4 Injuries Table
| Player |
Date of Injury |
Injury Type |
Injury Note |
| Nicklas Backstrom | Wed, Jun 1, 2022 | Hip | Nicklas Backstrom has resurfacing surgery on his left hip in early June. There is no defined timeline for Backstrom's return. |
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| Connor Brown | Sat, Apr 23, 2022 | Undisclosed | Brown won't return this season, according to Claire Hanna of TSN. |
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| Carl Hagelin | Tue, Mar 1, 2022 | Eye | The Washington Capitals placed F Carl Hagelin on injured reserve. Hagelin underwent two eye surgeries in March. He was skating early May (Tarik El-Bashir - The Athletic), but his return timeline is uncertain. |
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| Tom Wilson | Tue, May 3, 2022 | Knee | The Capitals announced that Wilson underwent surgery for a torn ACL and will miss 6-8 months. Wilson is expect to return in mid-January 2023 at the earliest. |
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Roster
- Age is on February 1 of given season
Roster Table
| No. |
Player |
Flag |
Pos |
Age |
Ht |
Wt |
S/C |
Exp |
Birth Date |
Salary |
Draft |
| Nicklas Backstrom | se | F | 35 | 6-1 | 206 | L/- | 15 | November 23, 1987 | $3,000,000 | 2006 WSH 1st (4) |
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| Henrik Borgstrom | fi | F | 25 | 6-3 | 190 | L/- | 4 | August 6, 1997 | $400,000 | 2016 FLA 1st (23) |
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| Connor Brown | ca | F | 29 | 6-0 | 185 | R/- | 7 | January 14, 1994 | $4,000,000 | 2012 TOR 6th (156) |
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| John Carlson | us | D | 33 | 6-3 | 215 | R/- | 13 | January 10, 1990 | $4,000,000 | 2008 WSH 1st (27) |
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| Gabriel Carlsson | se | D | 26 | 6-5 | 203 | L/- | 6 | January 2, 1997 | $400,000 | 2015 CBJ 1st (29) |
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| Kody Clark | ca | F | 23 | 6-3 | 185 | R/- | R | October 13, 1999 | $70,000 | 2018 WSH 2nd (47) |
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| Nic Dowd | us | F | 32 | 6-1 | 192 | R/- | 7 | May 27, 1990 | $1,600,000 | 2009 LAK 7th (198) |
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| Lars Eller | dk | F | 33 | 6-2 | 208 | L/- | 13 | May 8, 1989 | $3,000,000 | 2007 STL 1st (13) |
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| Martin Fehervary | sk | D | 23 | 6-2 | 202 | L/- | 2 | October 6, 1999 | $832,500 | 2018 WSH 2nd (46) |
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| Zach Fucale | ca | G | 27 | 6-2 | 189 | -/L | 1 | May 28, 1995 | $160,000 | 2013 MTL 2nd (36) |
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| Erik Gustafsson | se | D | 30 | 6-0 | 197 | L/- | 6 | March 14, 1992 | UFA | 2012 EDM 4th (93) |
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| Garnet Hathaway | us | F | 31 | 6-2 | 212 | R/- | 7 | November 23, 1991 | $1,200,000 | |
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| Vincent Iorio | ca | D | 20 | 6-4 | 200 | R/- | R | November 14, 2002 | $80,000 | 2021 WSH 2nd (55) |
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| Matt Irwin | ca | D | 35 | 6-2 | 189 | L/- | 10 | November 29, 1987 | $750,000 | |
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| Nick Jensen | us | D | 32 | 6-1 | 205 | R/- | 6 | September 21, 1990 | $2,000,000 | 2009 DET 5th (150) |
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| Lucas Johansen | ca | D | 25 | 6-2 | 176 | L/- | 1 | November 16, 1997 | $125,000 | 2016 WSH 1st (28) |
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| Marcus Johansson | se | F | 32 | 6-1 | 203 | L/- | 12 | October 6, 1990 | $1,100,000 | 2009 WSH 1st (24) |
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| Axel Jonsson-Fjallby | se | F | 24 | 6-1 | 189 | L/- | 1 | February 10, 1998 | UFA | 2016 WSH 5th (147) |
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| Darcy Kuemper | ca | G | 32 | 6-5 | 215 | -/L | 10 | May 5, 1990 | $4,000,000 | 2009 MIN 6th (161) |
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| Evgeny Kuznetsov | ru | F | 30 | 6-1 | 205 | L/- | 9 | May 19, 1992 | $3,000,000 | 2010 WSH 1st (26) |
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| Hendrix Lapierre | ca | F | 20 | 6-0 | 178 | L/- | 1 | February 9, 2002 | $80,000 | 2020 WSH 1st (22) |
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| Brett Leason | ca | F | 23 | 6-5 | 218 | R/- | 1 | April 30, 1999 | $750,000 | 2019 WSH 2nd (56) |
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| Charlie Lindgren | us | G | 29 | 6-1 | 182 | -/R | 6 | December 18, 1993 | $1,200,000 | |
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| Beck Malenstyn | ca | F | 24 | 6-3 | 200 | L/- | 2 | February 4, 1998 | $110,000 | 2016 WSH 5th (145) |
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| Anthony Mantha | ca | F | 28 | 6-5 | 234 | L/- | 7 | September 16, 1994 | $6,500,000 | 2013 DET 1st (20) |
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| Dylan McIlrath | ca | D | 30 | 6-4 | 235 | R/- | 6 | April 20, 1992 | $475,000 | 2010 NYR 1st (10) |
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| Connor McMichael | ca | F | 22 | 6-0 | 183 | L/- | 2 | January 15, 2001 | $832,500 | 2019 WSH 1st (25) |
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| Bobby Nardella | us | D | 26 | 5-9 | 180 | L/- | R | April 22, 1996 | $750,000 | |
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| Dmitry Orlov | su | D | 31 | 5-11 | 211 | L/- | 10 | July 23, 1991 | $1,300,000 | 2009 WSH 2nd (55) |
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| T.J. Oshie | us | F | 36 | 5-11 | 196 | R/- | 14 | December 23, 1986 | $2,500,000 | 2005 STL 1st (24) |
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| Alex Ovechkin (C) | su | F | 37 | 6-3 | 238 | R/- | 17 | September 17, 1985 | $1,000,000 | 2004 WSH 1st (1) |
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| Garrett Pilon | us | F | 24 | 6-0 | 190 | R/- | 2 | April 13, 1998 | $750,000 | 2016 WSH 3rd (87) |
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| Aliaksei Protas | by | F | 22 | 6-6 | 225 | L/- | 1 | January 6, 2001 | $70,000 | 2019 WSH 3rd (91) |
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| Conor Sheary | us | F | 30 | 5-9 | 178 | L/- | 7 | June 8, 1992 | $1,750,000 | |
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| Joe Snively | us | F | 27 | 5-9 | 174 | L/- | 1 | January 1, 1996 | $750,000 | |
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| Dylan Strome | ca | F | 25 | 6-3 | 200 | L/- | 6 | March 7, 1997 | $3,500,000 | 2015 ARI 1st (3) |
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| Alexander Suzdalev | ru | F | 18 | 6-1 | 172 | L/- | R | March 5, 2004 | $82,500 | 2022 WSH 3rd (70) |
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| Trevor van Riemsdyk | us | D | 31 | 6-3 | 188 | R/- | 8 | July 24, 1991 | $1,000,000 | |
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| Tom Wilson | ca | F | 28 | 6-4 | 220 | R/- | 9 | March 29, 1994 | $2,100,000 | 2012 WSH 1st (16) |
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