2020–21 Washington Capitals season

The 2020–21 Washington Capitals season is the 47th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.[2] This will be the first season for Peter Laviolette as head coach of the Capitals[3] after their former head coach Todd Reirden was fired from the team on August 23, 2020.[4] On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Capitals will play this season in the East Division and will play games against only the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Washington Capitals
2020–21 record6–2–3
Home record4–1–1
Road record2–1–2
Goals for40
Goals against38
Team information
General managerBrian MacLellan
CoachPeter Laviolette[1]
CaptainAlexander Ovechkin
Alternate captainsNicklas Backstrom
John Carlson
ArenaCapital One Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Hershey Bears (AHL)
South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsNicklas Backstrom (5)
AssistsNicklas Backstrom (9)
PointsNicklas Backstrom (14)
Penalty minutesBrenden Dillon (16)
Plus/minusJustin Schultz (+9)
WinsVitek Vanecek (5)
Goals against averageVitek Vanecek (2.95)

Standings

Divisional standings
East Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Bruins 11 8 1 2 4 36 24 +12 18
2 Philadelphia Flyers 12 7 3 2 5 39 37 +2 16
3 Washington Capitals 11 6 2 3 4 40 38 +2 15
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 10 5 4 1 1 30 37 −7 11
5 New Jersey Devils 9 4 3 2 3 23 26 −3 10
6 New York Rangers 10 4 4 2 3 29 28 +1 10
7 Buffalo Sabres 10 4 4 2 2 30 32 −2 10
8 New York Islanders 9 3 4 2 3 19 24 −5 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 5, 2021. 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 amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[6]

2020–21 game log
January: 6–0–3 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 2–0–2)
February: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 0–1–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
10February 1Boston3–5Vanecek06–1–315Recap
11February 4@ NY Rangers2–4Vanecek06–2–315Recap
12February 7Philadelphia–
13February 9Philadelphia–
14February 11@ Buffalo–
15February 13@ Buffalo–
16February 14@ Pittsburgh–
17February 16@ Pittsburgh–
18February 20NY Rangers–
19February 21NY Rangers–
20February 23Pittsburgh–
21February 25Pittsburgh–
22February 27@ New Jersey–
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)

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

Player statistics

As of January 28, 2021

Skaters
Regular season[7]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nicklas Backstrom84610−12
John Carlson8369−22
Tom Wilson6437+24
T. J. Oshie8257+18
Jakub Vrana8336+42
Justin Schultz8246+90
Alexander Ovechkin4145+10
Brenden Dillon8134+69
Nic Dowd8213+58
Conor Sheary6213−14
Garnet Hathaway8213+52
Zdeno Chara8123+74
Evgeny Kuznetsov4123+14
Daniel Sprong6112−10
Lars Eller7112−14
Richard Panik802202
Carl Hagelin8011+32
Daniel Carr2011+10
Nick Jensen5011+12
Michael Sgarbossa2011+10
Dmitry Orlov4000−42
Jonas Siegenthaler4000−22
Trevor van Riemsdyk3000−10
Brian Pinho2000−20
Connor McMichael100002

Goaltenders
Regular season[8]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Vitek Vanecek66371:08402172.75200.9150000
Ilya Samsonov22125:0010173.3653.8680000

Draft picks
See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks

Below are the Washington Capitals' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26-27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 6-7, 2020 the draft was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 22 Hendrix Lapierre C Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
4 117 Bogdan Trineyev RW Russia Dynamo Moscow 2 (MHL)
5 148 Bear Hughes D United States Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6 179 Garin Bjorklund G Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
7 211 Oskar Magunsson LW Sweden Malmo Redhawks (SHL)

Roster

Updated February 4, 2021[9][10]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Craig Anderson G L 39 2021 Park Ridge, Illinois
19 Nicklas Backstrom (A) C L 33 2006 Gävle, Sweden
74 John Carlson (A) D R 31 2008 Natick, Massachusetts
28 Daniel Carr LW L 29 2020 Sherwood Park, Alberta
33 Zdeno Chara D L 43 2020 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
4 Brenden Dillon D L 30 2020 New Westminster, British Columbia
26 Nic Dowd C R 30 2018 Huntsville, Alabama
20 Lars Eller C L 31 2016 Rødovre, Denmark
42 Martin Fehervary D L 21 2018 Bratislava, Slovakia
39 Zachary Fucale G L 25 2020 Laval, Quebec
62 Carl Hagelin LW L 32 2019 Nykvarn, Sweden
21 Garnet Hathaway RW R 29 2019 Naples, Florida
3 Nick Jensen D R 30 2019 Rogers, Minnesota
6 Michal Kempny  D L 30 2018 Hodonín, Czechoslovakia
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C L 28 2010 Chelyabinsk, Russia
35 Henrik Lundqvist  G L 38 2020 Åre, Sweden
16 Philippe Maillet C L 28 2019 Lachenaie, Quebec
47 Beck Malenstyn  RW L 23 2016 Delta, British Columbia
9 Dmitry Orlov D L 29 2009 Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
77 T. J. Oshie RW R 34 2015 Mount Vernon, Washington
8 Alexander Ovechkin (C) LW R 35 2004 Moscow, Soviet Union
14 Richard Panik RW L 29 2019 Martin, Czechoslovakia
64 Brian Pinho C R 25 2013 North Andover, Massachusetts
30 Ilya Samsonov G L 23 2015 Magnitogorsk, Russia
2 Justin Schultz D R 30 2020 Kelowna, British Columbia
23 Mike Sgarbossa C L 28 2018 Campbellville, Ontario
73 Conor Sheary LW L 28 2020 Winchester, Massachusetts
34 Jonas Siegenthaler D L 23 2015 Zürich, Switzerland
10 Daniel Sprong RW R 23 2020 Amsterdam, Netherlands
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D R 29 2020 Middletown, New Jersey
41 Vitek Vanecek G L 25 2014 Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
13 Jakub Vrana LW L 24 2014 Prague, Czech Republic
43 Tom Wilson RW R 26 2012 Toronto, Ontario

References
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  2. National Hockey League (2012). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2013. Triumph Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-60078-785-0.
  3. Kaplan, Emily (September 15, 2020). "Peter Laviolette named head coach of Washington Capitals". ESPN.com. ESPN Enterprises. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  4. Gulitti, Tom (August 23, 2020). "Reirden fired as Capitals coach after another loss in Eastern First Round". NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L. P. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  5. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  6. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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  8. "2020–21 Regular season – Washington Capitals Stats – Goalies". NHL.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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