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1 Washington Capitals Game Notes Sat, Nov, 0 NHL Game # Washington Capitals (0 pts) New Jersey Devils (5 pts) Team Game: 5 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 5 Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 9 Tomas Vokoun Michal Neuvirth # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D John Erskine D Dennis Wideman L Alex Ovechkin (C) C Jeff Halpern C Nicklas Backstrom (A) R Troy Brouwer C Brooks Laich R Mike Knuble (A) L Jason Chimera C Matt Hendricks D Karl Alzner L Alexander Semin R Joel Ward D Roman Hamrlik 0-50 C Cody Eakin 0 5 D Mike Green D Jeff Schultz 0 7 D John Carlson R Jay Beagle C Mathieu Perreault C Marcus Johansson 6 9 # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Johan Hedberg Martin Brodeur # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Mark Fraser D Adam Larsson D Andy Greene D Henrik Tallinder R Dainius Zubrus 7-9 L Zach Parise (C) C Rod Pelley C Brad Mills 0 - R Nick Palmieri -5 C Adam Henrique R Petr Sykora L Ilya Kovalchuk (A) R Vladimir Zharkov C Ryan Carter R Mattias Tedenby 0 - R David Clarkson 5-7 D Bryce Salvador 0-5 R Cam Janssen C Patrik Elias (A) D Anton Volchenkov D Mark Fayne 5 6 Vice President and General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Assistant Coach/Video Director of Goaltending & NHL Goaltender Coach George McPhee Bruce Boudreau Dean Evason, Bob Woods Blaine Forsythe Dave Prior Pres./CEO/General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Goaltending Coach Lou Lamoriello Peter DeBoer Larry Robinson, Adam Oates, Dave Barr Chris Terreri Tonight's Officials Referees Brian Pochmara (6); Mike Hasenfratz () Linesmen Matt MacPherson (8); Pierre Racicot (65) Ntl. Anthem Members of the US Army Chorus Video Judge Mike Jukoski Today's Schedule NSH : 6:00 BOS : 7:00 TOR : 7:00 WSH : 7:00 CAR : 7:00 DET : 7:00 STL : 7:00 CBJ : 7:00 LAK : 7:0 SJS : 7:0 COL : 8:00

2 Washington Capitals: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place John Erskine D 6' " 0 Jun 6, 980 Kingston, ON, CAN 6 Dennis Wideman D 6' 0" 00 Mar 0, 98 Kitchener, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' " 0 Sep 7, 985 Moscow, RUS 5 Jeff Halpern C 6' 0" 00 May, 976 Washington, DC, USA 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 Mike Knuble R 6' " 9 Jul, 97 Toronto, ON, 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 8 Alexander Semin L 6' " 09 Mar, 98 Krasnojarsk, RUS 9 Tomas Vokoun G 6' " 0 Jul, 976 Karlovy Vary, CZE 0 Michal Neuvirth G 6' " 09 Mar, 988 Usti Labem, CZE Joel Ward R 6' " 6 Dec, 980 North York, ON, CAN Roman Hamrlik D 6' " 06 Apr, 97 Zlin, CZE 50 Cody Eakin C 6' 0" 90 May, 99 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 5 Mike Green D 6' " 07 Oct, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 55 Jeff Schultz D 6' 6" 0 Feb 5, 986 Calgary, AB, 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 90 Marcus Johansson C 6' " 05 Oct 6, 990 Landskrona, SWE Players Total Avg: 6' " Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) Tom Poti D 6' " 90 Mar, 977 Worcester, MA, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks NICKLAS BACKSTROM ( / Games) Point Streaks NICKLAS BACKSTROM (-6-9 / 5 Games) JOHN CARLSON (-- / Games) BROOKS LAICH (-- / Games) New Jersey Devils: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Johan Hedberg G 6' 0" 90 May 5, 97 Leksand, SWE Mark Fraser D 6' " 0 Sep 9, 986 Ottawa, ON, CAN 5 Adam Larsson D 6' " 00 Nov, 99 Skelleftea, SWE 6 Andy Greene D 5' " 90 Oct 0, 98 Trenton, MI, USA 7 Henrik Tallinder D 6' " 0 Jan 0, 979 Stockholm, SWE 8 Dainius Zubrus R 6' 5" 5 Jun 6, 978 Elektrenai, LTU 9 Zach Parise L 5' " 95 Jul 8, 98 Minneapolis, MN, USA 0 Rod Pelley C 5' " 00 Sep, 98 Kitimat, BC, CAN Brad Mills C 6' 0" 95 May, 98 Terrace, BC, CAN Nick Palmieri R 6' " 0 Jul, 989 Utica, NY, USA Adam Henrique C 6' 0" 95 Feb 6, 990 Brantford, ON, CAN 5 Petr Sykora R 6' 0" 90 Nov 9, 976 Plzen, CZE 7 Ilya Kovalchuk L 6' " 0 Apr 5, 98 Tver, RUS 8 Vladimir Zharkov R 6' " 05 Jan 0, 988 Elektrostal, RUS 0 Ryan Carter C 6' " 00 Aug, 98 White Bear Lake, MN, USA Mattias Tedenby R 5' 0" 75 Feb, 990 Vetlanda, SWE David Clarkson R 6' " 00 Mar, 98 Toronto, ON, CAN Bryce Salvador D 6' " 5 Feb, 976 Brandon, MB, CAN 5 Cam Janssen R 6' 0" 5 Apr 5, 98 St. Louis, MO, USA 6 Patrik Elias C 6' " 95 Apr, 976 Trebic, CZE 8 Anton Volchenkov D 6' " 5 Feb 5, 98 Moscow, RUS 9 Mark Fayne D 6' " 5 May 5, 987 Nashua, NH, USA 0 Martin Brodeur G 6' " 0 May 6, 97 Montreal, QC, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " 05 Age: 8.8 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 6 Jacob Josefson C 6' " 90 Mar, 99 Stockholm, SWE 9 Travis Zajac C 6' " 00 May, 985 Winnipeg, MB, CAN Eric Boulton L 6' " 5 Aug 7, 976 Halifax, NS, CAN Goal Streaks ADAM HENRIQUE ( / Games) Assist Streaks DAINIUS ZUBRUS ( / Games) Point Streaks PATRIK ELIAS (--6 / 5 Games) ADAM HENRIQUE (--6 / Games) DAINIUS ZUBRUS (-- / Games)

3 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Nicklas Backstrom : L 8 Alex Ovechkin :7 0.0 D 6 Dennis Wideman : C 90 Marcus Johansson :. 6 7 C Brooks Laich : L 5 Jason Chimera : 66.7 L 8 Alexander Semin : R 0 Troy Brouwer : R Joel Ward : R Mike Knuble : D 5 Mike Green : D 7 John Carlson : D 7 Karl Alzner : C 85 Mathieu Perreault :7.9 C 5 Jeff Halpern :9 6. D 55 Jeff Schultz :5 0.0 C 50 Cody Eakin : C 6 Matt Hendricks : D John Erskine : D Roman Hamrlik : R 8 Jay Beagle : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 9 Tomas Vokoun Michal Neuvirth New Jersey Devils: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 6 Patrik Elias :7.9 0 L 7 Ilya Kovalchuk :9 5.0 L 9 Zach Parise : C Adam Henrique : R 8 Dainius Zubrus : R 5 Petr Sykora :6 7. R David Clarkson : D 9 Mark Fayne : R Nick Palmieri : D 6 Andy Greene : D 5 Adam Larsson : R Mattias Tedenby : D 8 Anton Volchenkov : C Brad Mills :7 56. C 6 Jacob Josefson : 60. D 7 Henrik Tallinder : D Bryce Salvador : L Eric Boulton : R 5 Cam Janssen : C 0 Ryan Carter : R 8 Vladimir Zharkov : C 0 Rod Pelley : D Mark Fraser : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Johan Hedberg Martin Brodeur

4 New Jersey Washington Capitals Team Records New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals Last game: Tuesday VS CAROLINA (- W) Tuesday VS DALLAS (5- L) Next game: Saturday AT WASHINGTON Saturday VS NEW JERSEY Overall record/streak: / Win / Undef / Lost Home record/streak: - - / Win / Undef / Lost Road record/streak: / Win / Undef / Lost 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 New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 New Jersey Washington Capitals Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg New Jersey Devils: (. avg.) Opponents: (.7 avg.) Washington Capitals: 8 9 (.8 avg.) Opponents: (.9 avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg New Jersey Devils: (9. avg.) Opponents: (8.8 avg.) Washington Capitals: (. avg.) Opponents: (0.9 avg.) Power Play New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: (T-th NHL) (rd NHL) Home: 6.7 (T-5th NHL) (rd NHL) Road: 6 6. (0th NHL) 5.8 (8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-rd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) Penalty Killing New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: (rd NHL) (0th NHL) Home: (T-st NHL) (9th NHL) Road: 8.8 (6th NHL) (8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-5th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-0th NHL) Penalties New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 59. (7th NHL) (rd NHL) Goal Situations New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals For Against For Against 5 on 5: on : on : 0 0 on : 0 on : on : on : on 5: on 5: 0 8 Empty Net: Penalty Shots: 0 Total:

6 New Jersey Washington Capitals Situations Individual Leaders New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals Points: P. ELIAS (),I. KOVALCHUK (9),Z. PARISE (8) N. BACKSTROM (9),A. OVECHKIN (),D. WIDEMAN () Goals: P. ELIAS (6),Z. PARISE (5),D. ZUBRUS () A. OVECHKIN (6),N. BACKSTROM (5),M. JOHANSSON (5) Assists: P. ELIAS (7),I. KOVALCHUK (7),P. SYKORA () N. BACKSTROM (),D. WIDEMAN (8),B. LAICH (7) PP Goals: P. ELIAS (),D. ZUBRUS (),I. KOVALCHUK () M. GREEN (),B. LAICH (),A. OVECHKIN () SH Goals: P. ELIAS (),Z. PARISE () GW Goals: A. HENRIQUE (),D. ZUBRUS (),I. KOVALCHUK () M. JOHANSSON (),R. HAMRLIK (),D. WIDEMAN () + Goals: PIM: D. CLARKSON (7),E. BOULTON (9),P. SYKORA () M. HENDRICKS (8),A. SEMIN (8),R. HAMRLIK () Shots: Z. PARISE (5),I. KOVALCHUK (0),D. CLARKSON (8) A. OVECHKIN (6),N. BACKSTROM (8),J. CARLSON (6) +/-: P. ELIAS (),A. GREENE (),M. FAYNE (+) K. ALZNER (+7),J. CHIMERA (+6),J. WARD (+6) Shootout New Jersey Devils Shooter G/S % GDG Ilya Kovalchuk / 00.0 Zach Parise / Patrik Elias / 50.0 Petr Sykora 0 / Goaltender Rec. G/S % Johan Hedberg - /0.700 Washington Capitals Shooter G/S % GDG Matt Hendricks / 00.0 Alexander Semin / Alex Ovechkin 0 / Goaltender Rec. G/S % Tomas Vokoun - 0 0/.000 Power Play New Jersey Devils Player G A P Ilya Kovalchuk Patrik Elias Dainius Zubrus 0 Zach Parise 0 Henrik Tallinder 0 David Clarkson 0 Andy Greene 0 Adam Henrique 0 Adam Larsson 0 Washington Capitals Player G A P Nicklas Backstrom 0 Alex Ovechkin 5 7 Dennis Wideman 5 Mike Green 0 Brooks Laich Alexander Semin John Carlson Marcus Johansson 0 Mike Knuble 0 Short Handed New Jersey Devils Player G A P Patrik Elias 0 Zach Parise 0 Anton Volchenkov 0 Ilya Kovalchuk 0 Washington Capitals Player G A P Jason Chimera 0 John Erskine 0 Troy Brouwer 0

7 New Jersey Devils Washington Capitals (-0) Season Series New Jersey Capitals Devils Attend Goaltenders W. Goal Nov, 0 5,0 Tomas Vokoun / Martin Brodeur Jason Chimera Devils Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Adam Larsson Dainius Zubrus Patrik Elias Zach Parise Cam Janssen Anton Volchenkov Henrik Tallinder Bryce Salvador Petr Sykora Adam Henrique Mattias Tedenby Nick Palmieri Bradley Mills Ryan Carter Vladimir Zharkov Andy Greene Mark Fayne David Clarkson Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Martin Brodeur Power play 0-5 (0%) Penalty Killing - (00%) Capitals Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Jason Chimera Marcus Johansson Alex Ovechkin John Erskine Karl Alzner Nicklas Backstrom Troy Brouwer Dennis Wideman Brooks Laich Matt Hendricks Joel Ward Jeff Halpern Roman Hamrlik Cody Eakin Mike Knuble John Carlson Mike Green Alexander Semin Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Tomas Vokoun Power play 0 - (0%) Penalty Killing 5-5 (00%)

8 LAST GAME Washington Capitals: Media Notes Washington, New Jersey * November, 0 * Prudential Center Caps Goals: Ovechkin, Chimera (gw/sh), Johansson Shots: WSH 0, NJ Power Plays: WSH 0-, NJ 0-5 Three Stars: -Chimera (WSH), -Larsson (NJ), -Vokoun (WSH) INJURIES/ILLNESSES F Jay Beagle week-to-week, missed games (0/5-/) D Tom Poti out indefinitely, missed games (0/8-/) Total Man-Games Lost: 5 RECENT TRANSACTIONS Nov. 8 Acquired D Tomas Kundratek from the New York Rangers for F Francois Bouchard Nov. 6 Assigned F D.J. King to Hershey (AHL) TONIGHT S GAME The Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils will play the second-half of their back-to-backs tonight at Verizon Center. The Capitals earned a - win last night in New Jersey thanks to a two-goal third period. Jason Chimera scored the Caps first short-handed goal of the season which proved to be the game-winner. Washington is looking to even its record at - in the second game of back-to-backs and sits atop the Southeast Division. New Jersey enters the game in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. MEDIA RESOURCES The 0- Washington Capitals Official 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. UPCOMING GAMES Date Opponent Location Time (ET) TV Caps Radio Tues., Nov. 5 at Nashville Nashville, Tenn. 8 p.m. CSN 500AM, 80AM, Caps Radio Network Thur., Nov. 7 at Winnipeg Winnipeg, Man. 8:0 p.m. CSN 500AM, 80AM, Caps Radio Network Sat., Nov. 9 at Toronto Toronto, Ont. 7 p.m. CSN, CBC 500AM, 80AM, Caps Radio Network Mon., Nov. vs. Phoenix Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. CSN 500AM, 80AM, Caps Radio Network Wed., Nov. vs. Winnipeg Washington, D.C. 7 p.m. CSN 500AM, 80AM, Caps Radio Network NOTE OF THE NIGHT 00 in sight Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau is just one win shy of recording his 00th career NHL victory and has coached in games, all of which have come with Washington. Don Cherry holds the record for fewest amount of games required to win 00 games ( games) however, all of Cherry s victories came in regulation time before overtime and the shootout were introduced. Boudreau has won games in overtime and 9 games in the shootout in his career. Boudreau is poised to become just the second NHL head coach to both debut and reach 00 career wins since the shootout was introduced in 005. Randy Carlyle, whose first season was , earned his 00th win in his 7th career game (courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau). Top Five Caps Facts

9 Putting on a show John Carlson (who spent much of his childhood living in New Jersey) led the Capitals in points against the Devils last season, collecting seven points (g-5a) in four games. The seven career points and the career penalty minutes he has recorded against New Jersey are the most he has tallied against any NHL team. Jersey success Mike Knuble and Alex Ovechkin have enjoyed success against the Devils in their careers. Knuble leads all Capitals in career points vs. New Jersey with (7g-5a) in 6 games. Ovechkin has recorded 9 points (0g-9a) in career games against the Devils. Czech marks Roman Hamrlik and Patrik Elias both sit high on the all-time career lists for Czech-born players in several categories. Hamrlik leads all active Czech-born players in games played (,5) while Elias ranks fifth (975). In terms of goals among active Czech players, Elias ranks third () while Hamrlik ranks eighth (5). Elias is second among active Czech players in points (80) while Hamrlik sits in sixth place (65). Stingy Michal Neuvirth is -0-0 with a.00 goals-against average and one shutout in four career games against the Devils and went -0-0 last season against New Jersey. His shutout came on March 8 of last season as he made saves in a -0 win at Prudential Center. A devil of a time The Capitals are 5--0 in their last six games against New Jersey, having outscored the Devils -0 in that span. The 9 wins that the Caps have in team history against New Jersey are their most wins against any franchise. Washington has earned more points against the Devils (06) in its franchise history than against any other NHL team. SERIES NOTES * Washington leads , entering the 8th meeting ( at home). * This is the second of four meetings between these two clubs this season as Washington won - in New Jersey last night. * Last year the Capitals went --0 against New Jersey, earning a 7-5 win on Oct. 9 and a 5- win on Dec. at home and falling 5-0 on Nov. before a -0 win on March 8 in New Jersey. * Dainius Zubrus played games for Washington from , collecting 6 points (86g-0a). MORE CAPITALS NOTES Snipers Alex Ovechkin (08) and Ilya Kovalchuk (6) rank first and second, respectively, in goals scored since the season. Ovechkin ranks first in that span in points (68) while Kovalchuk ranks 0th (506). Swedish star Nicklas Backstrom was named the NHL s Third Star of the week for the week ending Nov. 6. Backstrom tallied six points (three goals, three assists) and began the week by notching the game-tying goal with seconds left in regulation and the overtime winner as the Capitals defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5- on Nov.. A dose of depth 0 of the skaters that have suited up for the Capitals this season have recorded a point. 7 of those players have scored a goal while 5 players have recorded at least five points so far this season. 0 players have recorded at least three goals. Eager Eakin Forward Cody Eakin was recalled from Hershey on Nov. and made his NHL debut that night against Anaheim, becoming the first rookie to appear in a game for Washington this season. He recorded his first NHL goal and his first assist on Nov. in Carolina. Eakin joins ex-caps Eric Fehr and Joe Motzko as just the third Capital ever to wear No. 50. Halpern s strike Jeff Halpern scored his first goal of the season on Nov. in Carolina and his first goal in a Capitals uniform in more than five and a half years. He scored twice for the Capitals in the final game of the regular season, a - win over the Lightning in Tampa Bay on April 8, 006. Halpern s half-decade between goals with the Caps is not the longest stretch between tallies by a twoterm Capital. Anson Carter scored twice for Washington in a Feb., 997 contest against the Boston Bruins before returning to the Capitals in the 00-0 season and scoring a goal against the Lightning on Feb., 00. That span was just weeks shy of seven years since his last goal as a member of the Caps. Spread the wealth The Capitals have spread the goal scoring around fairly evenly among the three periods of play this season. Washington has scored first-period goals (T-6th), 5 second-period goals (T-5th) and 0 third-period goals (th). Washington has also scored the most overtime goals in the league (). Seventh heaven Washington won its first seven games of the 0- season from 0/8 0/ to start the year for the first time in franchise history. The previous record of -0-0 was set in 99-9 and matched in Czech the charts Tomas Vokoun tied Gilles Meloche for 6th place on the NHL s all-time wins list among goaltenders (70) with his win last night. Vokoun ranks st in games played (6) and trails Bill Ranford (67) for 0th. Vokoun s 5 career shutouts rank 7th in NHL history, just one shy of Ken Dryden (6).

10 O from the D Washington s eight blueliners have combined 0 goals and 7 assists for 7 points in the team s games this season. A defenseman has contributed at least one point in all of Washington s games this year. ONE-TIMERS * Bruce Boudreau s.68 career points percentage is tied for the best of any coach in NHL history with at least 50 games of experience (T. McLellan, San Jose) Career Games Played Goaltenders Rk. Player Games Played 0 Bill Ranford 67 Tomas Vokoun 6 Felix Potvin 65 Career Wins Goaltenders Rk. Player Wins 6 Gilles Meloche 70 Tomas Vokoun 70 8 Don Beaupre 68 Career Games Played Rk. Player Games Played 5 Adam Oates,7 6 Roman Hamrlik,5 7 Guy Carbonneau,8 UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES Bruce Boudreau win shy of 00 career NHL wins

11 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. 0/08/0 Carolina Hurricanes W* ,5,p,5p / /0/0 Tampa Bay Lightning W** ,6,0,5, / Pittsburgh Penguins W* ,8,6p / 85+ 0/5/0 Ottawa Senators W p, / /8/0 Florida Panthers W p,8, / Philadelphia Flyers W ,8,,8p, / //0 Detroit Red Wings W p,90,5p,85,,85, / Edmonton Oilers L / Vancouver Canucks L ,8p,, / /0/0 Anaheim Ducks W* ,6,0,9, / Carolina Hurricanes W ,0,7p,50, / New York Islanders L ,8,p / 9 8 /08/0 Dallas Stars L p, / New Jersey Devils W ,5s, / //0 New Jersey Devils 6 Nashville Predators 7 Winnipeg Jets 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 9 //0 Phoenix Coyotes 0 //0 Winnipeg Jets /5/0 New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres /9/0 St Louis Blues /0/0 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 /0/0 Ottawa Senators 6 Florida Panthers 7 Ottawa Senators 8 /09/0 Toronto Maple Leafs 9 //0 Philadelphia Flyers 0 Winnipeg Jets Colorado Avalanche /0/0 Nashville Predators New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres 5 /8/0 New York Rangers 6 /0/0 Buffalo Sabres 7 Columbus Blue Jackets 8 0/0/0 Calgary Flames 9 San Jose Sharks 0 Los Angeles Kings 0//0 Pittsburgh Penguins 0//0 Tampa Bay Lightning 0/5/0 Carolina Hurricanes 0/7/0 New York Islanders 5 Montréal Canadiens 6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 0//0 Boston Bruins 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 50 Florida Panthers 5 Montréal Canadiens 5 0/05/0 Boston Bruins 5 0/07/0 Florida Panthers 5 0/09/0 Winnipeg Jets 55 New York Rangers 56 0//0 San Jose Sharks 57 Florida Panthers 58 Tampa Bay Lightning 59 Carolina Hurricanes 60 Ottawa Senators 6 0//0 Montréal Canadiens 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 6 0/8/0 New York Islanders 6 0/0/0 New Jersey Devils 65 0/0/0 Philadelphia Flyers 66 0/06/0 Carolina Hurricanes 67 0/08/0 Tampa Bay Lightning 68 Boston Bruins 69 0//0 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 New York Islanders 7 Winnipeg Jets 7 Chicago Blackhawks 7 Detroit Red Wings 7 Philadelphia Flyers 75 0//0 Winnipeg Jets 76 0/5/0 Minnesota Wild 77 0/7/0 Buffalo Sabres 78 Boston Bruins 79 0//0 Montréal Canadiens 80 Tampa Bay Lightning 8 0/05/0 Florida Panthers 8 New York Rangers

12 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. ERSKINE # WIDEMAN #6 OVECHKIN #8 HALPERN #5 KING #7 BACKSTROM #9 BROUWER #0 Oct 8 Vs CAR MIN 0- /0 0:5 0- /0 0: /- : DND 0- /0 0:7 0-0 / : Oct 0 Vs T.B MIN -0 / :8 0-0 /- :7 0- / 0: DND 0-0 /- 9:8-0 /0 :09 PIT MIN -0 (W) /0 :00-0 / 8: /0 :5 DND 0- / 9:0 0-0 / 5:7 Oct 5 Vs OTT MIN 0-0/0 : 0-0 7/- 8: /0 0:8 0-0 /0 6:58-0 /- 9:0 0-0 /- 7: Oct 8 Vs FLA MIN 0-0/ 9: 0- /0 7: /0 :7 DND 0- /0 6: 0-0 /0 6:06 Oct PHI MIN 0- / :00-0 / 7: / :7 DND 0- / 6: 0-0/ : Oct Vs DET MIN 0- / 9:5 0- / 6: 0- / : DND - / 5: 0- / 5:0 Oct EDM MIN 0-0 /0 : /0 8: 0- / 0:6 DND 0-0 /0 7: /0 :6 Oct VAN MIN 0- / :56-0 5/0 8: /- :59 DND 0- /0 6:55 0-5/ 6:9 Nov Vs ANA 0- / 5:9 - / :5 0- /0 7:5 DND DND -0 (W) / 7:6-0 /- 5:7 CAR 0-0 / 5: / :06 0- / 0: -0 / :56 DND - / 9:7 - (W) / :5 Nov NYI 0-0 0/- 6: 0- /- :0-0 /0 7:50 0-0/ : DND 0- /0 8:9 0-0 /- 6:9 Nov 8 Vs DAL 0-0 /0 8: 0-0 5/- : /- 8: 0-0 0/- 9: MIN 0- /- 8: /- :9 Date Opp. LAICH # KNUBLE # CHIMERA #5 HENDRICKS #6 Oct 8 Vs CAR -0 /0 :7 0-0 /0 8:8-0 / :0 0-0 /0 9:59 0- / 8:9-0 / 5: 0- /0 5:9 Oct 0 Vs T.B 0- / : 0-0 0/0 :0-0 7/ : / :08 0-0/0 9: /- 8:8 0- / 5:50 PIT 0-0 /0 6:7-0 /0 5:0 0-0 /0 : /0 :59 0-0/ 9:0 0- /0 5: 0-0 0/0 : Oct 5 Vs OTT 0-0 /0 8:06 0-0/ 6:9 0-0 /0 5: /0 8: /0 8: 0- / 7:7 0-0 /0 5:9 Oct 8 Vs FLA 0- / 6:6 0-0/ :59-0 / 6: /0 :6 0-0 / 0:0 - / 6:0 0-0 /0 6:08 Oct PHI 0-0 /- : /0 6: 0-0 0/0 : 0- / 0: /0 6:0 0-0 /- 8: -0 / :5 Oct Vs DET 0- / 7:6 0- / 6: 0-0 0/ 5:7 0- / 0: / 7:8 0-0/ 5:8-0 / :5 Oct EDM 0-0 /0 6:8 0-0 /0 6:9 0- / 0: 0-0 /0 9:59-0 / 8: /0 7: / : Oct VAN 0-0 0/- 7:0-0 /- :9 0-0 /- 9: 0-0 0/0 : 0-0 0/- 9:0 0-0 /- 7: /- :57 Nov Vs ANA 0- / 9:8 0-0 /- :9 0- / :9 0-0 /0 9:5 0-0 / 8:0 0-0 /- 9:7 - / : CAR 0-0 /- 8:5 0- / 5:0 0-0 /- :7 0-0 / :58 0- /0 7: 0-5/ 7: 0-0 /- :5 Nov NYI -0 /- 9:0 0-0 /- : 0-0 /0 : 0-0 /- 0: /0 7:8 0-0 /- 6:7-0 /0 : Nov 8 Vs DAL 0- /0 7: /- : /0 : /- :9 0-0 /0 9:7-0 / 5: 0-0 /0 :00 ALZNER #7 SEMIN #8 WARD # Date Opp. HAMRLIK # EAKIN #50 GREEN #5 SCHULTZ #55 COLLINS #6 CARLSON #7 Oct 8 Vs CAR 0-0 0/0 :8 MIN -0 (W) /0 :8 0-0 /0 5:7 MIN 0- / 8: /0 0:0 Oct 0 Vs T.B 0-0 /- :50 MIN 0-0 /- :00 0-0/0 6:06 MIN 0-0 / 0: DND PIT 0-0 0/0 :07 MIN 0- /0 :5 0-0 /0 :6 MIN 0-0 / 9:7 0-0 /0 0:0 Oct 5 Vs OTT 0-0 0/0 9: MIN 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 /0 8:09 MIN 0-0 /0 0:9 DND Oct 8 Vs FLA 0-0 /0 :56 MIN 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 / 7: MIN 0-0 /0 0:0 DND Oct PHI -0 (W) / 0: MIN 0-0 / :8 0-0/ 6:05 MIN 0-0 /0 0:0 DND Oct Vs DET 0-0 / : MIN - / : / 7:08 MIN 0- / 9: DND Oct EDM 0-0 /0 :5 MIN DND 0-0 0/0 7:0 0-0 / :5 0-0 /0 :5 DND Oct VAN 0-0 /- :5 MIN DND 0-0 /0 : 0-0 0/- 9:07 0-6/- 5:5 DND Nov Vs ANA 0-0 0/- :9 0-0 /0 :9 DND 0-0/ 6:06 MIN 0-0 /0 5:9 INJ CAR 0-0 0/ 9:7 - / 8:5 DND 0-0 0/0 8:5 MIN -0 / : INJ Nov NYI 0-0 0/- : DND DND 0- /0 7:7 MIN 0-5/0 :0 INJ Nov 8 Vs DAL 0-0 0/- 8: 0- / 0: DND 0-0 0/- 9:00 MIN -0 /- 9:55 INJ BEAGLE #8 Date Opp. PERREAULT #85 JOHANSSON #90 POTI # VOKOUN #9 NEUVIRTH #0 SABOURIN #5 Oct 8 Vs CAR 0-0 / :50 DND INJ DNP /W 6 MIN MIN Oct 0 Vs T.B 0- / 8:6 - /0 5: INJ 5/8W 65 DNP MIN MIN PIT DND 0-0 /0 :59 INJ /W 6 DND MIN DNP Oct 5 Vs OTT DND -0 (W) / :0 INJ /W 60 DND DNP MIN Oct 8 Vs FLA 0-0 0/0 9:5-0 (W) / : INJ 0/0W 60 DND DNP MIN Oct PHI - / :0 0-0 /0 7: INJ /W 60 DND DNP MIN Oct Vs DET -0 / 0:0-0 (W) / 5:0 INJ /W 60 DND DNP MIN Oct EDM 0-0 0/0 9:6 0-0 /0 6:09 INJ /9L 59 DNP MIN MIN Oct VAN 0-0 0/0 0:57-0 /- 7:7 INJ /7 0 /6L 0 MIN MIN Nov Vs ANA 0-0 0/0 : /- 8:5 INJ /5W 6 DNP MIN MIN CAR DND 0-0/ :7 INJ DNP /5W 60 MIN MIN Nov NYI 0-0 /- 9:7 0-0 /- :7 INJ /L 59 DNP MIN MIN Nov 8 Vs DAL DND 0- /0 5:9 INJ DNP 5/6L 60 MIN MIN HOLTBY #70

13 Washington Capitals: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau * In his fifth season as Washington's head coach, having won the Southeast Division each of his first four seasons * Has a career record of * His.68 career points percentage is tied for the best of any coach with at least 50 games of experience * On Mar. 5, 0 he coached his 00 th NHL game. He had more wins (8) than any other coach in league history at the 00-game plateau, passing Mike Keenan s 8 wins. #9: Tomas Vokoun (G) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jul, 976 (5 years and months) Drafted: Montreal's ninth-round (6th overall) choice inthe 99 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 th NHL / st WSH Season Last Win: NOV, NEW JERSEY Last SO: OCT 8, 0 vs FLORIDA (7) Career Shootouts: 08/6 (.67), -6 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 0 0/0 vs. PHI 0/0 vs. PHI * T-rd in the league in wins (8) * Tied his career-high winning streak by winning seven-straight games (/9/-0//) * Named the NHL's Third Star of the week for the week ending on Oct. * Made saves for the win on 0/ vs. DET * Made a season-high 0 saves on 0/0 at PHI * Made 0 saves for his first shutout of the season and first as a member of WSH * Stopped of shots for his third-straight win on 0/5 vs. OTT and was named First Star * Made 9 saves on 0/ at PIT for his second win in a row and the most saves since his 5-save performance on /5/ vs. ATL (with FLA) * Won his first game as a Capital on 0/0 vs. TB, stopping both shootout attempts * Has finished in the top-0 in save percentage in 5 of the last 6 seasons #0: Michal Neuvirth (G) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Mar, 988 ( years and 7 months) Drafted: Capitals' second-round choice, th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Win: NOV, CAROLINA () Last SO: MAR 8, NEW JERSEY (9) Career Shootouts: 5/ (.7), - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 6 /8 vs. DAL /8 vs. DAL * Made his first start since 0/8 and earned the win on / at CAR (both wins against CAR) * Missed five games (0/-0/) due to injury * Won his first game of the season, stopping 8 of shots on 0/8 vs. CAR * Currently ranks rd in wins (0) all-time in Capitals history among goalies originally drafted by the team (Kolzig, 0; Carey, 70) #: Tom Poti (D) (*Injured) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Mar, 977 ( years and 7 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 / 5th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 6, 00 vs TAMPA BAY () Last Assist: DEC, 00 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp * Has missed games (0/8-/) due to injury

14 #: John Erskine (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jun 6, 980 ( years and months) UHR-skin Drafted: Dallas' second-round choice, 9th overall, in the 998 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept., 006 0th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 5, TORONTO (7) Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x x /8 vs. DAL /8 vs. DAL /5 vs. NYI / vs. NJD * Played in his 00th NHL game and skated 8: with three shots, two hits and four blocked shots on /8 vs. DAL (the team he was originally drafted by) * Made his 0- debut on / vs. ANA, recording an assist and skating 5:9 with two shots and two hits * Missed nine games (0/8-0/9) due to injury #6: Dennis Wideman (D) 6' 0", 00 lbs. / Mar 0, 98 (8 years and 7 months) Drafted: Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 8th round (st overall) of the 00 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From Florida for C Jake Hauswirth and a 0 rd-round pick on Feb. 8, 0 7th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, 0 vs ANAHEIM () Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: /8 (5%), GDG Season -9-5 Career Career vs. Opp : 5 x 9x / vs. ANA /8 vs. DAL / vs. NJD /8 vs. DAL x x * T-7th in the NHL in points among defensemen () (as of Friday) * Has at least one point in of the teams's games this season * Tallied an assist on 0/9 at VAN * Skated a team-high :6 on 0/7 at EDM * Tallied an assist on 0/ vs. DET and extended his point streak to seven games (tied a career-high; third time) * Tallied a goal and an assist and skated :5 on / vs. ANA * Added an assist on 0/0 at PHI * Recorded an assist on 0/8 vs. FLA * Scored the game-winning goal in overtime on 0/ at PIT * Scored his first goal of the season 0/0 vs. TB and fired three shots * Tallied an assist on Mike Green's game-winner on 0/8 vs. CAR * Skated the fourth-most minutes (0:5) for WSH on 0/8 vs. CAR * Had two shots on goal on 0/8 vs. CAR

15 #8: Alex Ovechkin (L) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (6 years and month) oh-vehch-kihn Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, first overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 7th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, NEW JERSEY Last Assist: NOV, CAROLINA () Career Shootouts: 7/58 (9%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : x x x x 0/0 vs. TBL x 0/ vs. PIT 5x * st on WSH in goals (7) * Scored a goal on /5 at NYI * Recorded two assists on / at CAR * Registered an assist and four shots on goal on / vs. ANA * Scored two goals, his second multi-goal game of the season, on 0/9 at VAN * Fired a team-high seven shots on 0/7 at EDM * Recorded two assists on 0/ vs. DET * Scored two goals on 0/0 at PHI and was First Star * Tallied an assist on the power play on 0/8 vs. FLA * Led WSH with seven shots on 0/5 vs. OTT * Scored his first goal of the season on 0/ at PIT * Led WSH in hits (6) and shots () on 0/ at PIT * Registered his first assist of the season on 0/8 vs. CAR * Registered shots on goal on 0/8 vs. CAR * Ranked rd among WSH forwards in ice time (0:8) on 0/8 vs. CAR * Ranks rd in career goals and points for WSH * Has led the NHL in shots for six-straight seasons #5: Jeff Halpern (C) 6' 0", 00 lbs. / May, 976 (5 years and 6 months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, CAROLINA () Last Assist: NOV 5, NY ISLANDERS () Career Shootouts: /5 (0%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp 5--6 :5 / vs. CAR x 5x x 0/ vs. PIT 0/ vs. DET x 0/ vs. DET * th on WSH in face-off percentage (6.%) * On / at CAR scored his first goal (GWG) as a Capital since /8/06 * Recorded his third assist of the season on Alzner's goal on 0/7 at EDM and won six of seven face-offs (86%) * Collected an assist on 0/ vs. DET * Won six of seven face-offs (86%) on 0/0 at PHI * Won eight of his nine face-offs (89%) on 0/8 vs. FLA * Won six of his eight face-offs (75%) on 0/ at PIT * Tallied his first assist of the season and first point with WSH since /8/06 * Was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by WSH on /9/99 * Ranks nd all-time with 9 points, 7th in all-time goals (88) and rd all-time in assists () in WSH history * 5th all-time in WSH history in games played (5)

16 #9: Nicklas Backstrom (C) 6' ", lbs. / Nov, 987 ( years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fourth overall, in the 006 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, CAROLINA () Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: 8/ (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :7 + / vs. ANA 5x 8x 0/0 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. CAR x 0/8 vs. CAR 6x * Was named NHL's Third Star of the week for week ending Nov. 6 * Leads the team in points (5g-5a); T-nd in NHL in points * Recorded his 8th multi-point game of the season (th in a row) with two assists on /5 at NYI * Had a goal and an assist on / at CAR * Scored the game-tying goal and the game-winning goal on / vs. ANA * Recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season with two assists on 0/9 at VAN * Collected his fourth multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist on 0/ vs. DET * Registered his third multi-point game of the season with two assists on 0/0 at PHI * Scored his first goal of the season, on the power play, on 0/5 vs. OTT * Tallied two assists, including on Dennis Wideman's game-winner, for his second multi-point game of the season * Registered his first multi-point game of the season (a) on 0/8 vs. CAR * Currently the top-scoring player from his 006 draft class #0: Troy Brouwer (R) 6' ", lbs. / Aug 7, 985 (6 years and 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 6th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, CAROLINA () Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: /6 (7%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : 5 7 x 5x / vs. CAR x 0/5 vs. OTT 0/9 vs. VAN 0/0 vs. TBL / vs. CAR * Scored his third goal of the season on / at CAR * Leads the team and T-nd in the NHL with 5 hits * Scored his second goal of the season on / vs. ANA * Recorded an assist, five shots and five hits on 0/9 at VAN * Collected an assist and five hits on 0/ vs. DET * Tallied his first assist of the season on 0/0 at PHI * Scored his first goal with WSH on 0/0 vs. TB * Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR #: Brooks Laich (C) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jun, 98 (8 years and 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 8th NHL / 8th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 5, NY ISLANDERS () Last Assist: NOV 8, 0 vs DALLAS () Career Shootouts: /5 (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + x / vs. ANA / vs. ANA 0/ vs. PIT 0/0 vs. TBL 0/0 vs. TBL x / vs. ANA * Scored a power-play goal on /5 at NYI * Recorded three assists on / vs. ANA * Collected an assist on 0/ vs. DET * Added an assist on 0/8 vs. FLA * Led all WSH forwards in ice time for each of the first two games of the season * Recorded his first assist of the season on 0/0 vs. TB * Scored his first goal of the season on 0/8 vs. CAR * Registered shots, hits, blocked shots and won 0 of 6 face-offs (6%) on 0/8 vs. CAR

17 #: Mike Knuble (R) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jul, 97 (9 years and months) kuh-noo-buhl Drafted: Detroit's fourth-round choice, 76th overall, in the 99 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 009 5th NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: OCT 9, VANCOUVER (5) Last Assist: NOV, CAROLINA () Career Shootouts: /7 (9%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :8 5 + x 0/5 vs. OTT 0/5 vs. OTT / vs. NJD 0/8 vs. CAR 0/0 vs. PHI x 5x * Had an assist on / at CAR * Scored on his second-career penalty shot on 0/9 at VAN * Recorded an assist on 0/ vs. DET * Led WSH with five hits on 0/0 at PHI * Assist on 0/8 vs. FLA gave him a three-game point streak (g-a) * Recorded two assists on 0/5 vs. OTT, tied for the team lead with four hits and was named Second Star * Scored his first goal of the season and collected two shots and two hits on 0/ vs. PIT * One of just current Capitals (Brouwer) to have won a Stanley Cup * Registered shots and hits on 0/8 vs. CAR * Has scored more goals (9) in his 0s than Wayne Gretzky (7) did in his #5: Jason Chimera (L) 6' ", lbs. / May, 979 ( years and 6 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 / rd WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, NEW JERSEY Last Assist: NOV, 0 vs ANAHEIM () Career Shootouts: /8 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /0 vs. TBL / vs. ANA x x 0/8 vs. FLA 0/0 vs. TBL 0/8 vs. FLA / vs. ANA * Scored WSH's first short-handed goal of the season, the eventual game-winner on / at NJ * Recorded two assists and was a + on / vs. ANA * Registered first assist of the season on 0/7 at EDM * Scored an empty-net goal on 0/8 vs. FLA * Scored his 00th and 0st career goals in the third period on 0/0 vs. TB and was named First Star * Fired a team-leading seven shots on 0/0 vs. TB * Scored his 99th career NHL goal on 0/8 vs. CAR #6: Matt Hendricks (C) 6' 0", lbs. / Jun 7, 98 (0 years and months) Drafted: Nashville's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 000 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept. 7, 00 th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: APR 6, 0 vs FLORIDA (5) Last Assist: OCT, 0 vs DETROIT (7) Career Shootouts: /7 (57%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :58 6 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET x / vs. CAR x 0/8 vs. FLA x * Second fighting major (Dowell) and won six of his seven face-offs (86%) on /8 vs. DAL * Registered his first fighting major of the season (Beleskey) and fired three shots on / vs. ANA * Collected two assists on 0/ vs. DET * Tallied first assist of the season, three shots, two hits and won all three face-offs on 0/0 at PHI * Led the team with six hits on 0/8 vs. FLA * Tallied one shot, three hits, two blocked shots and won two face-offs on 0/5 vs. OTT * Scored the shootout-determining goal on 0/0 vs. TB

18 #7: Karl Alzner (D) 6' ", lbs. / Sep, 988 ( years and month) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fifth overall, in the 007 Entry Draft th NHL / th WSH Season Last Goal: OCT 7, EDMONTON (6) Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY Season Career Career vs. Opp : + 0/7 vs. EDM 5x 6x x / vs. NJD x x / vs. ANA * Recorded an assist on / at CAR * Scored his first goal of the year (first goal since /8/0 at BOS) on 0/7 at EDM * Established a new career high point streak (three games) with his assist on 0/ at PIT * Registered an assist on 0/0 vs. TB * Recorded his first assist of the season on 0/8 vs. CAR * Tallied shots, hits and blocked shots on 0/8 vs. CAR #8: Alexander Semin (L) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Mar, 98 (7 years and 8 months) SEHM-in Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 7th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 8, 0 vs DALLAS () Last Assist: NOV, CAROLINA () Career Shootouts: /8 (%), 6 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :7 5 x 5x 0/8 vs. FLA /8 vs. DAL / vs. ANA x / vs. ANA 0/8 vs. FLA * Scored his third goal, on the power play, on /8 vs. DAL * Had an assist and five shots on goal on / at CAR * Collected an assist on 0/ vs. DET * Scored a goal and added an assist on 0/8 vs. FLA * Recorded his second assist in as many games on 0/5 vs. OTT * Tallied an assist on 0/ at PIT * Scored in the shootout on 0/0 vs. TB * Fired five shots on 0/0 vs. TB * Scored WSH's first goal of the season on 0/8 vs. CAR * Collected shots on 0/8 vs. CAR #: Joel Ward (R) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Dec, 980 (0 years and months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 5th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 5, NY ISLANDERS () Last Assist: NOV, 0 vs ANAHEIM () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :08 + x x / vs. ANA x 0/8 vs. FLA / vs. ANA x / vs. ANA * Scored his fourth goal of the season on /5 at NYI; didn't score his th goal of the season last year until //0 (game 7) * Scored a goal and added an assist on / vs. ANA; first multi-point game with WSH * Scored his second goal of the season on 0/ vs. DET * Scored his first goal of the season and with WSH on 0/0 at PHI * Tallied his second assist in as many games on 0/0 vs. TB * Recorded his 00th career NHL point and first point as a Capital with his assist on 0/8 vs. CAR * Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR

19 #: Roman Hamrlik (D) 6' ", 06 lbs. / Apr, 97 (7 years and 7 months) Drafted: Tampa Bay's first-round choice, first overall, in the 99 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 9th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: OCT 0, PHILADELPHIA (8) Last Assist: APR 9, TORONTO () Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 0/0 vs. PHI 0/0 vs. PHI 0/8 vs. FLA 0/9 vs. VAN x /8 vs. DAL x * Leads WSH in blocked shots (7) * Scored his first goal with WSH on 0/0 at PHI * Passed Bobby Holik for the most NHL games played by a Czech native at,5 on 0/5 vs. OTT. * Led WSH in blocked shots in each of his first three games * Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR * Paced WSH in ice time (:8) and blocked shots (5) on 0/8 vs. CAR * Has played the second-most games (,5) and ranks th in goals (5), assists (7) and points (65) among active NHL defensemen #50: Cody Eakin (C) 6' 0", 90 lbs. / May, 99 (0 years and 5 months) Last Goal: NOV, CAROLINA () Last Assist: NOV 8, 0 vs DALLAS () Season -- 0 Career -- 0 Career vs. Opp :9 / vs. CAR x / vs. CAR / vs. ANA / vs. ANA x / vs. CAR * Recorded an assist on /8 vs. DAL for his first point streak (two games) * Scored his first career goal on / at CAR and added his first career assist * Recalled on / from Hershey (AHL) * Made his NHL debut on / vs. ANA * Had eight points (g-5a) in 0 games with Hershey before being recalled #5: Mike Green (D) 6' ", 07 lbs. / Oct, 985 (6 years and month) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 9th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 7th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: OCT, 0 vs DETROIT () Career Shootouts: 0/6 (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :8 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET 0/0 vs. PHI x x 0/ vs. DET * Returned to the lineup on / at NJ * Sat out six games (0/7-/8) due to injury * Registered two goals and two assists on 0/ vs. DET, tying a career high for points in a single game * Led WSH in ice time (:9) on 0/5 vs. OTT * Had an assist on 0/ at PIT * Led WSH in ice time (:00) on 0/0 vs. TB * Scored the overtime game-winner on 0/8 vs. CAR; now ranks nd in WSH history in career overtime goals (6) * One of just active defensemen with a 70-point season (Lidstrom) #55: Jeff Schultz (D) 6' 6", 0 lbs. / Feb 5, 986 (5 years and 8 months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 7th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 8, NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: NOV 5, NY ISLANDERS () Season 0-- Career Career vs. Opp :6 x x 0/7 vs. EDM 0/ vs. PIT x x / vs. ANA * Tallied an assist on /5 at NYI * Recorded an assist and on / * Added an assist on 0/0 at PHI * Skated a season-high :6 on 0/ at PIT * Tallied his first assist of the season on 0/0 vs. TB

20 #7: John Carlson (D) 6' ", lbs. / Jan 0, 990 ( years and 0 months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 7th overall, in the 008 Entry Draft rd NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 8, 0 vs DALLAS () Last Assist: NOV 5, NY ISLANDERS () Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 6 x x 6x 0/8 vs. CAR 0/9 vs. VAN 0/9 vs. VAN x x * Scored a goal and fired four shots on goal on /8 vs. DAL * Added an assist and fired a team-high five shots on /5 at NYI * Scored first goal of the season on / at CAR * Recorded an assist, three blocked shots and led the team in shots (6) on 0/9 at VAN; paced WSH in ice time (5:5) * Tallied his second assist of the season on 0/ vs. DET * Led WSH with three blocked shots on 0/0 at PHI * First assist on 0/8 vs. CAR and registered three shots on goal * Was a + and second on the Caps with six blocked shots on 0/ at PIT #8: Jay Beagle (R) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Oct 6, 985 (6 years) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, March 6, 008 th NHL / th WSH Season Last Goal: DEC 8, 00 vs MONTREAL (6) Last Assist: FEB, TAMPA BAY () Season Career Career vs. Opp :0-0/ vs. PIT 0/8 vs. CAR 0/8 vs. CAR x * Missed last games (0/5-/) due to injury * Recorded first fighting major of his NHL career and seven total penalty minutes on 0/ at PIT #85: Mathieu Perreault (C) 5' 0", 85 lbs. / Jan 5, 988 ( years and 0 months) Drafted: Capitals' sixth-round choice, 77th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft rd NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: OCT 0, PHILADELPHIA (5) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- 0 :50 0/ vs. DET x x 0/7 vs. EDM 0/8 vs. CAR 0/8 vs. CAR x x * Scored two goals on 0/ vs. DET * Leads WSH in shooting percentage (7.5%) * Scored a goal, his first of the season, and added an assist on 0/0 at PHI * Registered his first assist of the season on 0/0 vs. TB * Fired shots on goal on 0/8 vs. CAR #90: Marcus Johansson (C) 6' ", 05 lbs. / Oct 6, 990 ( years and month) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, th overall, in the 009 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: NOV, NEW JERSEY Last Assist: NOV 8, 0 vs DALLAS () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 6--9 Career Career vs. Opp :5 6x x 0/0 vs. TBL x / vs. ANA 0/0 vs. TBL 0/0 vs. TBL / vs. CAR * nd on WSH in goals (6) * Tallied an assist on / at CAR * Added his fifth goal of the season on 0/9 at VAN * Scored his fourth goal of the season on 0/ vs. DET * Scored his third goal of the season, the game-winning goal on the power play, on 0/8 vs. FLA * Scored his second goal of the season, the eventual game-winning goal, on 0/5 vs. OTT and was named Third Star * Scored a goal and recorded an assist in his first game of the season on 0/0 vs. TB and was named Second Star

21 New Jersey Devils: Media Notes Fri., Nov. ; Washington at New Jersey The Devils closed out a three-game homestand (--0) with the first of a home-and-home set with Capitals. The decision halted the club s winning streak at a season-high tying three games. Despite the defeat, New Jersey extended a stretch in which it has not allowed a power play goal for its first eight home games of the season (0-0). New Jersey out shot Washington, -0, overall. Adam Larsson gave the Devils a -0 lead in the first period on assists from Dainius Zubrus and Patrik Elias. For Larsson, it was his first career NHL goal, while Elias (team season-high tying 6 games, g-5a-7pts) and Zubrus ( games, g-a-pts) each extended their respective point-scoring stretches. Washington tied the score late in the second period and added two goals in the third for the margin of victory. New Jersey gave up its second short-handed goal in as many games, and the third of the season. LW Vladimir Zharkov made his season debut after being called up from Albany (AHL) Friday morning. For the Devils, Martin Brodeur (7 saves) took the loss in goal to fall to --0. Injuries For the Devils, LW Ilya Kovalchuk (lower body injury, suffered Nov. at Phi., gms missed) is out on a day-to-day basis. C Jacob Josefson (broken right clavicle, Oct. vs. SJ, 9 gms) is out three-four months. He was placed on the club's I.R. List Oct., retroactive to Oct.. RW Eric Boulton (hand, Oct. vs. SJ, 9 gms) was placed on I.R. Mon., retroactive to Oct.. C Travis Zajac (left Achilles tendon injury, Aug. 7, 6 pre-season & regular-season gms) is an injured, non-roster player. Total regular-season mangame lost to injury/illness:. Player moves Yesterday, the Devils recalled LW Vladimir Zharkov from Albany (AHL). On Tue., D Mark Fraser and C Rod Pelley cleared waivers. Both had been placed on waivers Monday, while RW Eric Boulton was placed on I.R., retroactive to Oct.. On Oct., G Keith Kinkaid was assigned to Albany, while G Martin Brodeur was activated from the team's I.R. List. Kinkaid had been called up from Albany under emergency conditions on Oct. 8, while Brodeur was placed on I.R. Oct., retroactive to Oct.. On Oct. 7, Albany signed F Steve Bernier to an AHL contract. He had attended New Jersey s camp as a tryout, but was not signed. On Oct. 6, C Ryan Carter was claimed off waivers from Fla. On Oct., C Jacob Josefson was placed on I.R. On Oct., C Adam Henrique was recalled from Albany. He was previously assigned to Albany on Oct.. On Oct. 5, the club signed RW Petr Sykora, who had attended camp on a tryout basis. Also Oct. 5, the team set its roster without signing D Anton Stralman, who also attended camp as a tryout. On Oct., New Jersey acquired a fourth-round pick in the 0 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for C David Steckel. Also Oct., D Matthew Corrente, Peter Harrold and Jay Leach; and F Tim Sestito, Stephane Veilleux and Vladimir Zharkov were assigned to Albany. Coming into tonight The Devils enter tonight's game following a - loss Friday night vs. Washington. Last night s decision ended the club s winning streak at a season-high-tying three games (also, Oct. 0-5). Now 7-6-=5pts through matches, New Jersey did not record its seventh win last season until game no. (8th win in game ). Yesterday also completed a three-game homestand (--0=pts) and the squad is --=9pts in the last eight games. On home ice, New Jersey s penalty-killing unit has yet to give up a goal this season (0-0). The Devils completed the 00- season with a 8-9-5=8pt mark, including -6-=7pts on home ice and 6--=pts on the road. The club failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since , snapping the longest stretch in the Eastern Conference and the second-longest streak in the league (Det., 0). On March, New Jersey established a modern-day NHL record by reaching the NHL-.500 mark after being 9 games below.500 two months earlier. For the Devils, tonight s contest opens a season-high five-game roadtrip/closes out their third of 5 sets of back-to-back games. The team is now 0-- in first games and --0 in second games of back-to-back tilts. Following this roadtrip, New Jersey will return to Prudential Center on Wed., Nov. vs. Columbus (7:00 PM, MSG Plus, WFAN). Season s series Tonight s game between the Devils and Capitals marks the second of four meetings between the two teams this season, and the first of two games to be played here at Verizon Center. Washington leads the season s series, -0-0, following last night's - victory. Adam Larsson scored for the Devils, while Alex Ovechkin, Jason Chimera, and Marcus Johansson tallied for the Caps. Martin Brodeur (0--0,.850 save % &.0 GAA) took the loss in goal for New Jersey, while Tomas Vokoun (-0-0,.970 save % &.00 GAA) earned the win for Washington. The Capitals lead the all-time series , including a 5-7- mark in the previous 76 home games. New Jersey did not win a game at Washington last year (0--0), and are in the last 0 games over five seasons The remainder of the series is as follows: Dec. at NJ; Mar. at Washington.