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John Carlson has 32 points (9 goals, 23 assists) in 40 games for the Washington Capitals this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 27) of the 2008 NHL Draft by the Washington Capitals, he has 757 points (165 goals, 592 assists) in 1128 regular-season games for the Washington Capitals.

He also has 78 points (21 goals, 57 assists) in 137 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 36 yrs (10.01.1990)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 27th in 2008
    Draft Team: Team logoWashington Capitals
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 36-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Capitals controlling 53% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When John Carlson is off the ice, the Capitals control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 31% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 37% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 7th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 115th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    39.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    22.56
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.61
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.68
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.82
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.48
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.01
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.23
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.55
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    6.85
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.53
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.68
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.55
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    3.95
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.77
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.80
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.37
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    8.67
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    8.79
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $8.000M
Player Contract Value: $8.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 37.5 yrs (10.01.1990)
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John Carlson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 NYR 1 0 0 0 1 22:55 0 0
01.01.2026 OTT 1 0 0 0 -1 23:15 2 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 23:52 5 0.0% 0
05.01.2026 ANA 1 1 1 2 3 19:40 2 50.0% 2
07.01.2026 DAL 1 0 1 1 -2 27:37 0 0
Total 5 1 2 3 1 9 11.1% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Washington Capitals 22 1 5 6 11 15:15 21 4.8% 8
2010-11 Washington Capitals 82 7 30 37 21 22:38 144 4.9% 44
2011-12 Washington Capitals 82 9 23 32 -15 21:52 152 5.9% 22
2012-13 Washington Capitals 48 6 16 22 11 23:01 97 6.2% 18
2013-14 Washington Capitals 82 10 27 37 -3 24:31 208 4.8% 22
2014-15 Washington Capitals 82 12 43 55 11 23:04 193 6.2% 28
2015-16 Washington Capitals 56 8 31 39 16 23:41 124 6.5% 14
2016-17 Washington Capitals 72 9 28 37 7 22:43 180 5.0% 10
2017-18 Washington Capitals 82 15 53 68 0 24:46 237 6.3% 32
2018-19 Washington Capitals 80 13 57 70 21 25:04 185 7.0% 34
2019-20 Washington Capitals 69 15 60 75 12 24:37 189 7.9% 26
2020-21 Washington Capitals 52 10 34 44 -5 23:46 128 7.8% 12
2021-22 Washington Capitals 78 17 54 71 13 23:49 195 8.7% 20
2022-23 Washington Capitals 40 9 20 29 -7 23:22 124 7.3% 12
2023-24 Washington Capitals 82 10 42 52 -7 25:53 176 5.7% 40
2024-25 Washington Capitals 79 5 46 51 17 23:34 167 3.0% 22
2025-26 Washington Capitals 40 9 23 32 8 22:40 80 11.2% 14
Total 1128 165 592 757 111 2600 6.3% 378
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Washington Capitals 7 1 3 4 6 20:13 14 7.1% 0
2010-11 Washington Capitals 9 2 1 3 -2 24:23 23 8.7% 4
2011-12 Washington Capitals 14 2 3 5 -1 24:01 27 7.4% 8
2012-13 Washington Capitals 7 0 1 1 -4 22:28 21 0.0% 4
2014-15 Washington Capitals 14 1 5 6 3 23:56 41 2.4% 4
2015-16 Washington Capitals 12 5 7 12 -2 26:53 49 10.2% 4
2016-17 Washington Capitals 13 2 2 4 1 22:23 38 5.3% 4
2017-18 Washington Capitals 24 5 15 20 11 25:37 80 6.2% 8
2018-19 Washington Capitals 7 0 5 5 0 26:13 23 0.0% 6
2019-20 Washington Capitals 5 0 6 6 -11 24:49 11 0.0% 2
2020-21 Washington Capitals 5 0 2 2 -2 25:55 8 0.0% 6
2021-22 Washington Capitals 6 1 4 5 -5 24:36 12 8.3% 2
2023-24 Washington Capitals 4 1 1 2 -1 29:11 14 7.1% 2
2024-25 Washington Capitals 10 1 2 3 3 24:15 13 7.7% 2
Total 137 21 57 78 -4 374 5.6% 56
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
John Carlson Team Logo D 36 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.80 0.67 91 78 $8.000M
84% Rasmus Dahlin Team Logo D 25.7 yrs 191 cm / 92 kg 0.76 0.71 87 75 $11.000M
83% Evan Bouchard Team Logo D 26.2 yrs 191 cm / 86 kg 0.91 0.71 93 80 $10.500M
80% Miro Heiskanen Team Logo D 26.5 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.82 0.61 87 85 $8.450M
79% Jake Sanderson Team Logo D 23.5 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.74 0.57 85 86 $8.050M
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