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1 Washington Capitals Game Notes Thu, Oct 5, 5 NHL Game #5 Washington Capitals - - ( pts) Chicago Blackhawks - - (4 pts) Team Game: 3 Home Game: (Home) - - (Road) Team Game: 5 Road Game: (Home) - - (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 3 Philipp Grubauer Braden Holtby # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Matt Niskanen - 4 D Taylor Chorney L Alex Ovechkin 9 D Dmitry Orlov - 4 R Justin Williams - C Brooks Laich - 5 L Jason Chimera - 7 D Karl Alzner - 43 R Tom Wilson 44 D Brooks Orpik 46 C Michael Latta 49 R Stanislav Galiev 53 C Sean Collins - 65 L Andre Burakovsky - 74 D John Carlson 77 R T.J. Oshie - 83 R Jay Beagle - 88 D Nate Schmidt - 9 L Marcus Johansson - 9 C Evgeny Kuznetsov - 4 # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 33 Scott Darling Corey Crawford # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Duncan Keith 4 4 D Niklas Hjalmarsson 4-5 D David Rundblad 6 D Trevor Daley 4 7 D Brent Seabrook 4 - L Andrew Desjardins R Viktor Tikhonov 3-5 C Artem Anisimov 4 6 C Marcus Kruger C Jonathan Toews L Ryan Garbutt 4-9 L Bryan Bickell 4-39 R Kyle Baun 43 D Viktor Svedberg 3 57 D Trevor van Riemsdyk 4 65 R Andrew Shaw 4-7 L Artemi Panarin R Marian Hossa 4 86 C Teuvo Teravainen 4 88 R Patrick Kane Senior VP and General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Goaltending Coach Video Coach Brian MacLellan Barry Trotz Lane Lambert, Todd Reirden, Blaine Forsythe Mitch Korn Brett Leonhardt Chairman President & CEO Vice President/General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches W. Rockwell 'Rocky' Wirtz John F. McDonough Stan Bowman Joel Quenneville Mike Kitchen, Kevin Dineen, Jimmy Waite, Matt Meacham Tonight's Officials Referees Francois St. Laurent (38), Marc Joannette (5) Linesmen Shandor Alphonso (5), David Brisebois (96) Supervisor Video Judge John Robinson Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green Today's Schedule ARI : 7: EDM : 7: NYI : 7: PIT : 7: WSH : 7: FLA : 7:3 MTL : 7:3 TBL : 7:3

2 Washington Capitals: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Matt Niskanen D 6' " Dec 6, 986 Virginia, MN, USA 4 Taylor Chorney D 6' " 9 Apr 7, 987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 39 Sep 7, 985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 6' " Jul 3, 99 Novokuznetsk, RUS 4 Justin Williams R 6' " 86 Oct 4, 98 Cobourg, ON, CAN Brooks Laich C 6' " 95 Jun 3, 983 Wawota, SK, CAN 5 Jason Chimera L 6' 3" 6 May, 979 Edmonton, AB, CAN 7 Karl Alzner D 6' " 4 Sep 4, 988 Burnaby, BC, CAN 3 Philipp Grubauer G 6' " 8 Nov 5, 99 Rosenheim, DEU 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 5 Mar 9, 994 Toronto, ON, CAN 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' " Sep 6, 98 San Francisco, CA, USA 46 Michael Latta C 6' " 7 May 5, 99 Kitchener, ON, CAN 49 Stanislav Galiev R 6' " 87 Jan 7, 99 Moscow, RUS 53 Sean Collins C 6' " 98 Dec 9, 988 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 98 Feb 9, 995 Klagenfurt, AUT 7 Braden Holtby G 6' " 7 Sep 6, 989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 5 Jan, 99 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' " 89 Dec 3, 986 Everett, WA, USA 83 Jay Beagle R 6' 3" Oct 6, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 88 Nate Schmidt D 6' " 9 Jul 6, 99 St. Cloud, MN, USA 9 Marcus Johansson L 6' " 9 Oct 6, 99 Landskrona, SWE 9 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' " 9 May 9, 99 Chelyabinsk, RUS Players Total Avg: 6' " 3 Age: 7.3 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 9 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' " 3 Nov 3, 987 Gävle, SWE Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Chicago Blackhawks: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Duncan Keith D 6' " 9 Jul 6, 983 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 6' 3" 97 Jun 6, 987 Eksjo, SWE 5 David Rundblad D 6' " 87 Oct 8, 99 Lycksele, SWE 6 Trevor Daley D 5' " 95 Oct 9, 983 Toronto, ON, CAN 7 Brent Seabrook D 6' 3" Apr, 985 Richmond, BC, CAN Andrew Desjardins L 6' " 95 Jul 7, 986 Lively, ON, CAN 4 Viktor Tikhonov R 6' " 89 May, 988 Riga, LVA 5 Artem Anisimov C 6' 4" 98 May 4, 988 Yaroslavl, RUS 6 Marcus Kruger C 6' " 86 May 7, 99 Stockholm, SWE 9 Jonathan Toews C 6' " Apr 9, 988 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 8 Ryan Garbutt L 6' " 95 Aug, 985 Edmonton, AB, CAN 9 Bryan Bickell L 6' 4" 3 Mar 9, 986 Bowmanville, ON, CAN 33 Scott Darling G 6' 6" 3 Dec, 988 Newport News, VA, USA 39 Kyle Baun R 6' " 9 May 4, 99 Toronto, ON, CAN 43 Viktor Svedberg D 6' 8" 38 May 4, 99 Gothenburg, SWE 5 Corey Crawford G 6' " 6 Dec 3, 984 Montreal, QC, CAN 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 6' " 88 Jul 4, 99 Middletown, NJ, USA 65 Andrew Shaw R 5' " 79 Jul, 99 Belleville, ON, CAN 7 Artemi Panarin L 5' " 7 Oct 3, 99 Korkino, RUS 8 Marian Hossa R 6' " 7 Jan, 979 Stará Lubovna, SVK 86 Teuvo Teravainen C 5' " 78 Sep, 994 Helsinki, FIN 88 Patrick Kane R 5' " 77 Nov 9, 988 Buffalo, NY, USA Players Total Avg: 6' " 98 Age: 7.6 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 3 Michal Rozsival D 6' " Sep 3, 978 Vlasim, CZE Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks

3 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks D Matt Niskanen :47. L 8 Alex Ovechkin 4 5. :. L 5 Jason Chimera :5. R 4 Justin Williams :4. D 74 John Carlson 7. 3:5. D 44 Brooks Orpik :39. 4 L 9 Marcus Johansson :3. D 9 Dmitry Orlov :55. R 43 Tom Wilson. :8. 7 C Brooks Laich : 5. 3 D 7 Karl Alzner -. 9: C 46 Michael Latta. 8: R 49 Stanislav Galiev. :. C 53 Sean Collins -. 8:3. L 65 Andre Burakovsky -. 6: R 77 T.J. Oshie :. 3 R 83 Jay Beagle -. 4: D 88 Nate Schmidt -. 4:6. 5 C 9 Evgeny Kuznetsov - 4. : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 3 Philipp Grubauer Braden Holtby Chicago Blackhawks: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 88 Patrick Kane :55 5. L 7 Artemi Panarin :5. 3 D 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk : C 86 Teuvo Teravainen : D Duncan Keith : C 9 Jonathan Toews : R 8 Marian Hossa :4. D 7 Brent Seabrook :37. 6 C 5 Artem Anisimov : D 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson 4-4. :. 6 R 65 Andrew Shaw 4-3. : D 5 David Rundblad. 8:8. D 6 Trevor Daley :. 7 7 L Andrew Desjardins : R 4 Viktor Tikhonov 3-6. :4. 5 C 6 Marcus Kruger : 5. 3 L 8 Ryan Garbutt 4-9. :4. 8 L 9 Bryan Bickell 4-3. :. 3 R 39 Kyle Baun. 9:3. D 43 Viktor Svedberg : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 33 Scott Darling Corey Crawford

4 Chicago Washington Capitals Team Records Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals Last game: Wednesday AT PHILADELPHIA (3- L) Tuesday VS SAN JOSE (5- L) Next game: Saturday VS COLUMBUS Saturday VS CAROLINA Overall record/streak: - - / Lost - - / Lost Home record/streak: - - / Win / Undef - - / Lost Road record/streak: - - / Lost - - / Lost Last 5 Games: Last 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. Atlantic: vs. Metropolitan: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: Totals:

5 Chicago Washington Capitals Situations Goals by Period 3 OT T Avg Chicago Blackhawks: (.3 avg.) Opponents: (.3 avg.) Washington Capitals: 3 5 (.5 avg.) Opponents: ( 4. avg.) Shots by Period 3 OT T Avg Chicago Blackhawks: (33.3 avg.) Opponents: (3.3 avg.) Washington Capitals: (9. avg.) Opponents: (8. avg.) Power Play Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: 6.5 (T-st NHL) 9. (5th NHL) Home: 8.5 (8th NHL) 9. (T-th NHL) Road: 8.5 (T-3th NHL). SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) Penalty Killing Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: 9. (T-6th NHL) (T-7th NHL) Home:. (T-st NHL) (T-3th NHL) Road: (7th NHL). SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-st NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-st NHL) Penalties Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank (nd NHL) 8 9. (T-th NHL) Goal Situations Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: 5 on 3: 4 on 4: 4 on 3: 3 on 3: 3 on 4: 3 on 5: 4 on 5: Empty Net: Penalty Shots: Total:

6 Chicago Washington Capitals Situations Individual Leaders Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals Points: P. KANE (6),A. PANARIN (4),M. HOSSA () J. CHIMERA (),J. WILLIAMS (),A. OVECHKIN () Goals: P. KANE (3),A. PANARIN (),B. SEABROOK () J. CHIMERA (),B. ORPIK (),A. OVECHKIN () Assists: P. KANE (3),M. HOSSA (),D. KEITH () J. WILLIAMS (),J. CARLSON (),J. CHIMERA () PP Goals: B. SEABROOK (),P. KANE () M. NISKANEN (),M. JOHANSSON () SH Goals: A. ANISIMOV () J. CHIMERA () GW Goals: P. KANE (),A. PANARIN () M. JOHANSSON () 3+ Goals: PIM: J. TOEWS (4),T. DALEY (),A. ANISIMOV () E. KUZNETSOV (4),J. CHIMERA (),B. ORPIK () Shots: P. KANE (),M. HOSSA (4),T. TERAVAINEN () T. OSHIE (9),J. CHIMERA (7),J. CARLSON (7) +/-: A. PANARIN (+),A. ANISIMOV (+),J. TOEWS (+) B. ORPIK (+),A. OVECHKIN (+),J. CARLSON () Shootout Chicago Blackhawks Washington Capitals Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Power Play Chicago Blackhawks Player G A P Marian Hossa Patrick Kane Duncan Keith Brent Seabrook Andrew Shaw Teuvo Teravainen Washington Capitals Player G A P John Carlson Marcus Johansson Matt Niskanen Dmitry Orlov Alex Ovechkin Justin Williams Short Handed Chicago Blackhawks Player G A P Artem Anisimov Washington Capitals Player G A P John Carlson Jason Chimera Justin Williams

7 Washington Capitals: Media Notes San Jose 5, Washington October 5, 5 * Verizon Center * Washington, D.C. Washington Goals: None Shots: WSH: 3; SJ: 3 Power Plays: WSH: -4; SJ: -5 Three Stars:. Jones (SJ),. Thornton (SJ), 3. Carlson (WSH) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Oct. 5: Signed Tim McGauley to a three-year, entry-level contract CAPITALS MILESTONES WITHIN REACH Nicklas Backstrom Two goals shy of passing Steve Konowalchuk (46) for 4th place on the Capitals franchise goals list Evgeny Kuznetsov One game shy of NHL/Capitals games played Alex Ovechkin Three points shy of 9 NHL/Capitals points Brooks Laich Two games shy of passing Kevin Hatcher (686) for th place on the Capitals franchise games played list Jason Chimera Four assists shy of Capitals assists CAPITALS MILESTONES RECENTLY ACHIEVED John Carlson Played in his 4th NHL/Capitals game, Oct. 3 vs. SJ Matt Niskanen Earned his th NHL point, Oct. vs. NJ Brooks Orpik Scored his first Capitals goal, Oct. vs. NJ Justin Williams Earned his first Capitals point, Oct. vs. NJ T.J. Oshie Made his Capitals debut, Oct. vs. NJ Justin Williams Made his Capitals debut, Oct. vs. NJ Sean Collins Made his Capitals debut, Oct. vs. NJ INJURIES/ILLNESSES Nicklas Backstrom, missed two games (/-/3) Total Man-Games Lost: TONIGHT S GAME The Capitals host the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks at Verizon Center on Thursday. Washington won the season series against Chicago - last season, including a 3- victory over the Blackhawks in the 5 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park on Jan., 5. The Capitals are all-time against Chicago at home and have won four straight home games against the Blackhawks (//8-//5). The teams will complete their season series on Feb. 8, 6, at United Center in Chicago. UPCOMING GAMES DATE OPPONENT TIME TV RADIO Oct. 5 Chicago 7 p.m. CSN WJFK 6.7 Oct. 7 Carolina 7 p.m. CSN WJFK 6.7 Oct. at Calgary 9 p.m. CSN, SN36 WJFK 6.7 Oct. at Vancouver p.m. CSN, SN36 WJFK 6.7 Oct. 3 at Edmonton 9 p.m. CSN WJFK 6.7 * All times are Eastern NOTE OF THE NIGHT Last We Met The Washington Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3- on Jan. in the 5 NHL Bridgestone Winter Classic in front of 4,83 fans at Nationals Park. The Capitals became just the fourth home team to win an outdoor game in NHL history, joining the Bruins (WC), Flames (HC) and 4 Blackhawks (SS). The game marked Washington s second appearance in the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. The Capitals defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3- in front of 68, fans at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Jan.,. Troy Brouwer scored the game-winning goal with.9 seconds remaining in the third period to lead the Capitals past

8 the Blackhawks. TOP FIVE CAPS FACTS Home Sweet Home The Capitals continue their four-game homestand on Thursday against the Chicago Blackhawks. The Capitals are all-time against Chicago at home and have won four straight home games against the Blackhawks (//8-//5). Washington posted a record at Verizon Center last season. Nearing 9 Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin registered two points (g, a) on Oct. against New Jersey and now sits three points shy of 9 NHL points (476g, 4a). Since entering the NHL in 5-6, Ovechkin has posted 35 more goals and 44 more points than any other player. In addition, Ovechkin leads the NHL in goals since - despite beginning his NHL career in 5. Only four players have scored more goals (475) in their first seasons than Ovechkin (Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Mario Lemieux, Brett Hull). The Moscow native ranks first in franchise history in goals (476), points (897), power-play goals (76), game-winning goals (8), overtime goals (5), shots (3,834) and multi-goal games (). Kuznetsov Plays No. Evgeny Kuznetsov is scheduled to play in his th NHL/Capitals game on Thursday against Chicago. The Chelyabinsk, Russia, native has registered 46 points (4g, 3a) in 99 career NHL games. Kuznetsov was drafted by the Capitals in the first round, 6th overall, in the NHL Draft. Beating The Blackhawks Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin has registered points (7g, 4a) in career games against the Blackhawks, Nicklas Backstrom has earned seven points (3g, 4a) in seven career games and Braden Holtby has posted a 3-- record in four career games against Chicago. Iron Man Capitals defenseman John Carlson played in his 4th NHL/Capitals game on Tuesday against San Jose. Carlson became the 3th defenseman in franchise history to play 4 games for Washington. The 6 3, 5-pound defenseman has played in 38 consecutive games, marking the second-longest consecutive games played streak in Capitals franchise history, trailing Bob Carpenter (4). Carlson and teammate Karl Alzner, who has played in 378 consecutive games, are two of only three defensemen (Keith Yandle) that have not missed a regular-season game in each of the last six seasons (-5). ADDITIONAL CAPITALS NOTES Right Reinforcements Justin Williams and T.J. Oshie made their Capitals debut on Oct. against New Jersey. Williams earned two assists in his debut and Oshie registered a team-high four shots in :45 of ice time. Williams signed with Washington as a free agent on July, 5, and the Capitals acquired T.J. Oshie from St. Louis on July, 5. Williams has won three Stanley Cups (Carolina: 6, Los Angeles:, 4) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs in 4. Oshie registered 55 points (9 goals, 36 assists) and 5 penalty minutes in 7 games with St. Louis last season. He posted three three-assist games in 4-5, registered his second career hat trick and matched his career high with four points (3g, a) on Jan. 3 at San Jose. Rocket Man Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored a goal and added an assist on Oct. against New Jersey. Ovechkin scored 53 goals in 4-5 to capture his third consecutive and fifth career Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy, awarded to the NHL s leading goalscorer. Ovechkin won the award previously in 7-8, 8-9, -3 and 3-4 and is the first player in the trophy s 5-year history to win the award five times. No other player has won the award more than twice. Ovechkin led the NHL in goals (53), power-play goals (5), game-winning goals () and shots (395) last season. Strong Out of the Gate The Capitals defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Oct. in their first game of the 5-6 season. Saturday marked the most goals Washington has scored in a season opener since Oct. 9, 3, when the Capitals defeated the NY Islanders 6- in their first game of the 3-4 season. Jason Chimera started the scoring for Washington, scoring the Capitals first goal of the season shorthanded at :4 of the first period. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Chimera's goal marked the first time in franchise history the Capitals first goal of the season was scored shorthanded. Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored a goal and earned an assist on Saturday and now has registered points (6g, 6a) in career season-opening games.the Capitals improved to -5- all-time season-openers at home, including a 7-- record in such games at Verizon Center. Worth the Wait Brooks Orpik scored his first Capitals goal in his 79th game with Washington on Oct. against the Devils. Orpik has registered points (g, 9a) in 8 games with Washington and 5 points (4g, 38a) in 783 career NHL games with Pittsburgh and Washington. Holt-beast Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby made 7 saves on Tuesday against San Jose. Last season, Holtby set career highs in wins (4), shutouts (9), games played (73), goals-against average (.) and save percentage (.93). The 6, 7-pound goaltender registered a franchise-record,887 saves in 4-5 and tied the franchise record in wins, shutouts and games played. Holtby finished

9 the 4-5 season ranked first in the NHL in ice time (4,47), games played (73) and saves (,887), tied for second in shutouts (9) and wins (4), fifth in goals-against average (.) and tied for seventh in save percentage (.93). Since the start of the -3 season, Holtby ranks second the NHL in shutouts (7), trailing Carey Price (8). This Date In Caps History On Oct. 5, 974, the Washington Capitals played the first home game in franchise history against the Los Angeles Kings at the Capital Centre in Landover. The Caps and Kings skated to a - tie. After dropping the first two games of their existence on the road against the New York Rangers and Minnesota North Stars, respectively, the Capitals inaugurated their new building against Norris Division foe Los Angeles. A crowd of 8,93 was on hand for the first NHL game played in the District. After a scoreless first period, Caps defenseman Yvon Labre scored the first-ever goal at the Capital Centre with help from Dave Kryskow and Bill Lesuk at 4:35 of the second period. Niskanen Earns No. Matt Niskanen scored a goal and earned an assist on Oct. against New Jersey, marking his 36th career multi-point game. Niskanen s power-play goal in the third period marked his th NHL point (4g, 6a) in his 574th NHL game. SkyCam Test SkyCam, an innovative computer-controlled aerial camera system, will be tested by CSN and NBC Sports at Verizon Center during tonight s Capitals game. The technology delivers dynamic views of the action at varying heights, speeds and angles for use on TV and the arena s video boards. MEDIA RESOURCES The 5-6 Washington Capitals media guide is available for download here.

10 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. //5 New Jersey Devils W s,44,8,9p,p / 856+ /3/5 San Jose Sharks L / /5/5 Chicago Blackhawks 4 /7/5 Carolina Hurricanes 5 Calgary Flames 6 Vancouver Canucks 7 Edmonton Oilers 8 /8/5 Pittsburgh Penguins 9 /3/5 Columbus Blue Jackets Florida Panthers New York Rangers /5/5 Boston Bruins 3 /7/5 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Detroit Red Wings 5 Philadelphia Flyers 6 /3/5 Calgary Flames 7 Detroit Red Wings 8 /9/5 Dallas Stars 9 //5 Colorado Avalanche /3/5 Edmonton Oilers /5/5 Winnipeg Jets /7/5 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Montréal Canadiens 5 Winnipeg Jets 6 /8/5 Detroit Red Wings 7 Florida Panthers 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 /6/5 Ottawa Senators 3 /8/5 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 New York Rangers 33 Carolina Hurricanes 34 /6/5 Montréal Canadiens 35 Buffalo Sabres 36 /3/5 Buffalo Sabres 37 Carolina Hurricanes 38 Columbus Blue Jackets 39 Boston Bruins 4 New York Islanders 4 New York Rangers 4 //6 Ottawa Senators 43 /4/6 Vancouver Canucks 44 Buffalo Sabres 45 /7/6 New York Rangers 46 Columbus Blue Jackets 47 //6 Anaheim Ducks 48 /4/6 Pittsburgh Penguins 49 /7/6 Philadelphia Flyers 5 //6 Florida Panthers 5 /4/6 New York Islanders 5 New Jersey Devils 53 /7/6 Philadelphia Flyers 54 Nashville Predators 55 Minnesota Wild 56 Dallas Stars 57 /6/6 Los Angeles Kings 58 New York Islanders 59 //6 New Jersey Devils 6 //6 Arizona Coyotes 6 /4/6 Montréal Canadiens 6 /6/6 Minnesota Wild 63 Chicago Blackhawks 64 3//6 Toronto Maple Leafs 65 3/4/6 New York Rangers 66 Boston Bruins 67 Anaheim Ducks 68 Los Angeles Kings 69 San Jose Sharks 7 3/5/6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 3/8/6 Nashville Predators 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 73 Ottawa Senators 74 New Jersey Devils 75 3/6/6 St. Louis Blues 76 3/8/6 Columbus Blue Jackets 77 Philadelphia Flyers 78 Colorado Avalanche 79 Arizona Coyotes 8 4/5/6 New York Islanders 8 4/7/6 Pittsburgh Penguins 8 St. Louis Blues

11 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. NISKANEN # OVECHKIN # 8 ORLOV # 9 WILLIAMS # 4 LAICH # CHIMERA # 5 Oct Vs NJD -,/ 4:44 -,4/ : -,/ 3:3 -,/ 7:3 -,/- :37 -,/ : -,/- 9:5 Oct 3 Vs SJS -,/- 4:5 DNP -,/- 4:8 -,/- 6:38 -,5/- 3:3 -,6/- 3:4 -,/- 9:8 ALZNER # 7 Date Opp. WILSON # 43 ORPIK # 44 LATTA # 46 GALIEV # 49 COLLINS # 53 BURAKOVSKY # 65 CARLSON # 74 Oct Vs NJD -,/ 3:4 -,3/ 8:6 -,/ 9:3 -,/- 8:55 -,/ 4:4 -,3/ :3 Oct 3 Vs SJS -,/- :5 -,/ 9: -,/ 7:3 -,/ : -,/ 8:8 -,/- 7:3 -,4/- 5: Date Opp. OSHIE # 77 BEAGLE # 83 SCHMIDT # 88 JOHANSSON # 9 KUZNETSOV # 9 GRUBAUER # 3 HOLTBY # 7 Oct Vs NJD -,4/- :45 -,/ 3:48 -,/ 5:4 -(W),3/ 6:47 -,/ 8:5 DND 3/4 W 59:8 Oct 3 Vs SJS -,5/- 4:4 -,/- 4:43 -,/- 3:8 -,/- :3 -,/- :5 DND 3/3 L 55:47

12 Washington Capitals: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Barry Trotz - In his second season as Washington's head coach - Became the 7th head coach in Washington Capitals history on May 6, 4 - Earned his 6th NHL win on April, 5 at MTL - Record as NHL head coach: Spent 5 seasons as head coach of the Nashville Predators - Ranks 3th on the NHL's all-time wins list (63) and ranks fourth among active coaches - Was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award in and - Ranks third all-time in both games coached (,96) and wins (557) with a single franchise - One of just six coaches in all four major North American sports leagues to have coached or managed a team's first 5 seasons of existence #3: Philipp Grubauer (G) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Nov 5, 99 (3 years and months) groo-bahw-uhr Drafted: Capitals fourth-round choice, th overall, in the NHL Draft Last Win: FEB 6, 5 vs ANAHEIM Last SO: - Career Shootouts: /3 (.656), 3-4 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves - - Served as backup in two games (/-/3). Posted a record with six shutouts, a.3 goals-against average and a.9 save percentage in 49 games with Hershey (AHL) last season... Ranks third in the AHL in wins, tied for third in shutouts, th in goals-against average and tied for th in the League in save percentage... Stopped 3 of 5 shots in win vs. ANA (/6)... Served as backup in two games (3/5-3/6)... Represented the Eastern Conference at the 5 AHL All-Star Classic and won the top goaltender award at the skills competition. #7: Braden Holtby (G) 6' ", 7 lbs. / Sep 6, 989 (6 years) HOHLT-bee Drafted: Capitals' fourth-round choice, 93rd overall, in the 8 NHL Draft Last Win: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last SO: APR 8, 5 vs BOSTON (3) Career Shootouts: 6/87 (.7), 3-7 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves /3 vs SJS Made 7 saves vs. SJ (/3)... Made saves in win vs. NJ (/). Set career highs in wins (4), shutouts (9), games played (73), goals-against average (.) and save percentage (.93) last season... Ranked first in the NHL in ice time (4,47), games played (73) and saves (,887), tied for second in shutouts (9) and wins (4), fifth in goals-against average (.) and tied for seventh in save percentage (.93). #: Matt Niskanen (D) 6' ", lbs. / Dec 6, 986 (8 years and months) NIHS-kah-nehn Drafted: Dallas' first-round choice, 8th overall, in the 5 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 4 Last Goal: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: /4 (5%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp :5 + / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD times /3 vs SJS / vs NJD times / vs NJD Logged 4:5 of ice time vs. SJ (/3)... Registered two points (g, a), including his th NHL point, vs. NJ (/). Played in all 8 games for the first time in his career... Ranked second on the team in ice time (:)... Scored a goal vs. BOS (4/8)... Tallied an assist vs. CAR (3/3), extending his assist streak to four games... Recorded a Caps season-high 8:5 of ice time vs. ANA (/6)... Recorded his secondcareer three-assist game, led WSH in ice time (:35) and was named the game s first star vs. NYI (/8)... Played his 5th NHL game vs. DET (/9).

13 #4: Taylor Chorney (D) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Apr 7, 987 (8 years and 5 months) CHOHR-nee Drafted: Oilers' second-round choice, 36th overall, in the 5 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 5 Last Goal: FEB 5, vs DALLAS (7) Last Assist: FEB 5, vs DALLAS (7) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp Served as a healthy extra in two games (/-/3). Appeared in seven regular-season games with the Penguins in Registered 9 points (4g, 5a) and 4 penalty minutes in 6 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) and served as the team s alternate captain... Played 4th pro game in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton debut vs. Lehigh Valley (/). #8: Alex Ovechkin (L) 6' 3", 39 lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (3 years) oh-vehch-kihn Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, first overall, in the 4 NHL Draft 9th NHL / 9th WSH Season Last Goal: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: 7/9 (9%), 8 GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp : 4 + / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD Scored a goal and earned an assist vs. NJ (/). Led the NHL in goals (53), power-play goals (5), game-winning goals () and shots (395)... Won his third consecutive and fifth career Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy... Ranked tied for fourth in the NHL in points (8)... Scored a PPG vs. NYR (4/), marking his career-high and franchise record 5th PPG of the season... With his first goal at MTL (4/), passed Peter Bondra (47) for first place on the Capitals goals list. #9: Dmitry Orlov (D) 6' ", lbs. / Jul 3, 99 (4 years and months) ohr-lawf Drafted: Capitals' second-round choice, 55th overall, in the 9 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR, 4 vs PHILADELPHIA () Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp -- 4:8 + times / vs NJD / vs NJD times /3 vs SJS / vs NJD times / vs NJD Earned an assist vs. NJ (/). Recalled from Hershey (AHL) on April... Earned three assists in three games with the Bears (AHL)... Re-assigned to Hershey (AHL) for conditioning purposes (3/7)... Missed 79 games due to injury (/9-3/6, 4/-4/).

14 #4: Justin Williams (R) 6' ", 86 lbs. / Oct 4, 98 (34 years) Drafted: Flyers' first-round choice, 8th overall, in the NHL Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 5 Last Goal: MAR 8, ANAHEIM (4) Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: 8/5 (3%), 4 GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp :3 + times / vs NJD / vs NJD times / vs NJD times times / vs NJD Registered two assists in his Capitals debut vs. NJ (/). Finished the season ranked fourth among Kings skaters in goals (8), tied for fourth in power-play goals (4), sixth in assists (3) and tied for sixth in points (4)... Registered nine multi-point games in Earned two assists vs. EDM (4/)... Recorded two points (g, a) at VAN (3/)... Tied his career high with three assists at COL (3/)... Scored the game-winning goal vs. DET (/4)... Scored two goals at TB (/7)... Recorded two points (g, a) vs. NJ (/4)... Scored two goals vs. NYR (/8)... Tallied two assists vs. CGY (/)... Earned two points (g, a) at TOR (/4)... Scored two goals at DAL (/). #9: Nicklas Backstrom (C) (*Injured) 6' ", 3 lbs. / Nov 3, 987 (7 years and months) Drafted: Capitals' forst-round choice, fourth overall, in the 6 NHL Draft s WSH SeasonLast Goal: FEB 9, 5 vs WINNIPEG (3) Last Assist: APR, 5 vs NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: 9/53 (36%), 8 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp Missed two games due to injury (/-/3). Ranked first in the NHL in assists (6) and power-play assists (3), tied for third in power-play points (33), tied for fourth in primary assists (3) and sixth in points (78)... Tallied his 6th assist of the season vs. NYR (4/), marking the second consecutive season and the fourth time in his career he has registered 6 or more assists in a season... Earned two assists vs. BOS (3/5), passing Alex Ovechkin and Michal Pivonka (48) for first place on the Capitals franchise assist list. #: Brooks Laich (C) 6' ", 95 lbs. / Jun 3, 983 (3 years and 3 months) LIKE Drafted: Ottawa's sixth-round choice, 93rd overall, in the NHL Draft Acquired: From Ottawa with Ottawa s second-round choice in the 5 NHL Draft and future considerations for Peter Bondra, Feb. 8, 4 3rd NHL / 3rd WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 3, 5 vs CAROLINA (7) Last Assist: MAR 9, NY RANGERS (8) Career Shootouts: 7/9 (37%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp : times times times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS times Registered five shots vs. SJ (/3)... Won 4 of 6 faceoffs (66.7%) vs. NJ (/). Scored a goal vs. CAR (3/3)... Passed Sergei Gonchar (654) for th place on the Capitals franchise games played list vs. PHI (/8)... Registered two points (g, a) at NJ (/6), marking his 3th NHL/Capitals point... Passed Sylvain Cote (6) for 4th place on the Capitals franchise games played list vs. NYI (/8).

15 #5: Jason Chimera (L) 6' 3", 6 lbs. / May, 979 (36 years and 5 months) shih-mair-uh Drafted: Edmonton's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 997 NHL Draft Acquired: From Columbus in exhange for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina, Dec. 8, 9 Last Goal: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp :4 6 + / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS times / vs NJD Led Washington with six shots vs. SJ (/3)... Scored his eighth career shorthanded goal and added an assist vs. NJ (/). Scored two goals, including his 5th career game-winning goal, at NYR (3/9), marking his eighth career multi-goal game... Played in his 4th career Capitals game vs. NJ (3/6)... Played in his 8th career NHL game at VAN (/6). #7: Karl Alzner (D) 6' ", 4 lbs. / Sep 4, 988 (7 years) ALZ-nuhr Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fifth overall, in teh 7 NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 6, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: MAR 6, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp : times times times times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS times Tallied four hits vs. SJ (/3)... Registered two blocked shots in 9:5 of ice time vs. NJ (/). Played in his 8nd game of the season vs. NYR (4/), marking the fifth consecutive season he has appeared in all of Washington s games... Boasts the third-longest consecutive games played streak in Capitals franchise history (376), trailing Bob Carpenter (4) and John Carlson (378)... Registered career highs in goals (5) and points () and tied his career high in assists (6), games played (8) and plus/minus (+4)... Earned an assist and scored his career-high fifth goal of the season vs. NJ (3/6). #43: Tom Wilson (R) 6' 4", 5 lbs. / Mar 9, 994 ( years and 6 months) Drafted: Capitals first-round choice, 6th overall, in the NHL Draft Last Goal: MAR 3, COLUMBUS (7) Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp :4 5 + times / vs NJD / vs NJD times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS / vs NJD / vs NJD Earned an assist vs. NJ (/). Set career highs in goals (4), assists (3), points (7) and penalty minutes (7)... Ranked fourth in the NHL in penalty minutes (7)... Scored a goal and earned 7 PIM at CBJ (3/3)... Earned two assists vs. TB (/3), marking his first career multi-assist game... Played in his th NHL game vs. CBJ (/)... Scored a goal and earned 5 PIM vs. TOR (/9)... Earned an assist vs. NYI (/8)... Registered a game-high six hits and earned seven PIM at STL (/5)... Registered two points (g, a) vs. ARI (/), marking his first multi-point game of the season and the second multi-point game of his career (/5/3 vs. NYI: g, a).

16 #44: Brooks Orpik (D) 6' ", lbs. / Sep 6, 98 (35 years) OHR-pihk Drafted: Penguins' first-round choice, 8th overall, in the NHL Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 4 Last Goal: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: APR, 5 vs NY RANGERS () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp : / vs NJD times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS / vs NJD /3 vs SJS / vs NJD Recorded four hits vs. SJ (/4)... Scored his first Capitals goal vs. NJ (/). Washington was 5-- last season when Orpik earned a point... Ranked third in the NHL in hits (36) and fourth in blocked shots (9)... Earned most points (9) and assists (9) in a season since Registered hits vs. NSH (3/8)... Led all skaters in hits (9) vs. NYI (/8)... Earned an assist on Fehr s overtime goal, led WSH in ice time (3:) and registered five hits at ARI (/8). #46: Michael Latta (C) 6' ", 7 lbs. / May 5, 99 (4 years and 4 months) LA-tuh Drafted: Nashville's third-round choice, 7nd overall, in the 9 NHL Draft Acquired: From Nashville with Martin Erat in exchange for Filip Forsberg, April 3, 3 Last Goal: NOV 5, DETROIT (6) Last Assist: APR, 5 vs NY RANGERS () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp :3 5 + times times times times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS / vs NJD times Led Washington in hits (5) vs. NJ (/). Led all Capitals rookies in penalty minutes (8) and hits (9)... Tallied an assist vs. NYR (4/)... Earned an assist at SJ (/)... Tallied two assists at CBJ (/8), marking his first career multi-assist and multi-point game... Earned an assist at NJ (/6)... Won 3 of 3 faceoffs at COL (/)... Won 3 of 9 faceoffs (68.4%) vs. CGY (/)... Earned an assist at CGY (/5)... Registered three hits in 8:8 of ice time at EDM (/)... Registered five penalty minutes and three hits at BOS (/). #49: Stanislav Galiev (R) 6' ", 87 lbs. / Jan 7, 99 (3 years and 8 months) Drafted: Capitals third-round choice, 86th overall, in the NHL Draft Last Goal: APR, 5 vs NY RANGERS () Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career 3 -- Career vs. Opp : + /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS Logged : of ice time in his season debut vs. SJ (/3)... Served as a healthy extra vs. NJ (/). Scored his first NHL goal vs. NYR (4/)... Made his NHL debut vs. BOS (4/8)... Recalled from Hershey (AHL) on April 7... Registered 45 points (5 goals, assists) in 64 games with Hershey (AHL) last season... Set career highs in goals, assists and points last season, led the AHL in power-play goals (5) and ranked first among Bears skaters in goals.. Recorded a career-high six game point streak from Feb. 6-5 (five goals, four assists) and has tallied multi-point games.

17 #53: Sean Collins (C) 6' ", 98 lbs. / Dec 9, 988 (6 years and 9 months) Drafted: Columbus' seventh-round choice, 87th overall, in the 8 NHL Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 5 Last Goal: - Last Assist: JAN 6, DALLAS (5) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp :55 + times times times / vs NJD / vs NJD times times /3 vs SJS Made his Capitals debut vs. NJ (/). Set NHL career highs in games played (8), assists () and points ()... Registered 36 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 64 games with the Springfield Falcons (AHL)... Set AHL career high in goals (7)... Ranked tied for first on the team in goals, third in points and tied for fifth in assists. #65: Andre Burakovsky (L) 6' 3", 98 lbs. / Feb 9, 995 ( years and 8 months) buhr-a-kawv-skee Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 3rd overall, in the 3 NHL Draft Last Goal: FEB 5, ANAHEIM (3) Last Assist: MAR 3, 5 vs DALLAS (5) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp -- 7:3 + times times times times /3 vs SJS times times / vs NJD Led Washington with three blocked shots vs. SJ (/3)... Logged 4:4 of ice time vs. NJ (/). Ranked second among Capitals rookies in games played (53), goals (9), assists (3) and points ()... Led Washington rookies in plus/minus (+)... Earned an assist vs. DAL (3/3)... Scored two goals at ANA (/5), marking his first career multi-goal game... Scored his first NHL goal in his NHL debut vs. MTL (/9) 6:43 in to the first period, marking the second-fastest first-career goal in franchise history #74: John Carlson (D) 6' 3", 5 lbs. / Jan, 99 (5 years and 9 months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 7th overall, in the 8 NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 8, 5 vs BOSTON (3) Last Assist: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- Career Career vs. Opp : 4 + times / vs NJD / vs NJD / vs NJD /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS / vs NJD / vs NJD Played in his 4th NHL/Capitals game and led all skaters in ice time (5:) vs. SJ (/3)... Earned two assists vs. NJ (/). Recorded career highs in goals (), assists (43) and points (55)... Ranked tied for second among NHL defensemen in primary assists (4), tied for fourth in assists (43), tied for fifth in points (55) and tied for th in goals ()... Played in his 8nd game of the season vs. NYR (4/), marking the fifth consecutive season he has appeared in all of Washington s games.

18 #77: T.J. Oshie (R) 5' ", 89 lbs. / Dec 3, 986 (8 years and 9 months) OH-shee Drafted: Blues' first-round choice, 4th overall, in the 5 NHL Draft Acquired: From St. Louis in exhange for Troy Brouwer, Pheonix Copley and a thirdround pick in the 6 NHL Draft, July, 5 Last Goal: MAR 5, DALLAS (3) Last Assist: APR 3, DALLAS (5) Career Shootouts: 3/59 (53%), 6 GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp : times times times times /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS times Recorded five shots vs. SJ (/3)... Made his Capitals debut vs. NJ (/). Finished the season ranked tied for third among Blues skaters in assists (36), fourth in plus/minus (+7), tied for fourth in game-winning goals (4) and fifth on the team in points (55) and goals (9)... Recorded three assists at VAN (3/)... Tallied three assists at WSH (/)... Earned three assists at ARI (/6)... Was named the NHL s First Star of the week ending Jan Registered his second career hat trick and matched his career high with four points (3g, a) at SJ (/3)... Appeared in his 4th game at NSH (/3)... Posted three points (g, a), including the game-winning goal vs. NYI (/)... Earned three points (g, a) vs. EDM (/8). #83: Jay Beagle (R) 6' 3", lbs. / Oct 6, 985 (9 years and months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, March 6, 8 Last Goal: MAR 7, 5 vs BUFFALO (3) Last Assist: MAR 7, 5 vs BUFFALO (3) Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp : times times times /3 vs SJS /3 vs SJS times /3 vs SJS / vs NJD Led all skaters in hits (5) and won of 6 faceoffs (68.8%) vs. SJ (/3)... Won of 4 faceoffs (7.4%) faceoffs vs. NJ (/). Registered career highs in goals (), assists (), points () and plus/minus (+6) and tied his career high in games played (6)... Washington posted a 5-- recprd this season when he earned a point... Earned two points (g, a) vs. BUF (3/7)... Earned a career-high three points (g, a) and recorded his second career multi-goal game at SJ (/)... Played in his th NHL game at CHI (/7). #88: Nate Schmidt (D) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jul 6, 99 (4 years and months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, April, 3 Last Goal: MAR 5, 5 vs BOSTON (5) Last Assist: DEC 3, 4 vs TAMPA BAY () Career Shootouts: / (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp -- 5:4 + times times times times / vs NJD /3 vs SJS times / vs NJD Led Washington in blocked shots (4) and was + vs. NJ (/). Scored his first goal of the season vs. BOS (3/5)... Earned an assist vs. TB (/3)... Led WSH in hits (5) at TOR (/9)... Led WSH in blocked shots (3) vs. NYI (/8)... Earned an assist at STL (/5)... Earned an assist vs. CBJ (/).

19 #9: Marcus Johansson (L) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Oct 6, 99 (5 years) yoh-hahn-suhn Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 4th overall, in the 9 NHL Draft Last Goal: OCT, 5 vs NEW JERSEY () Last Assist: APR 8, 5 vs BOSTON (3) Career Shootouts: /3 (%), GDG Season -- - Career Career vs. Opp :3 3 + / vs NJD times / vs NJD times /3 vs SJS / vs NJD /3 vs SJS / vs NJD Scored a PPG vs. NJ (/). Registered career highs in goals (), points (47), shots (38) and games played (8) last season... This season marked the first time in Johansson s career he has reached the -goal plateau... Ranked third on the team in goals (), fourth in points (47) and tied for fifth in assists (7)... Scored his career-high 5th goal of the season vs. TOR (3/), passing his previous career high of 4, set in - (8 games)... Played in his 3th NHL/Capitals game vs. CHI (/)... Scored a goal and earned an assist, marking his th NHL assist at TB (/). #9: Evgeny Kuznetsov (C) 6' ", 9 lbs. / May 9, 99 (3 years and 4 months) ehv-geh-nee kooz-neht-sawf Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 6th overall, in the NHL Draft Last Goal: APR 5, DETROIT (4) Last Assist: APR 8, 5 vs BOSTON (3) Career Shootouts: 8/5 (53%), 3 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp -- :5 3 + times times times times /3 vs SJS times / vs NJD / vs NJD Won of faceoffs (55.%) vs. NJ (/). Earned the most points (37) by a Capitals rookie since John Carlson (37) in -... Became the 3th rookie in franchise history to earn 5 assists in a season... Scored on four consecutive shootout attempts in 4-5, matching the longest streak in the NHL this season... Led all Capitals rookies in goals (), assists (6), points (37) and games played (8)... Ranked eighth among NHL rookies in assists (6) and ninth in points (37).

20 Chicago Blackhawks: Media Notes TODAY'S BROADCAST INFORMATION TV: CSN; Pat Foley (play-by-play), Eddie Olczyk (analyst) Blackhawks Radio: WGN; John Wiedeman (play-by-play), Troy Murray (analyst) BLACKHAWKS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (all times CT) Saturday, Oct. 7 vs. Columbus Blue Jackets; 7:3 p.m. (WGN-TV, WGN Radio) Thursday, Oct. vs. Florida Panthers; 7:3 p.m. (CSN, WGN Radio) Saturday, Oct. 4 vs. Tampa Bay Lightning; 7:3 p.m. (WGN-TV, WGN Radio) LAST TIME OUT Flyers 3, Blackhawks - Oct. 4, 5 at Wells Fargo Center CHI Goals: None NYI Goals: Gagne ( - PPG), Giroux (), Read () Goalies: W - Neuvirth (3/3; 6:); L - Crawford (6/9; 6:) CHI PP: /5; PK: 5/6 Shots: CHI: 3; NYI: 9 3 Stars:. PHI - Neuvirth (3 saves);. PHI: Giroux (g); 3. PHI - Gagner (g) Jonathan Toews recorded a game-high 5 faceoff wins in 9:7 of ice time. Trevor Daley notched a game-high five hits. Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane and Viktor Tikhonov all tallied four shots on goal. CURRENT INJURIES Michael Rozsival has missed four games with a lower-body injury. RECENT TRANSACTIONS Oct. 6: Assigned D Viktor Svedberg to Rockford (AHL) and recalled D Ville Pokka from Rockford (AHL)... Placed D Michal Rozsival on LTIR. Oct. 8: Recalled D Viktor Svedberg from Rockford (AHL) and reassigned D Ville Pokka to Rockford (AHL). TONIGHT'S MATCHUP: CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS The Blackhawks own a all-time advantage over 9 games against the Capitals. Tonight's game marks the first and only meeting at Verizon Center this season. Washington defeated Chicago 3- in both meetings last season, including the 5 NHL Winter Classic at Nationals Park... Brandon Saad paced the Blackhawks with two goals against the Capitals last season... Duncan Keith and Patrick Sharp also notched markers against Washington. CAREER LEADING SCORERS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS GAMES GOALS ASSISTS POINTS Hossa (5) Hossa (4) Hossa (3) Hossa (56) Anisimov (7) Toews (4) Keith (5) Toews (8) Keith (9) Anisimov (3) Daley (4) Anisimov (7) Seabrook (9) Kane () Anisimov (4) Kane (6) Kane (8) Shaw () Kane/Toews (4) Keith (6) CAREER GOALTENDING STATS vs. WASHINGTON CAPITALS GOALTENDER RECORD SO GAA Corey Crawford

21 Scott Darling Games: -- (-- Home; -- Road); Oct. 5 at WSH, Feb. 8 vs. WSH 4-5 Games: -- (-- Home; -- Road); Nov. 7 vs. WSH (3- L), Jan. at WSH (3- L) Current Streak: -3- (April, 4 at WSH; 4- L) All-Time Record: 9 GP, Home: 45 GP, Road: 46 GP, Last Home Win: Oct., 3 (6-4) Last Road Win: Jan., 6 (4-3 OT) Last Home Loss: Nov. 7, 4 (3-) Last Road Loss: Jan., 5 (3-) TEAM NOTES Chicago is 9-for- on the penalty kill on the season. The Blackhawks are - when leading after both the first and second periods this season. The Blackhawks open the season with eight consecutive games against Eastern Conference opponents, besting a franchise-record of two, which has been done many times... Chicago's last streak of eight or more games against opposite conference opponents came in ( straight). Patrick Kane registered points (3g, 3a) in the first three games this season... In -3, Kane notched a career-best five-game point streak (g, 7a) to start the season. Chicago's roster boasts six undrafted players: Andrew Desjardins, Artemi Panarin, Kyle Baun, Ryan Garbutt, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Viktor Svedberg. Brent Seabrook was named alternate captain at the start of training camp, replacing the departed Patrick Sharp... Seabrook also signed an eight-year extension through 3-4 over the offseason. 4-5 SEASON IN REVIEW The Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, -, in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to clinch the franchise's third Stanley Cup championship in six seasons and sixth overall. Seven Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup with the team (, 3 and 5): Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith, Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp... Only one other active player has three Stanley Cup victories: Kings forward Justin Williams. Keith captured the Conn Smythe Trophy after posting a career-best postseason points (3g, 8a) and a league-best +6 rating. Toews earned his first career Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so... Toews led the team with 66 points (8g, 38a) during the regular season. Corey Crawford split the Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals allowed with Montreal's Carey Price... He is now tied with Tony Esposito for the franchise record with 45 postseason wins. Kane (g, a) tied with Tampa Bay's Tyler Johnson for the league lead in playoff points with 3... Toews (g, a) and Keith (3g, 8a) tied for fourth with apiece. Joel Quenneville became the th head coach in NHL history to win three Stanley Cups. OFF-ICE NOTES The Blackhawks have been selected to play a 6 Stadium Series game on Feb., 6 against the Minnesota Wild at TCF Bank Stadium, home of the University of Minnesota football team... The game will mark the team's NHL-record fourth outdoor game, all of which have taken place in a seven-year time frame. The Blackhawks announced plans to build a privately-funded 5, square-foot community training center on July 3, 5, which will contain two sheets of ice for youth hockey development programs, recreational leagues and serve as the practice facility for the Blackhawks and visiting NHL teams.

22 Jonathan Toews is on the cover of EA Sports NHL 6, marking the first time in the video game's 6-year history that an athlete has appeared on the cover twice. PLAYER UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES MILESTONE Marcus Kruger 3 Games (9) Brent Seabrook 5 Assists (47) Andrew Shaw 5 Games (48) Corey Crawford 5 Wins (48) CHICAGO'S RECORD WHEN... GOALS GOAL GOALS 3 GOALS 4 GOALS 5 GOALS 6 GOALS 7 GOALS SCORING ALLOWING SITUATION CHICAGO'S RECORD IN... RECORD One-goal games -- Two-goal games -- Three-goal games -- Overtime -- Shootout -- No days rest (3) -- One days rest (47) -- Two days rest () -- Three+ days rest (9) TEAM RECORDS VS. DIV/CONF BY MONTH BY DAY Central Division (9): -- October (): -- Sunday (6): -- Pacific Division (): -- November (3): -- Monday (4): -- WESTERN CONFERENCE (5): -- December (5): -- Tuesday (4): -- Atlantic Division (6): -- January (4): -- Wednesday (): -- Metropolitan Division (6): -- February (): -- Thursday (5): -- EASTERN CONFERENCE (3): -- March (3): -- Friday (): -- OVERALL RECORD (8): -- April (5): -- Saturday (6): TEAM HIGHS CHICAGO OPPONENT Most Goals Scored, Game 4 (Oct. vs. NYI) 3 (x, last -- Oct. 4 at PHI) Fewest Goals Scored, Game (Oct. 4 at PHI) (Oct. 9 at NYI)