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1 Washington Capitals Game Notes Thu, Mar 7, 0 NHL Game # Washington Capitals (9 pts) Florida Panthers (9 pts) Team Game: Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Michal Neuvirth Braden Holtby # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Tom Poti 0 - D John Erskine L Alex Ovechkin (C) C Mike Ribeiro R Joey Crabb R Eric Fehr L Wojtek Wolski C Nicklas Backstrom (A) R Troy Brouwer C Brooks Laich (A) L Aaron Volpatti L Jason Chimera C Matt Hendricks 5 7 D Karl Alzner D Tomas Kundratek R Joel Ward D Jeff Schultz D Steve Oleksy D John Carlson R Jay Beagle C Mathieu Perreault # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Scott Clemmensen Jacob Markstrom # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM C Jonathan Huberdeau R Jack Skille 5-6 C Mike Santorelli L Tomas Fleischmann C Drew Shore D Filip Kuba C Shawn Matthias R George Parros - 9 D Tyson Strachan R Jerred Smithson R Alex Kovalev 5-6 D Nolan Yonkman D Erik Gudbranson D Colby Robak D Brian Campbell (A) R Jonathan Rheault C Marcel Goc R Tomas Kopecky C Peter Mueller Vice President and General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Director of Goaltending & NHL Goaltender Coach George McPhee Adam Oates Tim Hunter, Calle Johansson, Blaine Forsythe Dave Prior Executive Vice President/General Manager Assistant General Manager Alternate Governor Head Coach Assistant Coaches Dale Tallon Michael Santos William A. Torrey Kevin Dineen Craig Ramsay, Gord Murphy, Robb Tallas Tonight's Officials Referees Ian Walsh #9; Dan O'Rourke #9 Linesmen David Brisebois #96; Michel Cormier #76 Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green Video Judge Mike Jukoski Today's Schedule BOS : 7:00 NJD : 7:00 NYI : 7:00 PHI : 7:00 WSH : 7:00 CAR : 7:00 CBJ : 7:00 PHX : 7:00 TBL : 7:0 DET : 7:0 LAK : 7:0

2 Washington Capitals: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Tom Poti D 6' " 90 Mar, 977 Worcester, MA, USA John Erskine D 6' " 0 Jun 6, 980 Kingston, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' " 0 Sep 7, 985 Moscow, RUS 9 Mike Ribeiro C 6' 0" 77 Feb 0, 980 Montreal, QC, CAN 5 Joey Crabb R 6' " 90 Apr, 98 Anchorage, AK, USA 6 Eric Fehr R 6' " Sep 7, 985 Winkler, MB, CAN 7 Wojtek Wolski L 6' " 5 Feb, 986 Zabrze, POL 9 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' " Nov, 987 Gavle, SWE 0 Troy Brouwer R 6' " Aug 7, 985 Vancouver, BC, CAN Brooks Laich C 6' " 0 Jun, 98 Wawota, SK, CAN Aaron Volpatti L 6' 0" 5 May 0, 985 Revelstoke, BC, CAN 5 Jason Chimera L 6' " May, 979 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6 Matt Hendricks C 6' 0" Jun 7, 98 Blaine, MN, USA 7 Karl Alzner D 6' " Sep, 988 Burnaby, BC, CAN 0 Michal Neuvirth G 6' " 09 Mar, 988 Ústí nad Labem, CZE 6 Tomas Kundratek D 6' " 0 Dec 6, 989 Prerov, CZE Joel Ward R 6' " 6 Dec, 980 North York, ON, CAN 55 Jeff Schultz D 6' 6" 0 Feb 5, 986 Calgary, AB, CAN 6 Steve Oleksy D 6' 0" 90 Feb, 986 Chesterfield, MI, USA 70 Braden Holtby G 6' " 0 Sep 6, 989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 7 John Carlson D 6' " Jan 0, 990 Natick, MA, USA 8 Jay Beagle R 6' " 5 Oct 6, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 85 Mathieu Perreault C 5' 0" 85 Jan 5, 988 Drummondville, QC, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " 08 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Jack Hillen D 5' 0" 90 Jan, 986 Minnetonka, MN, USA 5 Mike Green D 6' " 07 Oct, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 90 Marcus Johansson C 6' " 05 Oct 6, 990 Landskrona, SWE Goal Streaks MIKE RIBEIRO ( / Games) Assist Streaks NICKLAS BACKSTROM ( / Games) ERIC FEHR ( / Games) ALEX OVECHKIN ( / Games) Point Streaks ERIC FEHR (-- / Games) NICKLAS BACKSTROM (0-- / Games) MIKE RIBEIRO (-- / Games) ALEX OVECHKIN (0-- / Games) Florida Panthers: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Jonathan Huberdeau C 6' " 77 Jun, 99 Saint-Jerome, QC, CAN Jack Skille R 6' " 9 May 9, 987 Madison, WI, USA Mike Santorelli C 6' 0" 89 Dec, 985 Vancouver, BC, CAN Tomas Fleischmann L 6' " 9 May 6, 98 Koprivnice, CZE 5 Drew Shore C 6' " 00 Jan 9, 99 Denver, CO, USA 7 Filip Kuba D 6' " 5 Dec 9, 976 Ostrava, CZE 8 Shawn Matthias C 6' " 0 Feb 9, 988 Missisauga, ON, CAN George Parros R 6' 5" 8 Dec 9, 979 Washington, PA, USA Tyson Strachan D 6' " 5 Oct 0, 98 Melfort, SK, CAN 5 Jerred Smithson R 6' " 09 Feb, 979 Vernon, BC, CAN 7 Alex Kovalev R 6' " Feb, 97 Togliatti, RUS 0 Scott Clemmensen G 6' " 0 Jul, 977 Des Moines, IA, USA Nolan Yonkman D 6' 6" 5 Apr, 98 Punnichy, SK, CAN 5 Jacob Markstrom G 6' 6" 96 Jan, 990 Gavle, SWE Erik Gudbranson D 6' 5" 0 Jan 7, 99 Ottawa, ON, CAN 7 Colby Robak D 6' " 9 Apr, 990 Dauphin, MB, CAN 5 Brian Campbell D 5' 0" 90 May, 979 Strathroy, ON, CAN 5 Jonathan Rheault R 5' 0" 0 Aug, 986 Arlington, TX, USA 57 Marcel Goc C 6' " 97 Aug, 98 Calw, DEU 8 Tomas Kopecky R 6' " 0 Feb 5, 98 Ilava, SVK 88 Peter Mueller C 6' " 0 Apr, 988 Bloomington, MN, USA Players Total Avg: 6' " 06 Age: 8.6 Injured Reserve List (8 Players) 7 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' " 05 Oct 9, 990 Lipetsk, RUS 9 Stephen Weiss C 5' " 90 Apr, 98 Toronto, ON, CAN 9 Scottie Upshall L 6' 0" 00 Oct 7, 98 Fort McMurray, AB, CAN Kris Versteeg R 5' " 8 May, 986 Lethbridge, AB, CAN Mike Weaver D 5' 0" 80 May, 978 Bramalea, ON, CAN 55 Ed Jovanovski D 6' " 0 Jun 6, 976 Windsor, ON, CAN 60 Jose Theodore G 5' " 7 Sep, 976 Laval, QC, CAN 6 Michael Caruso D 6' " 9 Jul 5, 988 Missisauga, ON, CAN

3 Goal Streaks JONATHAN HUBERDEAU ( / Games) Assist Streaks BRIAN CAMPBELL ( / Games) Point Streaks JONATHAN HUBERDEAU (-0- / Games) BRIAN CAMPBELL (0-- / Games)

4 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Mike Ribeiro : C 9 Nicklas Backstrom : 5. 6 L 8 Alex Ovechkin : R 0 Troy Brouwer : R Joel Ward :56 5. R 6 Eric Fehr : D 7 John Carlson : C 85 Mathieu Perreault : D 5 Mike Green : D 6 Tomas Kundratek : L 5 Jason Chimera : C 6 Matt Hendricks : L 7 Wojtek Wolski : D John Erskine : R 8 Jay Beagle : D 55 Jeff Schultz : D Tom Poti : L Aaron Volpatti : D 7 Karl Alzner : C 90 Marcus Johansson : 5. R 5 Joey Crabb : D 6 Steve Oleksy : D 8 Jack Hillen : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 70 Braden Holtby Michal Neuvirth Florida Panthers: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L Tomas Fleischmann :7.9 0 C Jonathan Huberdeau : D 5 Brian Campbell : R 8 Tomas Kopecky :8 9. C 88 Peter Mueller : C 5 Drew Shore : C 57 Marcel Goc : D Mike Weaver : D 7 Dmitry Kulikov : C 8 Shawn Matthias : R 7 Alex Kovalev : R Jack Skille : C 9 Stephen Weiss : R 5 Jerred Smithson : D 7 Filip Kuba : D Erik Gudbranson : R Kris Versteeg : 0.0 R George Parros : D Tyson Strachan : L 9 Scottie Upshall : C Mike Santorelli : D 7 Colby Robak :9 0.0 D 55 Ed Jovanovski : D Nolan Yonkman :5 0.0 D 6 Michael Caruso : R 5 Jonathan Rheault : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 60 Jose Theodore Scott Clemmensen Jacob Markstrom

5 Florida Washington Capitals Team Records Florida Panthers Washington Capitals Last game: Tuesday VS WINNIPEG (- W) Tuesday VS BOSTON (- W) Next game: Friday VS WINNIPEG Saturday AT NY ISLANDERS Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Win / Undef Home record/streak: / Win / Undef / Win / Undef Road record/streak: / Lost / Win / Undef Last 5 Games: Last 0 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Northeast: vs. Atlantic: vs. Southeast: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. Northwest: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record Florida Panthers Washington Capitals W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

6 Florida Washington Capitals Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Florida Panthers: (.5 avg.) Opponents: (.6 avg.) Washington Capitals: (.8 avg.) Opponents: (.0 avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Florida Panthers: (9.6 avg.) Opponents: (. avg.) Washington Capitals: (7.9 avg.) Opponents: (0.9 avg.) Power Play Florida Panthers Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: (th NHL) (th NHL) Home: 5. (8th NHL) (T-th NHL) Road: 0. (th NHL) 7. (8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-0th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-7th NHL) Penalty Killing Florida Panthers Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: (9th NHL) (8th NHL) Home: (0th NHL) (th NHL) Road: (rd NHL) (th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-0th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-0th NHL) Penalties Florida Panthers Washington Capitals GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 67.6 (T-9th NHL) 6.5 (T-th NHL) Goal Situations Florida Panthers Washington Capitals For Against For Against 5 on 5: on : on : 0 0 on : 5 on : on : on : on 5: on 5: 5 5 Empty Net: 0 0 Penalty Shots: 0 0 Total:

7 Florida Washington Capitals Situations Individual Leaders Florida Panthers Washington Capitals Points: T. FLEISCHMANN (7),J. HUBERDEAU (6),B. CAMPBELL (6) M. RIBEIRO (5),N. BACKSTROM (9),A. OVECHKIN (7) Goals: J. HUBERDEAU (),T. KOPECKY (9),B. CAMPBELL (6) T. BROUWER (9),M. RIBEIRO (8),A. OVECHKIN (8) Assists: T. FLEISCHMANN (),B. CAMPBELL (0),D. SHORE (8) M. RIBEIRO (7),N. BACKSTROM (7),A. OVECHKIN (9) PP Goals: B. CAMPBELL (5),T. KOPECKY (),A. KOVALEV () M. RIBEIRO (5),A. OVECHKIN (5),T. BROUWER () SH Goals: T. FLEISCHMANN () E. FEHR () GW Goals: B. CAMPBELL (),A. KOVALEV (),T. FLEISCHMANN () A. OVECHKIN (),T. BROUWER (),M. HENDRICKS () + Goals: T. KOPECKY() A. OVECHKIN() PIM: G. PARROS (9),T. KOPECKY (6),S. WEISS (5) M. HENDRICKS (),A. VOLPATTI (),M. RIBEIRO (8) Shots: J. HUBERDEAU (67),T. FLEISCHMANN (6),D. SHORE (6) A. OVECHKIN (89),J. CARLSON (9),T. BROUWER (6) +/-: J. RHEAULT (+),D. SHORE (+),N. YONKMAN (0) J. WARD (+9),E. FEHR (+7),J. ERSKINE (+) Shootout Florida Panthers Shooter G/S % GDG Peter Mueller / Jonathan Huberdeau / 50.0 Goaltender Rec. G/S % Jose Theodore - /.500 Washington Capitals Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % Power Play Florida Panthers Player G A P Brian Campbell Tomas Fleischmann 7 8 Tomas Kopecky 7 Dmitry Kulikov 0 Jonathan Huberdeau Drew Shore Alex Kovalev Marcel Goc Stephen Weiss Peter Mueller 0 Scottie Upshall 0 Kris Versteeg 0 Filip Kuba 0 Erik Gudbranson 0 Washington Capitals Player G A P Mike Ribeiro 5 8 Alex Ovechkin 5 9 Troy Brouwer 8 Nicklas Backstrom 7 8 Mike Green 0 Tomas Kundratek 0 Joel Ward Mathieu Perreault Marcus Johansson 0 Tom Poti 0 Short Handed Florida Panthers Player G A P Tomas Fleischmann 0 Washington Capitals Player G A P Eric Fehr 0

8 Florida Panthers Washington Capitals (-0) Season Series Washington Capitals Panthers Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Feb 9, ,506 Braden Holtby / Jose Theodore Troy Brouwer Florida Capitals Panthers Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Feb, ,0 Braden Holtby / Scott Clemmensen Troy Brouwer Panthers Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Jonathan Huberdeau Drew Shore Peter Mueller Shawn Matthias Tomas Fleischmann Dmitry Kulikov Jack Skille Marcel Goc Filip Kuba Erik Gudbranson Kris Versteeg Tyson Strachan Stephen Weiss Tomas Kopecky Mike Weaver Jerred Smithson George Parros Alexei Kovalev Brian Campbell Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Scott Clemmensen Jose Theodore Power play 0-7 (0%) Penalty Killing - 5 (0%) Capitals Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Joel Ward Mike Ribeiro Troy Brouwer Alex Ovechkin Eric Fehr Mathieu Perreault Nicklas Backstrom Karl Alzner Matt Hendricks Mike Green Jeff Schultz Tomas Kundratek Jason Chimera John Carlson Wojtek Wolski Joey Crabb John Erskine Jay Beagle Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Braden Holtby Power play - 5 (60%) Penalty Killing 7-7 (00%)

9 Washington Capitals: Media Notes Washington Boston OT * March 5, 0 * Verizon Center Caps Goals: Ribeiro, Kundratek, Wolski, Fehr (GW) Shots: WSH 6, BOS Power Plays: WSH 0-, BOS - Three Stars: -Fehr (WSH), -Chara (BOS), -Kundratek (WSH) RECENT TRANSACTIONS March 6 Roman Hamrlik was claimed off of waivers by the New York Rangers March Signed and recalled Steven Oleksy from Hershey Feb. 8 Claimed Aaron Volpatti off of Waivers from Vancouver Feb. 8 Assigned Philipp Grubauer and Casey Wellman to Hershey Feb. 7 Recalled Philipp Grubauer from Hershey Feb. 6 Recalled Casey Wellman from Hershey INJURIES/ILLNESSES F Brooks Laich, missed games (/9-/5) D Jack Hillen, missed 0 games (/-/5) F Marcus Johansson, missed 0 games (/9-/5) D Mike Green, missed games (/-5) F Troy Brouwer, missed game (/5) Total Man-Games Lost: 6 TODAY S GAME The Washington Capitals conclude a brief two-game homestand tonight against the Southeast Division-rival Florida Panthers at Verizon Center. Washington is coming off of a come-from-behind - overtime victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday and enters tonight s contest with a season-high three-game home winning streak. The Capitals have won each of the season s first two matchups with Florida, scoring at least five goals in both contests. Washington currently owns a record of 9--. Florida is coming off of a - win over Winnipeg on Tuesday. The Panthers are currently tied with the Capitals with 9 points and enter tonight s contest with a record of UPCOMING GAMES Date Opponent Time (ET) TV March 7 vs. Florida 7 p.m. CSN March 9 at New York Islanders p.m. CSN March 0 vs. New York Rangers :0 p.m. NBC, TSN March vs. Carolina 7 p.m. CSN March at Carolina 7 p.m. CSN, NHLN Radio: Caps games can be heard on WJFK 06.7 FM, WFED 500 AM and the Caps Radio Network Audio: WashingtonCaps.com, Caps Mobile App MEDIA RESOURCES The 0- Washington Capitals media guide is available for download by following this link: 0- Washington Capitals media guide Free wireless internet is available in the Verizon Center press box and Event Level press room. Please reference the bulletin boards in those locations or the nametag at your press box seat for login information. NOTE OF THE NIGHT Home ice The Capitals have not lost to the Panthers in their last six visits to the Verizon Center (/8/-/9/). Washington has outscored Florida -6 during that time, with three of the last four meetings resulting in Caps shutouts. The Capitals have outscored the Panthers 6- at Verizon Center dating back to last season. TOP FIVE CAPS FACTS Southeast treat The Capitals have compiled a 5--0 record against teams from the Southeast Division this season, the second-best record in Southeast divisional play. Washington has won its last five contests against Southeast Division opponents and is -0 this season against Florida.

10 Playing Fehr Fehr s three-point game on March 5 vs. Boston was the second of his career and it came nearly five years to the day after his first, which also came against the Bruins at Verizon Center. Fehr now has a point in seven of his last 0 games, with five goals and points during that span. With points on the season, Fehr is one of 76 NHL skaters with at least that many points this season. Fehr s average ice time total of :57 per night is the lowest among all 76 of those players (as of Wednesday). More than holding his own Capitals rookie defenseman Tomas Kundratek scored his first career NHL goal and added an assist on March 5 vs. Boston for his first-career multiple-point game. He currently ranks tied for third in the league among rookie blueliners in points despite ranking 6th in the league in average ice time per game (5:). Three s company Washington currently owns a 9--0 record when it scores three or more goals in a game this season. The Capitals have also outscored their opponents 9-0 in the third period in their last five games. The three-goal deficit that Washington overcame on March 5 vs. Boston was the biggest deficit Washington has overcome in a victory this season. Streaking Braden Holtby started his 0th consecutive game on March 5 vs. Boston. The last goaltender to start 0 consecutive games for Washington was Tomas Vokoun last season from Dec. 8 Jan. 7. The last Capitals goaltender to start more than 0 straight games was Olie Kolzig, who started 6 consecutive games from Oct. 7, 00 Nov., 00 (courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau). SERIES NOTES * Washington leads the series entering the 07th meeting ( at home). * This is the third of four meetings between these two clubs this season. * Washington defeated Florida 5-0 at home on Feb. 9 and won a 6-5 overtime contest on Feb. in Florida. * Last year, the Capitals went --0. Home: /5 WSH vs. FLA /7 WSH vs. FLA 0 0/8 WSH vs. FLA 0 Road: /7 WSH at FLA / WSH at FLA /5 WSH at FLA 5 MORE CAPITALS NOTES All about Ovi * Alex Ovechkin finished the 0- season ranked fifth in the NHL with 8 goals. * Alex Ovechkin has scored the most goals (7) and points (696) in the NHL since the season. * Alex Ovechkin scored his 0th goal of the season on March 8, 0, in Chicago and became the ninth player in NHL history to score 0 or more goals in his first seven seasons in the league. He also became just the third player in the league to have scored 0 or more goals every season since (Ovechkin s rookie season). * Alex Ovechkin s overtime goal against the Lightning on March 8, 0, was the th of his NHL career. Since his rookie season (005-06), Ovechkin has scored more overtime goals than any other NHL player. * Alex Ovechkin s 9 goals in his first seven seasons are the seventh-most in NHL history. * Alex Ovechkin registered 0 shots on net last season, tied for the fifth-highest total in the NHL. Since entering the league in , Ovechkin has tallied 00 or more shots each season to become the only active player in the NHL to have accomplished such feat in each of the last seven seasons. * Alex Ovechkin was the only player in the league to score 0 or more goals (8) and also dish out 00 or more hits (5) in 0-. Holtby shuts the door Braden Holtby s three shutouts this season are more than Washington s team leader had in that department in of the team s previous 7 seasons of existence. With six career shutouts, Holtby has tied Pat Riggin and Rick Tabaracci for seventh on the franchise s all-time list. Riggin needed games to get his six shutouts; Tabaracci needed 69 games. Holtby recorded his sixth shutout in his 5th career NHL game. Stake a claim The Washington Capitals claimed left wing Aaron Volpatti off of waivers on Feb. 8 from Vancouver. Volpatti is the first player claimed off of waivers by Washington since Marco Sturm was claimed from Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 0. The Capitals last waiver claim from Vancouver occurred on Oct., 005, when they claimed goaltender Brent Johnson from the Canucks. Johnson spent the next four seasons with the Capitals. Making the most Mike Ribeiro ranks tied for second in the NHL in power-play points with (five goals, eight assists) despite ranking tied for 70th in the league in average power-play ice time per game (:8). Ribeiro leads all Capitals skaters in power-play points while ranking tied for fourth in power-play ice time per game. UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES

11 Wojtek Wolski is two goals away from 00 career NHL goals (98) Alex Ovechkin is points away from 700 career NHL points (696) HOW THE CAPS WERE BUILT Draft (): Alzner, Backstrom, Carlson, Fehr, Green, Holtby, Johansson, Neuvirth, Ovechkin, Perreault, Schultz Free agency (9): Beagle, Crabb, Erskine, Hendricks, Hillen, Oleksy, Poti, Ward, Wolski Trade (5): Brouwer, Chimera, Kundratek, Laich, Ribeiro Waivers (): Volpatti Seven players who scored,000 or more career points have gone on to become NHL head coaches: Name Career Points Years Coached Wayne Gretzky, Phil Esposito, , Bryan Trottier, Adam Oates,0 0-present Denis Savard, Alex Delvecchio, Dale Hunter,00 0- ONE-TIMERS * For the first time since the 00-0 season and just the fourth time in franchise history (978-79, and 00-0), the Capitals opened a season with a new head coach. Adam Oates made his NHL head coaching debut on Jan. 9 in Tampa Bay after becoming the 6th head coach in franchise history this off-season. Oates earned his first career head coaching win on Jan. 7 vs. Buffalo (-). * Both Capitals assistant coaches returned to the franchise after previous stints in Washington. Calle Johansson was a defenseman for the Capitals and holds the record for the most games played as a Capital, appearing in 98 games from Tim Hunter is back for his second stint as an assistant coach in D.C. Hunter has coached,0 games in an assistant role during his -season NHL coaching career, including five years behind the Washington bench (997-00). * Adam Oates played in 87 games with Washington and became the fourth head coach to have also played for the Capitals during his career. Dale Hunter appeared in 87 games for the Capitals from Roger Crozier, head coach for one game during the 98-8 season, played in three games for the Caps in while Terry Murray, head coach for 5 games from , appeared in 7 games with Washington during the 98-8 season. * Three of the 0 Capitals draft picks in the 0 NHL Draft participated in the 0 World Championship U-0 gold medal game. Riley Barber (sixth round) helped USA win the gold medal while Filip Forsberg (first round) and Christian Djoos (seventh round) helped Sweden capture silver. Forsberg was named to the tournament all-star team and one of Sweden s top- players.

12 Washington Capitals: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. Tampa Bay Lightning L p,, / //0 Winnipeg Jets L ,0p / //0 Montréal Canadiens L / New Jersey Devils O* p, / /7/0 Buffalo Sabres W ,,8p / Ottawa Senators L , / Toronto Maple Leafs L ,8p / /0/0 Philadelphia Flyers W ,0, / /0/0 Pittsburgh Penguins L ,7,9p / /05/0 Toronto Maple Leafs L p,9p / Pittsburgh Penguins L ,8p / /09/0 Florida Panthers W ,0p,,8, / Florida Panthers W* p,7,6,6,8p, / 0 50 Tampa Bay Lightning W p,6,6, / New York Rangers L / //0 New Jersey Devils L p,9p / //0 New Jersey Devils W ,8,6s,8p,0p / /6/0 Carolina Hurricanes W p,, / Philadelphia Flyers L / Winnipeg Jets W ,0, / /05/0 Boston Bruins W* ,6,7, / /07/0 Florida Panthers New York Islanders 0/0/0 New York Rangers 5 0//0 Carolina Hurricanes 6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 Boston Bruins 8 0/7/0 Buffalo Sabres 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Jets New York Rangers 0/6/0 New York Islanders Buffalo Sabres 5 Philadelphia Flyers 6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 0/0/0 New York Islanders 8 Florida Panthers 9 0/07/0 Tampa Bay Lightning 0 Montréal Canadiens 0//0 Carolina Hurricanes 0//0 Tampa Bay Lightning 0/6/0 Toronto Maple Leafs Ottawa Senators 5 Montréal Canadiens 6 0//0 Winnipeg Jets 7 0/5/0 Ottawa Senators 8 0/7/0 Boston Bruins

13 Washington Capitals: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. POTI # ERSKINE # OVECHKIN #8 Jan T.B 0- /- :0 DND 0-0 /0 :5 0- / 8: DND DND -0 / : Jan Vs WPG 0-0 0/- : DND 0- /0 :59 0- /0 : 0-0 /0 6:00 DND 0-0 5/- 6:0 Jan Vs MTL 0-0 / 5:9 DND 0-0 /- : /0 6:0-0 /0 : DND 0-0 /- 8:8 Jan N.J DND 0-0 /- 7:0 0-0 /0 :9-0 /0 : /0 :8 0-0 /0 9:0 0-0 /- : Jan 7 Vs BUF DND -0 / 0:56-0 (W) 5/- 8:9 0- / : /- 5: /- 8:5 0-0 /- :09 Jan OTT DND 0-0/0 : 0-0 /0 9:5 0-0 /- 7:5 0-0 / : 0-0 /- 8:6 0- /0 :9 TOR DND 0-0 /0 7:56-0 /- 9:9 0-0/ 7: /- :8 0-0 /- : 0-0 0/0 5:57 Feb Vs PHI DND 0-0 / 9: /0 :6 0-0 /0 8: /0 6: 0-0 0/0 5:58-0 (W) /0 7:07 Feb Vs PIT 0-0 /- 6:57 SUS 0-5/ :5 - / 0: /0 8: /- 8: 0- /0 6:7 Feb 5 Vs TOR 0-0 /- :6 SUS 0- /- : -0 /- : /0 : /0 7: /- 7:7 Feb PIT DND SUS - 6/- 9:6 - /0 9:6 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 /0 0:5 0-0 /- :7 Feb 9 Vs FLA DND 0-0 / 7: -0 5/ 0:9 0-0/ 7: /0 :0 0-0/ : / :8 FLA DND 0-0 /- 9:0 - /- 6:5 - /- 6: /- 0:06 - / : /- 6:9 T.B DND 0-0 / : 0-0 5/- 9:0 0-0 /- 7:9 0-0 / 8:06-0 / :7 0-0 /0 8:7 Feb NYR 0-0 0/- 9:6 0-0 / : / :6 0-0/ 8:6 0-0 /0 8: 0-0/ 6: 0-0 /- :9 Feb Vs N.J 0-0 0/0 : /- 6: 0-0 /- :9-0 /- :9 0-0 /0 5: /0 :5 0-0 /0 8: Feb Vs N.J 0-0 0/ 7: /0 8: - (W) 7/ 6:0 0- / 6: 0-0 0/0 9:5-0 /0 : /0 :07 Feb 6 Vs CAR 0-0 /0 7: -0 / 0: 0-0/0 7:5 0-0/0 6: /0 :9 0-0 / : 0-0 /0 :57 Feb PHI 0- / :6 0-0 /0 9: 0-0 6/- : 0-0 /- 5: 0-0 0/0 6: 0-0 0/- 7: 0-0 / 5:9 WPG 0-0 0/0 5:7 0-0/ 9:8 0- / 9:5 - / 6: 0-0 0/0 6:5 0- / 9:6 DND Mar 5 Vs BOS 0-0 0/ : /- 9: 0- / :9-0 / 9: 0-0 /- :59 - (W) / 9:57-0 / 8:57 RIBEIRO #9 CRABB #5 FEHR #6 WOLSKI #7 Date Opp. BACKSTROM #9 BROUWER #0 VOLPATTI # CHIMERA #5 HENDRICKS #6 ALZNER #7 KUNDRATEK #6 Jan T.B 0-0 /- 9: /- :0 0- /0 : 0-0 /- :0 0-0 /0 : MIN Jan Vs WPG 0- /- :7-0 /- 0:0 0-0 /0 :0-0 / 9: /0 9:0 0-0 /0 :00 Jan Vs MTL 0-0 /- 8:0 0-0 /0 6:6 0- / : 0-0 /- : 0-0 /- 7: 0-0 /0 :09 Jan N.J 0-0 / : 0-0 /- :5 0-0 /0 :7 0-0 /0 : / : /- :6 Jan 7 Vs BUF 0-0 /0 9: 0-0 /0 8:0 0- / : 0-0 0/0 5: 0-0 0/- 5: /0 0: Jan OTT 0- /0 8:0-0 /0 7: 0-0 /- :7-0 / : /0 8: 0-0 /0 :5 TOR 0-0/0 8:8 0-0 /0 7:05 0- / : /- : 0-0 / :8 0-0 /- 5:5 Feb Vs PHI - 5/ :9-0 / 8: / 5: /0 : 0-0 0/0 8: 0-0 /- :9 Feb Vs PIT 0- /0 :55 0- /0 0:9 0-0 /- : /0 : /- 0: /- : Feb 5 Vs TOR 0- /- 7:7 0- /- 8: 0-0 /- : /- 0: 0-0 /- :0 0-0/- 0:9 Feb PIT 0-0 /0 8:0 0-0 /0 6: /0 : 0-0 /0 :5 0-0 /- 9: 0- /0 :07 Feb 9 Vs FLA 0-0 / 8: -0 (W) / 7:5 0- / :5 0-0 /0 : / :9 0-0 / 6:6 FLA 0- / :00-0 (W) 5/0 0: 0-0 0/- 5: -0 / 7: -0 / :8 0-0/- :9 T.B 0- /0 0:5-0 /0 9:6 0-0 /- : / 9: 0-0 /- 6: 0- /0 : Feb NYR 0-0 0/- 0: 0-0 /- 7: /0 :0 0-0 /0 : /0 0:5 0-0 /0 :5 Feb Vs N.J 0- /- 0:5 0- /- 8:5 0-0 /- 0: /0 : /0 9: /0 9:0 Feb Vs N.J 0-0/- :06-0 /- 0: 0- / : 0- / : 0-0 / 0: 0- / :5 Feb 6 Vs CAR - (W) / 7:8 0-0 / 6: /0 : /0 : 0-0 0/0 7: /0 6:07 Feb PHI 0-0 /0 8: /- 7: /- 0: 0-0 0/0 : 0-0 0/- :5 0-0 / 7:5 WPG 0- / :6-0 / : 0-0 /0 5: 0-0 /0 :7-0 (W) / : / 0: / :7 Mar 5 Vs BOS 0- / :5 DND 0-0 0/0 : 0-0 /0 5:5 0-0 / : / :57 - / :0 Date Opp. HILLEN #8 WARD # HAMRLIK # GREEN #5 SCHULTZ #55 OLEKSY #6 CARLSON #7 Jan T.B 0-0 0/- :9-0 5/ :7 0-0/0 :6 0-0 /- 6: /0 9:5 0- / 5:0 Jan Vs WPG INJ 0-0 /0 :0 0-0 /- :8 0-0 /0 7:5 DND 0-0 /0 0:56 Jan Vs MTL INJ 0-0 /0 : /0 9: /0 5: DND 0-0 /- 9:8 Jan N.J INJ 0- / 5:9 DND - / : /0 9:0 0-0 /- 5: Jan 7 Vs BUF INJ - / 5: DND 0- /0 7: /0 9:6 0-0 /0 :8 Jan OTT INJ 0-0 /0 6:0 DND 0-0 5/0 5: /0 5:0 0-0 /0 : TOR INJ -0 / :5 DND 0-0 / 5: /- : 0-0 /0 : Feb Vs PHI INJ 0-0 /0 9:0 DND 0- / 5:5 0-0 /0 :06 0-0/0 :5 Feb Vs PIT INJ 0-0 /- :59 DND -0 /0 5: /0 : -0 /- : Feb 5 Vs TOR INJ 0-0 /0 :7 DND 0-0 /- 7: /- 0:5 0-0 /- :05 Feb PIT INJ 0-0 /0 : 0-0 0/0 6: 0- /- 5: /0 : /0 0:5 Feb 9 Vs FLA INJ - / :0 DND 0-0 / : 0- / 7: 0- / 0:0 FLA INJ 0- / :6 DND 0- / 7: 0-0 0/- :7 0-0 /0 :5 T.B INJ 0- / :06 DND 0-0 /- 5: 0- /0 9:6 0- / :0 Feb NYR INJ 0-0 /0 6:5 DND DND 0-0 0/- :8-0 5/ 6:5 Feb Vs N.J INJ 0-0 0/0 :5 DND DND 0-0 0/0 : 0-0 /- 0: Feb Vs N.J INJ 0-0 /0 6:0 DND DND 0-0/ 5: /0 : Feb 6 Vs CAR INJ 0-6/ 7:0 DND 0-0 /0 :5 DND - 6/ :0 Feb PHI INJ -0 / : DND 0-0 /- : DND 0-0 /0 0:0 WPG INJ 0-0 0/0 5:8 DND DND 0-0 0/0 : / : Mar 5 Vs BOS INJ 0-0 0/0 8: DND INJ DND 0- / 0: /- 7:0

14 Washington Capitals: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. BEAGLE #8 PERREAULT #85 JOHANSSON #90 WELLMAN # NEUVIRTH #0 GRUBAUER # Jan T.B 0-0 /0 5: /- :5 0-0 /- 7:5 MIN DNP MIN 6/L 60 Jan Vs WPG 0-0 /0 5: /0 : /- 0:0 MIN DNP MIN /9L 59 Jan Vs MTL 0- / :5 0-0 /- :5 0-0 /0 :58 MIN /L 60 MIN DNP Jan N.J 0-0 0/0 :9 DND 0-0 0/- 6:5 MIN /5O 65 MIN DNP Jan 7 Vs BUF 0-0 /- 8: 0-0 0/- 9:09 DND MIN /W 60 MIN DNP Jan OTT 0- / 5: 0-0 /0 9: DND MIN /7L 59 MIN DNP TOR 0-0 /- : DND 0-0 /- : MIN /0L 59 MIN DNP Feb Vs PHI 0-0 0/0 : DND 0-0 0/0 7: MIN DNP MIN /W 60 Feb Vs PIT 0-0 /- :6 DND 0-0 0/- :5 MIN DNP MIN 6/6L 60 Feb 5 Vs TOR 0-0 /- 0: DND -0 /0 :50 MIN /L 59 MIN DNP Feb PIT 0-0 /- : DND 0-0 0/0 5:7 MIN / MIN /7L 7 Feb 9 Vs FLA 0-0 0/0 0:57 - / :0 DND MIN DNP MIN 0/7W 60 FLA 0-0 0/- 0:5 0-0 / 0:50 DND MIN DNP MIN 5/W 60 T.B -0 (W) / 0:0 0- / :6 DND MIN DNP MIN /0W 60 Feb NYR 0-0 /0 0:5 0-0 /0 : DND MIN DNP MIN /0L 59 Feb Vs N.J 0-0 /0 : -0 /0 :0 DND MIN DNP MIN /7L 59 Feb Vs N.J 0-0 / 0: /0 :55 DND MIN DNP MIN /W 60 Feb 6 Vs CAR 0-0 /0 :9 0- / : INJ DND DNP MIN 0/W 60 Feb PHI 0-0/ : /0 :0 INJ DND DND 0/ 5 /8L 5 WPG 0-0 0/0 : /0 :0 INJ MIN DNP MIN 0/5W 60 Mar 5 Vs BOS 0-0 /0 6: 0-0 0/- 8:07 INJ MIN DNP MIN /W 6 HOLTBY #70

15 Washington Capitals: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Adam Oates - Made his NHL head coaching debut on /9 at TB - Earned first head coaching win on /7 vs. BUF - Became the 6th head coach in Washington Capitals history on June 6, 0 - Spent three seasons as an assistant coach with Tampa Bay (009-0) and New Jersey (00-) - Played 9 seasons in the NHL from , appearing in,7 games and collecting,0 points ( goals,,079 assists) with Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Anaheim and Edmonton - Named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 6, 0, the same day he was named Washington s head coach, becoming the sixth former Capital to be named to the Hall of Fame - In NHL history only Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux averaged more assists per-game than Oates - During the 990 s only Gretzky (66) recorded more assists than Oates (66) - Ranks sixth all-time in assists and 6th all-time in points in NHL history - Played 87 games for the Capitals from , compiling 6 points (7 goals, 90 assists) #0: Michal Neuvirth (G) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Mar, 988 ( years and months) Drafted: Capitals' second-round choice, th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft rd NHL / rd WSH Season Last Win: JAN 7, 0 vs BUFFALO () Last SO: MAR, 0 vs TORONTO (5) Career Shootouts: 5/8 (.658), 6-5 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 0 7 / vs. TOR / vs. TOR 0- - Made 7 saves on / at TOR... Won first game of the season, stopping shots on /7 vs. BUF... Stopped of 5 shots on /5 at NJ Career - Currently ranks rd in wins (5) all-time in Capitals history among goalies originally drafted by the team (Kolzig, 0; Carey, 70) 0- - Recorded st career assist on /8 at CHI - Played his 00th career NHL game on /, a shutout win against TOR #70: Braden Holtby (G) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 6, 989 ( years and 5 months) Drafted: Capitals' fourth-round choice, 9rd overall, in the 008 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Win: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Last SO: MAR, WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: 6/ (.55), - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 0 8 /7 vs. NYR /7 vs. NYR 0- - Made 0 saves in 0th consecutive start for the win on /5 vs. BOS... Stopped all 5 shots he faced for his sixth career shutout on / at WPG... Made saves for second shutout of the season on /6 vs. CAR... Stopped shots, including second career PS (Bernier), for the win on / vs. NJ... Made saves on / vs. NJ... Stopped 8 of 0 shots on /7 at NYR... Made 7 saves for third consecutive win on / at TB... Recorded his first shutout of the season and an assist on /9 vs. FLA... Earned first win of the season on / vs. PHI record with a. GAA and a.9 SV% in 5 games with Hershey 0- - Became just the third goaltender to own a.90 SV% and.00 GAA or better (in a minimum of games played) in the playoffs at age or younger (Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy)

16 #: Tom Poti (D) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Mar, 977 (5 years and months) POH-tee Drafted: Edmonton's third-round choice, 59th overall, in the 996 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 007 th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 6, 00 vs TAMPA BAY (6) Last Assist: FEB 7, PHILADELPHIA () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :6 + x x / vs. NJD /5 vs. TOR /5 vs. TOR / vs. WPG /5 vs. BOS 0- - Recorded an assist on /7 at PHI... Led WSH in blocked shots () on / vs. NJ... On /9 at TB appeared in his first NHL game since // at TB and recorded an assist 0- - Missed the entire season due to injury #: John Erskine (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jun 6, 980 ( years and 8 months) UHR-skin Drafted: Dallas' second-round choice, 9th overall, in the 998 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept., 006 th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: FEB 6, 0 vs CAROLINA () Last Assist: MAR, WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 8 + x x x x / vs. TBL x /9 vs. OTT x 0- - Fighting major (Thornton) on /5 vs. BOS... Collected an assist on the GWG on / at WPG... Scored his second goal of the season on /6 vs. CAR... Skated : on / at TB... Fighting major (Parros) on /9 vs. FLA... Tallied an assist on /9 at OTT... Scored first goal of the season and skated 0:56 on /7 vs. BUF; first goal since /5/ at TOR... Made season debut on /5 at NJ 0- - Played in his 00th NHL game and skated 8: on /8 vs. DAL (the team he was originally drafted by) - Missed the last seven games (/5-/7) due to injury - Missed nine games (0/8-0/9) due to injury #8: Alex Ovechkin (L) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (7 years and 5 months) oh-vehch-kihn Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, first overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 8th NHL / 8th WSH Season Last Goal: FEB, 0 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Career Shootouts: 0/65 (%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. NJD 9x / vs. NJD /5 vs. BOS / vs. WPG x / vs. NJD x 0- - T-nd in NHL in shots (89) - T-nd on WSH in goals - rd on WSH in points - Added an assist on / at WPG... Scored th career hat trick and added an assist on / vs. NJ... Scored a goal and an assist on / at FLA... Registered a goal and 5 shots on /9 vs. FLA... Scored a goal and an assist and led WSH in shots (6) and hits () on /7 at PIT... Tallied a power-play assist on /5 vs. TOR... Registered an assist on / vs. PIT... Tallied a PPG on / at TOR... Scored first goal of the season, the GWG, on /7 vs. BUF... Tallied his first assist of the season and led all WSH forwards in ice time (:59) with shots and hits on / vs. WPG... Led all WSH forwards in ice time (:5) and fired shots on /9 at TB 0- - Led WSH in goals and points - Led WSH, T-5th in the NHL in shots on goal (0); Finished 5th in the league in goals

17 #9: Mike Ribeiro (C) 6' 0", 77 lbs. / Feb 0, 980 ( years) Drafted: Montrealâs second-round choice, 5th overall, in the 998 Entry Draft Acquired: From Dallas in exchange for Cody Eakin and Washingtonâs second-round choice in the 0 NHL Draft th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Last Assist: MAR, WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: /55 (8%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :9 + 8x 5x / vs. FLA /7 vs. PHI / vs. NJD 6x /5 vs. TOR x 0- - Leads WSH in assists (tied) and points; T-nd in goals - T-0th in NHL in points - Scored a goal on /5 vs. BOS... Collected a goal and an assist on / at WPG... Registered assists on / vs. NJ... Scored a PPG on / vs. NJ... Tallied a goal and assists on / at FLA... Registered a goal and an assist on /7 at PIT... Collected a PPG on /5 vs. TOR... Scored a goal and an assist on / vs. PIT... Recorded two assists on / at TOR... Tallied two assists on /7 vs. BUF... Scored his first goal with WSH on /5 at NJ... Recorded an assist and skated : on / vs. WPG... Made WSH debut on /9 at TB and tallied assists Career - One of active players in the NHL who has had eight-consecutive 50-point seasons 0- - Finished ranked rd on DAL in points - T-st on the team with 5 assists - Ranked th on DAL in goals - Played in his 700th career NHL game on // vs. BOS - Recorded his 500th career NHL point on 0/5/ vs. CBJ #5: Joey Crabb (R) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Apr, 98 (9 years and months) Drafted: New York Rangers' seventh-round choice, 6th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July, 0 th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: JAN, 0 vs MONTREAL (8) Last Assist: APR, BUFFALO () Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. MTL / vs. MTL x /7 vs. BUF x /9 vs. OTT x 0- - Won all 6 face-offs on / vs. PIT... Scored first goal with WSH on / vs. MTL... Made WSH debut on / vs. WPG 0- - Ranked 8th on TOR in goals - T-5th on the team in plus/minus - T-nd on TOR in GWG - Played in 00th career NHL game and collected an assist / vs. BUF - Appeared in nine games with TOR (AHL), recording 5 points (7g-8a)

18 #6: Eric Fehr (R) 6' ", lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (7 years and 6 months) FAIR Drafted: Capitalsâ first-round choice, 8th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent Jan., 0 8th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Last Assist: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :57 + / vs. TBL /5 vs. BOS /5 vs. BOS x /5 vs. BOS / vs. NJD / vs. NJD /5 vs. BOS 0- - Scored the OT GWG, tallied assists and skated a career-high 9:57 on /5 vs. BOS... Recorded an assist on / at WPG... Scored first career SHG on / vs. NJ... Extended point streak to games with an assist on /7 at NYR... Tallied goals on / at TB... Scored a goal and an assist on / at FLA... Tallied first assist on /9 vs. FLA... Made season debut on /5 at NJ; first game with WSH since /9/ at FLA Career - Tallied 9 points (6g-7a) in 0 career games with WSH from Made his WPG debut on /9 vs. PHI - Recorded his first point, an assist, on /9 vs. OTT - Scored his first goal on /0 at BOS #7: Wojtek Wolski (L) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Feb, 986 (7 years) Drafted: Coloradoâs first-round choice, st overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 8th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Last Assist: FEB, 0 vs PITTSBURGH () Career Shootouts: 5/58 (%), 6 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x 5x x /5 vs. BOS / vs. WPG x /5 vs. BOS 0- - Scored the GTG on /5 vs. BOS... Recorded an assist on / vs. PIT... Scored GWG on / vs. PHI... Recorded first assist with WSH on /9 at TOR... Fired team high 5 shots on / vs. WPG... Made WSH debut on /9 at TB and scored his first goal with WSH 0- - Had season-high four-game point streak (--5, /9-/5) - Acquired by FLA from the NYR on /5 - Totaled three points (a) in nine games with NYR - Totaled five points (g-a) in six games with CON (AHL) #9: Nicklas Backstrom (C) 6' ", lbs. / Nov, 987 (5 years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fourth overall, in the 006 Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: FEB 6, 0 vs CAROLINA () Last Assist: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Career Shootouts: 8/5 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x /5 vs. BOS /5 vs. BOS x / vs. PIT / vs. PHI /9 vs. FLA x 0- - T-st on WSH in assists - nd on WSH in points - Recorded assists on /5 vs. BOS... Collected an assist on / at WPG... Tallied a goal and an assist on /6 vs. CAR... Recorded an assist on / vs. NJ... Tallied an assist and won of 6 face-offs on / vs. NJ... Recorded an assist on / at TB... Registered assists on / at FLA... Added an assist on /5 vs. TOR... Recorded an assist and led all WSH forwards in ice time (:55) on / vs. PIT... Scored a goal and an assist on / vs. PHI... Recorded an assist on / at TOR... Registered an assist and won of 9 face-offs on /9 at OTT... Led WSH forwards in ice time on /5 at NJ (:)... Recorded first two assists of the season on / vs. WPG Career - The top-scoring player from his draft class (006)

19 #0: Troy Brouwer (R) 6' ", lbs. / Aug 7, 985 (7 years and 6 months) Drafted: Chicago's th selection, th overall, in the 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From Chicago in exchange for WSH's first-round choice in the 0 NHL Entry Draft 7th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: MAR, WINNIPEG Last Assist: FEB, 0 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: /7 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /9 vs. FLA / vs. NJD x / vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD / vs. FLA / vs. FLA x 0- - T-st on WSH in hits (6) and st in goals - Scored a goal on / at WPG... Scored a PPG on / vs. NJ... Registered assists on / vs. NJ... Tallied a PPG on / at TB... Scored the OT/GWG on / at FLA... Scored goals on /9 vs. FLA... Added an assist on /5 vs. TOR... Recorded an assist on / vs. PIT... Tallied a goal on / vs. PHI... Scored WSH's first goal of the game on /9 at OTT.. Scored first goal of the season on the power play on / vs. WPG 0- - Led the team and ranked 9th in the NHL with 7 hits - th on the team in goals - One of just three WSH forwards to play in all 8 games - Scored first career hat trick on / vs. TB - Scored his first goal with WSH on 0/0 vs. TB - Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR - T-7th on WSH in playoff points - T-th on the team in postseason goals - Ranked rd on WSH in hits (9) #: Brooks Laich (C) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jun, 98 (9 years and 8 months) LIKE Drafted: Ottawa's sixth-round choice, 9rd overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: From Ottawa with Ottawa's second-round choice in the 005 Entry Draft and future considerations for Peter Bondra, Feb. 8, 00 9th NHL / 9th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA () Last Assist: APR 7, NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: /6 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp Finished t-5th on the team in goals (6) and 6th in points () - Played in all 8 games for the second-consecutive year - Played in his 500th career NHL game, against his original team, and scored GWG in overtime on / vs. OTT - Played as a defenseman on / vs. NJ - Finished t-5th on the team in playoff points and nd in assists - Ranked nd among Capitals forwards in ice time per game during the postseason (0:) #: Aaron Volpatti (L) 6' 0", 5 lbs. / May 0, 985 (7 years and 9 months) Acquired: Claimed off of waivers from VAN on Feb. 8, 0 rd NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 5, ANAHEIM () Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs DALLAS () Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 6 + /5 vs. ANA /5 vs. ANA 5x /9 vs. ANA /5 vs. ANA /7 vs. SJS x 0- - Made WSH debut and recorded a fighting major (Peluso) on / at WPG... Claimed off of waivers by WSH from VAN on /8... Ranked nd on VAN in PIM before joining WSH... Fighting major (Reaves) on /7 vs. STL... Fighting major (Garbutt) on /5 vs. DAL... Fighting major (Murray) on /7 at SJ... Scored a goal and fighting major (Beleskey) on /5 at ANA

20 #5: Jason Chimera (L) 6' ", lbs. / May, 979 ( years and 0 months) Drafted: Edmonton's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 997 Entry Draft Acquired: From Columbus for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina, Dec. 8, 009 th NHL / th WSH Season Last Goal: APR, TAMPA BAY () Last Assist: FEB, 0 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: /8 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /7 vs. BUF /7 vs. BUF / vs. TOR /5 vs. BOS /6 vs. CAR /9 vs. OTT /7 vs. BUF 0- - Recorded an assist on / vs. NJ... Tallied an assist on /9 vs. FLA... Registered an assist on / at TOR... Recorded assists on /7 vs. BUF... Tallied an assist on / vs. MTL... Recorded an assist on /9 at TB 0- - Set career highs in points (9) and goals (0) - Played in all 8 games - Scored career-high 0th goal of season on / at TB - rd on WSH in goals and T-st in GWGs - Scored his 00th and 0st career goals in the third period on 0/0 vs. TB - Finished playoffs t-rd on WSH in points and nd in goals - Ranked t-nd on the team in plus/minus - Finished rd in shots (8) on WSH during the postseason - Four of his seven career playoff goals have been GWG #6: Matt Hendricks (C) 6' 0", lbs. / Jun 7, 98 ( years and 8 months) Drafted: Nashville's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 000 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept. 7, 00 5th NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: MAR, WINNIPEG () Last Assist: FEB, 0 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: 8/ (67%), GDG Season --5 Career Career vs. Opp : 6 + x / vs. NJD 5x / vs. PHI / vs. FLA / vs. WPG / vs. NJD 7x 0- - Leads WSH in PIM - Scored GWG on / at WPG... Tallied first assist of the season on / vs. NJ... Scored a goal on / at FLA... Fighting major (Rinaldo) on / vs. PHI... Won 9 of face-offs on / at TOR... Scored a goal and won 6 of his 7 face-offs on /9 at OTT... Registered a fighting major (Prust) on / vs. MTL... Scored his first goal of the season, recorded hits and fighting majors (Slater/Thorburn) on / vs. WPG... Won all 6 of his face-offs on /9 at TB 0- - T-8th in the league in hits (8) - Played in a career high 78 games - Has the highest shootout percentage among Capitals players, having scored eight times on career shootout attempts (66.7%) - Led WSH in hits (6) during the playoffs - Won 56% of his face-offs during the postseason - Skated 6:05 per game during the playoffs compared to :07 per game during the regular season - Scored first career playoff goal in Game 7 of ECQF at BOS on /5

21 #7: Karl Alzner (D) 6' ", lbs. / Sep, 988 ( years and 5 months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fifth overall, in the 007 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th WSH Season Last Goal: FEB, FLORIDA (8) Last Assist: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA () Season -0-8 Career Career vs. Opp : + / vs. FLA / vs. FLA /7 vs. PIT / vs. TBL x /5 vs. BOS x 0- - Led WSH in ice time on / at TB skating 6:... Scored first goal of the season on / at FLA... Tied for team high with 5 blocked shots on / vs. PHI... Blocked team-high (tied) 6 shots on / at TOR... Skated 5:0 on /7 vs. BUF... Led WSH in blocked shots () on /5 at NJ 0- - Set career highs in points and assists while playing in all 8 games for the second-consecutive year. - Ranked th on the team in ice time per game (0:5) - Finished rd on the team in blocked shots (9) - T-st on the team in plus/minus (+) - First career fighting major (Downie) / vs. TB - Led the team in postseason time on ice per game (:5) - Ranked rd on WSH in blocked shots () during the playoffs #6: Tomas Kundratek (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Dec 6, 989 ( years and months) Drafted: New York Rangers' third-round choice, 90th overall, in the 008 Entry Draft Acquired: From the New York Rangers for F Francois Bouchard on Nov. 8, 0 nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Last Assist: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 + /5 vs. BOS 6x /5 vs. BOS x /7 vs. NYR x /7 vs. PHI /5 vs. BOS 0- - Scored first career NHL goal and added an assist for first career multi-point game on /5 vs. BOS... Recorded an assist on / vs. NJ... Skated career-high :5 on /7 at NYR... Tallied an assist on / at TB... Registered an assist on / at FLA... Recorded an assist on /7 at PIT for first point streak ( games) of NHL career... Tallied his first career NHL point (assist) on /5 vs. TOR... Made season debut on / vs. WPG... Led Hershey in goals () and ranked rd in points (6) while adding assists at the time of his recall... Has already set career highs in goals, assists (tied) and points despite playing in just AHL games so far this season... Was named to the AHL Eastern Conference All-Star squad for the 0 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Classic 0- - Set AHL career highs in goals, assists and points - Earned his first NHL recall on /0 and made his NHL debut one night later against PIT at Verizon Center #8: Jack Hillen (D) (*Injured) 5' 0", 90 lbs. / Jan, 986 (7 years and month) Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by NYI on April, 008 Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 5th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: DEC 6, 0 vs PHOENIX () Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs CALGARY (9) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /9 vs. TBL 0- - Made WSH debut on /9 at TB 0- - Played his 00th career game on /8 at CBJ - Made NHL playoff debut in Game of WCQF vs. DET on / and skated 8:0