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John Carlson #74
Player Information
The 35-year-old has 10 points (3 goals, 7 assists) in 14 games for the Washington Capitals this season. Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1st round (No. 27) of the 2008 NHL Draft, he has 735 points (159 goals, 576 assists) in 1102 regular-season games for the Washington Capitals. He also has 78 playoff points (21 goals, 57 assists) in 137 games.
Country: Country FlagUSA
Age: 35.8 yrs (10.01.1990)
Height / Weight: 191 cm / 100 kg
Shoots: R
Drafted: 27th in 2008
Draft Team: Team logoWashington Capitals
Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
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83

Overall Rating
Offense:Off: 18th of 264 Defensemen
Defense:Def: 40th of 264 Defensemen
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Actual AAV: $8.000M
Player Contract Value: $8.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 36.5 yrs (10.01.1990)
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John Carlson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.10.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 25:10 1 0.0% 0
31.10.2025 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 -2 25:07 2 0.0% 0
01.11.2025 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 -1 28:04 1 0.0% 0
05.11.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 1 1 2 1 21:04 3 33.3% 0
06.11.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 1 1 0 23:46 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 2 3 -2 8 12.5% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Capitals 22 1 5 6 11 15:15 21 4.8% 8
2010-11 Team Logo Capitals 82 7 30 37 21 22:38 144 4.9% 44
2011-12 Team Logo Capitals 82 9 23 32 -15 21:52 152 5.9% 22
2012-13 Team Logo Capitals 48 6 16 22 11 23:01 97 6.2% 18
2013-14 Team Logo Capitals 82 10 27 37 -3 24:31 208 4.8% 22
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 82 12 43 55 11 23:04 193 6.2% 28
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 56 8 31 39 16 23:41 124 6.5% 14
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 72 9 28 37 7 22:43 180 5.0% 10
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 82 15 53 68 0 24:46 237 6.3% 32
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 80 13 57 70 21 25:04 185 7.0% 34
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 69 15 60 75 12 24:37 189 7.9% 26
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 52 10 34 44 -5 23:46 128 7.8% 12
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 78 17 54 71 13 23:49 195 8.7% 20
2022-23 Team Logo Capitals 40 9 20 29 -7 23:22 124 7.3% 12
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 82 10 42 52 -7 25:53 176 5.7% 40
2024-25 Team Logo Capitals 79 5 46 51 17 23:34 167 3.0% 22
2025-26 Team Logo Capitals 14 3 7 10 -2 23:45 31 9.7% 2
Season Projection 82 18 41 59 -12 23:44 182 9.9% 12
Total 1102 159 576 735 101 2551 6.2% 366
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2009-10 Team Logo Capitals 7 1 3 4 6 20:13 14 7.1% 0
2010-11 Team Logo Capitals 9 2 1 3 -2 24:23 23 8.7% 4
2011-12 Team Logo Capitals 14 2 3 5 -1 24:01 27 7.4% 8
2012-13 Team Logo Capitals 7 0 1 1 -4 22:28 21 0.0% 4
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 14 1 5 6 3 23:56 41 2.4% 4
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 12 5 7 12 -2 26:53 49 10.2% 4
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 13 2 2 4 1 22:23 38 5.3% 4
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 24 5 15 20 11 25:37 80 6.2% 8
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 7 0 5 5 0 26:13 23 0.0% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Capitals 5 0 6 6 -11 24:49 11 0.0% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Capitals 5 0 2 2 -2 25:55 8 0.0% 6
2021-22 Team Logo Capitals 6 1 4 5 -5 24:36 12 8.3% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Capitals 4 1 1 2 -1 29:11 14 7.1% 2
2024-25 Team Logo 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
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Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
John Carlson Team Logo D 35.8 yrs 191 cm / 100 kg 0.71 0.67 82 83 $8.000M
86% Miro Heiskanen Team Logo D 26.3 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.71 0.59 82 84 $8.450M
85% Mikhail Sergachev Team Logo D 27.4 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.79 0.57 78 83 $8.500M
84% Jake Sanderson Team Logo D 23.3 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.79 0.55 78 84 $8.050M
83% Noah Dobson Team Logo D 25.8 yrs 193 cm / 90 kg 0.71 0.60 81 81 $9.500M
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