4 5 -2 0
Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 21 0 5 5 -2 8
Laing, QuintinQuintin Laing 36 2 2 4 2 21
Jurcina, MilanMilan Jurcina‡† 27 0 4 4 0 14
Giroux, AlexandreAlexandre Giroux 9 1 2 3 3 4
Walker, ScottScott Walker† 9 2 1 3 1 9
Wilson, KyleKyle Wilson 2 0 2 2 1 0
Beagle, JayJay Beagle 7 1 1 2 -1 2
Kane, BoydBoyd Kane 3 0 0 0 -1 2
Gordon, AndrewAndrew Gordon 2 0 0 0 -2 0
Bourque, ChrisChris Bourque† 1 0 0 0 -2 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 7 5 5 10 5 0
Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 7 5 4 9 7 4
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble 7 2 4 6 2 6
Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 7 1 3 4 6 0
Poti, TomTom Poti 6 0 4 4 9 5
Fehr, EricEric Fehr 7 3 1 4 2 4
Bradley, MattMatt Bradley 7 1 2 3 2 2
Chimera, JasonJason Chimera 7 1 2 3 2 2
Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich 7 2 1 3 -2 4
Green, MikeMike Green 7 0 3 3 1 12
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo 7 1 1 2 -2 4
Semin, AlexanderAlexander Semin 7 0 2 2 0 4
Gordon, BoydBoyd Gordon 6 1 1 2 2 0
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison 5 0 1 1 -1 2
Belanger, EricEric Belanger 7 0 1 1 0 4
Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann 6 0 1 1 -1 6
Schultz, JeffJeff Schultz 7 0 1 1 -1 4
Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 1 0 0 0 0 0
Walker, ScottScott Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sloan, TylerTyler Sloan 2 0 0 0 -1 0
Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn 5 0 0 0 1 2
Steckel, DavidDavid Steckel 3 0 0 0 1 0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 47 2586 30 7 7 121 2.81 1352 .911 1 0 2 0
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov 26 1527 15 4 6 65 2.55 718 .909 2 0 1 0
Neuvirth, MichalMichal Neuvirth 17 872 9 4 0 40 2.75 464 .914 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM
Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov 6 349 3 3 14 2.41 153 .908 0 0 0 0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 2 81 0 1 5 3.70 40 .875 0 0 0 0

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

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
Alexander Ovechkin[8] NHL First Star of the Week October 5, 2009
Alexander Ovechkin[9] NHL Third Star of the Week October 19, 2009
Alexander Ovechkin[10] NHL Second Star of the Month October 2009
Nicklas Backstrom[11] NHL First Star of the Week December 7, 2009
Alexander Ovechkin[12] NHL First Star of the Week January 18, 2010
Alexander Ovechkin[13] NHL First Star of the Month January 2010
Nicklas Backstrom[14] NHL Third Star of the Week February 1, 2010
Alexander Ovechkin[15] NHL First Star of the Week February 8, 2010
Nicklas Backstrom[16] NHL Third Star of the Week February 8, 2010
Nicklas Backstrom[17] NHL Third Star of the Week April 12, 2010
Alexander Ovechkin[18] Ted Lindsay Award winner June 23, 2010
Jose Theodore[19] Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy winner June 23, 2010

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Date
Details
June 27, 2009[20] To Phoenix Coyotes
Sami Lepisto		 To Washington Capitals
5th-round pick in 2010
July 17, 2009[21] To Calgary Flames
Keith Seabrook		 To Washington Capitals
Future considerations
December 28, 2009[22] To Columbus Blue Jackets
Chris Clark
Milan Jurcina		 To Washington Capitals
Jason Chimera
March 3, 2010[23] To Carolina Hurricanes
7th-round pick in 2010		 To Washington Capitals
Scott Walker
March 3, 2010[24] To Minnesota Wild
2nd-round pick in 2010		 To Washington Capitals
Eric Belanger
March 3, 2010[25] To Columbus Blue Jackets
6th-round pick in 2010		 To Washington Capitals
Milan Jurcina
March 3, 2010[26] To Carolina Hurricanes
Brian Pothier
Oskar Osala
2nd-round pick in 2011		 To Washington Capitals
Joe Corvo

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms
Jake Hauswirth[27] Omaha Lancers 3 years, $545,000[28]
Mike Knuble[29] Philadelphia Flyers 2 years, $5.6 million
Brendan Morrison[30] Dallas Stars 1 year, $1.5 million
Dustin Stevenson[31] La Ronge Ice Wolves 3 year entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms
Sergei Fedorov[32] Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2 years
Viktor Kozlov[33] Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3 years
Donald Brashear[34] New York Rangers 2 years, $2.8 million
Graham Mink[35] Florida Panthers 2 years, $525,000
Staffan Kronwall[36] Calgary Flames 2 years, $500,000
Brent Johnson[37] Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years, $2 million

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers
Chris Bourque[38] Pittsburgh Penguins December 5, 2009

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers
Chris Bourque[39] Pittsburgh Penguins September 30, 2009

Player signings

Player Contract terms
Anton Gustafsson[40] 3 years
Quintin Laing[41] 1 year
Boyd Gordon[42] 1 year, $761,000
Shaone Morrisonn[43] 1 year, $1.975 million
Eric Fehr[44] 1 year, $771,750
Chris Bourque[45] 1 year
Kyle Wilson[46] 1 year
Steve Pinizzotto[47] 2 years
Jeff Schultz[48] 1 year, $715,000
Milan Jurcina[49] 1 year, $1.375 million
Cody Eakin[50] 3 year entry level contract
Alexander Semin[51] 1 year, $6 million contract extension
Tyler Sloan[52] 2 year contract extension
David Steckel[53] 3 year contract extension
Keith Aucoin[54] 2 year contract extension
Dmitri Kugryshev[55] 3 year entry-level contract

Roster

Updated April 27, 2010.[56]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27 Canada Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner D L 28 2007 Burnaby, British Columbia
19 Sweden Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom C L 29 2006 Gävle, Sweden
18 Canada Belanger, EricEric Belanger C L 38 2010 Sherbrooke, Quebec
10 Canada Bradley, MattMatt Bradley RW R 37 2005 Stittsville, Ontario
74 United States Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson D R 26 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
25 Canada Chimera, JasonJason Chimera LW L 37 2009 Edmonton, Alberta
77 United States Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo D R 39 2010 Oak Park, Illinois
4 Canada Erskine, JohnJohn Erskine D L 36 2006 Kingston, Ontario
16 Canada Fehr, EricEric Fehr RW R 31 2003 Winkler, Manitoba
14 Czech Republic Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann LW L 32 2004 Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia
15 Canada Gordon, BoydBoyd Gordon C R 33 2002 Unity, Saskatchewan
52 Canada Green, MikeMike Green D R 31 2004 Calgary, Alberta
23 Slovakia Jurcina, MilanMilan Jurcina  D L 33 2010 Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia
22 United States Knuble, MikeMike Knuble (A) RW R 44 2009 Toronto, Ontario
21 Canada Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich C L 33 2004 Wawota, Saskatchewan
53 Canada Laing, QuintinQuintin Laing LW L 37 2006 Harris, Saskatchewan
9 Canada Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison C L 41 2009 Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
26 Canada Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn D L 33 2004 Vancouver, British Columbia
8 Russia Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 31 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union
3 United States Poti, TomTom Poti (A) D L 39 2007 Worcester, Massachusetts
55 Canada Schultz, JeffJeff Schultz D L 30 2004 Calgary, Alberta
28 Russia Semin, AlexanderAlexander Semin LW R 32 2002 Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
89 Canada Sloan, TylerTyler Sloan D L 35 2008 Calgary, Alberta
39 United States Steckel, DaveDave Steckel C L 34 2005 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
60 Canada Theodore, JoseJose Theodore G R 40 2008 Laval, Quebec
40 Russia Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov G L 28 2006 Kuybyshev, Soviet Union
24 Canada Walker, ScottScott Walker RW R 43 2010 Cambridge, Ontario

Draft picks

The Capitals' picks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, in Montreal, Quebec on June 26–27, 2009.

Rnd Pick Player Nat Pos Team (league) NHL statistics
GPGAPtsPIM
124 Marcus Johansson  Sweden C Farjestads BK (SEL)
255 Dmitri Orlov  Russia D Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL)
385 Cody Eakin  Canada C Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
4115 Patrick Wey  United States D Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
5144 Brett Fleming  Canada D Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
6174 Garrett Michael  Canada RW Regina Pats (WHL)
7204 Benjamin Casavant  Canada LW P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Hershey Bears

The Capitals' American Hockey League affiliate will remain to be the Hershey Bears in the 2009–10 season.

South Carolina Stingrays

The South Carolina Stingrays remain Washington's ECHL affiliate for the 2009–10 season.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kimelman, Adam (2009-06-13). "Final order for Entry Draft set". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  2. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/2010_games.html
  3. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/WSH/2010.html
  4. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010_games.html
  5. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2010.html
  6. ↑ "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.
  7. ↑ "2009–2010 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League.
  8. ↑ Ovechkin, Anderson and Tkachuk named NHL "Three Stars"
  9. ↑ Bryzgalov, Anderson, Ovechkin named NHL "Three Stars" of the week
  10. ↑ Anderson, Ovechkin, Bryzgalov named NHL 'Three Stars' for October
  11. ↑ Backstrom, Weiss, Duchene named '3 Stars of Week'
  12. ↑ Ovechkin, Mason and Latendresse named NHL's three stars of the week
  13. ↑ Ovi, Henrik Sedin, Vokoun named January's best
  14. ↑ Phoenix Coyotes' Shane Doan named NHL first star of the week with nine points
  15. ↑ Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin once again named NHL first star of week
  16. ↑ Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin once again named NHL first star of week
  17. ↑ Crosby, Staal, Backstrom are NHL's Stars of the Week
  18. ↑ Ovechkin Wins 3rd Consecutive NHLPA MVP
  19. ↑ Jose Theodore Honored with Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
  20. ↑ COYOTES ACQUIRE LEPISTO FROM WASHINGTON, HESHKA FROM VANCOUVER IN EXCHANGE FOR DRAFT PICKS
  21. ↑ Capitals Trade Keith Seabrook to Calgary Flames
  22. ↑ Capitals Acquire Jason Chimera from Columbus for Chris Clark, Milan Jurcina
  23. ↑ Capitals Acquire Right Wing Scott Walker from Carolina
  24. ↑ Capitals Acquire Center Eric Belanger from Minnesota
  25. ↑ Capitals Acquire Defenseman Milan Jurcina from Columbus
  26. ↑ Capitals Acquire Defenseman Joe Corvo from Carolina
  27. ↑ Capitals Sign Center Jake Hauswirth
  28. ↑ Jake Hauswirth - CapGeek
  29. ↑ Capitals Sign Mike Knuble to Two-Year Contract
  30. ↑ Caps Sign Brendan Morrison
  31. ↑ Capitals Sign Defenseman Dustin Stevenson
  32. ↑ Fedorov: "I Always Wanted to Play on the Same Team With My Brother"
  33. ↑ 2009-10 Washington Capitals Preview
  34. ↑ Rangers agree to terms with Brashear
  35. ↑ Florida Panthers Sign RW Graham Mink
  36. ↑ Flames sign d-man Kronwall
  37. ↑ Pens Sign Goaltender Brent Johnson
  38. ↑ Capitals Claim Chris Bourque off Waivers from Pittsburgh
  39. ↑ Penguins Claim Forward Chris Bourque Off Waivers
  40. ↑ Capitals Sign Center Anton Gustafsson Archived May 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  41. ↑ Capitals Re-Sign Left Wing Quintin Laing to One-Year Contract
  42. ↑ Capitals Sign Boyd Gordon
  43. ↑ Capitals Sign Shaone Morrisonn and Eric Fehr
  44. ↑ Capitals Sign Shaone Morrisonn and Eric Fehr
  45. ↑ Chris Bourque, Steve Pinizzotto and Kyle Wilson also signed for next year
  46. ↑ Chris Bourque, Steve Pinizzotto and Kyle Wilson also signed for next year
  47. ↑ Chris Bourque, Steve Pinizzotto and Kyle Wilson also signed for next year
  48. ↑ Capitals Sign Jeff Schultz
  49. ↑ Capitals Sign Milan Jurcina
  50. ↑ Capitals Sign Center Cody Eakin
  51. ↑ Caps Extend Forward Alexander Semin
  52. ↑ Capitals Sign Tyler Sloan and David Steckel to Contract Extensions
  53. ↑ Capitals Sign Tyler Sloan and David Steckel to Contract Extensions
  54. ↑ Capitals Sign Keith Aucoin to Two-Year Contract Extension
  55. ↑ Capitals Sign Right Wing Dmitry Kugryshev
  56. ↑ "Capitals Roster". Washington Capitals. Retrieved 2010-04-27.

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