Washington Capitals

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Head Coach Peter Laviolette

Assistant Coach Blaine Forsythe
Assistant Coach Kevin McCarthy

Hershey Bears (AHL)

South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)

Projected Cap Hit	$92,010,414
Projected Cap Space	$-9,510,414
Current Cap Space	$3,850,450
LTIR Pool	$13,523,784
Roster	23/23
Contracts	50/50

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Sonny Milano \| Milano notched two assists, one on the power play, in Friday's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames.	Nov 25
T.J. Oshie \| Oshie scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in Friday's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames.	Nov 25
Alex Ovechkin \| Ovechkin scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist in Friday's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames.	Nov 25
Darcy Kuemper \| Kuemper made 32 saves in Friday's 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames.	Nov 25
Darcy Kuemper \| Kuemper will guard the home net against the Calgary Flames on Friday, Matt Weyrich of NBCS Washington reports.	Nov 25

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Line Combinations Updated: Nov 26 (6:29am)

Ovechkin $9,500,0009.5M	Strome $3,500,0003.5M	Sheary $1,500,0001.5M	Gustafsson $800,0000.8M	Carlson $8,000,0008M
Line 1 $14,500,000			Pairing 1 $8,800,000
Milano $750,0000.8M	Kuznetsov $7,800,0007.8M	Oshie $5,750,0005.8M	Fehervary $791,6670.8M	Jensen $2,500,0002.5M
Line 2 $14,300,000			Pairing 2 $3,291,667
Johansson $1,100,0001.1M	Eller $3,500,0003.5M	Mantha $5,700,0005.7M	Irwin $750,0000.8M	van Riemsdyk $950,0001M
Line 3 $10,300,000			Pairing 3 $1,700,000
Protas $789,1670.8M	Dowd $1,300,0001.3M	Hathaway $1,500,0001.5M	Lindgren $1,100,0001.1M	Kuemper $5,250,0005.3M
Line 4 $3,589,167			Goalies $6,350,000

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Injury Report

	Expected Return unknown Dmitry Orlov - IR - Lower Body Not Specified Wed Nov 23, 2022 Dmitry Orlov \| Orlov (lower body) is not expected to play Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports.
	Expected Return Tue Nov 29, 2022 Carl Hagelin - IR-LT - Hip Surgery
	Expected Return Wed Dec 7, 2022 Tom Wilson - IR-NR - Knee Surgery
	Expected Return Fri Dec 9, 2022 Beck Malenstyn - IR - Finger Surgery
	Expected Return Sun Jan 1, 2023 Nicklas Backstrom - IR-LT - Hip Surgery

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Performance Bonuses
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35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(14) Forwards $65,968,333 80.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Ovechkin, Alex	LW NHL --> 0	37	$9,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$9,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$9,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$9,500,000 NMC M-NTC	$0 UFA (2026)
Backstrom, Nicklas LTIR	C LTIR --> 0	35	$9,200,000 NMC	$9,200,000 M-NTC	$9,200,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Oshie, T.J.	RW NHL --> 0	35	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$5,750,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Eller, Lars	C NHL --> 0	33	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Johansson, Marcus	C NHL --> 0	32	$1,100,000	$0 UFA
Dowd, Nic	C NHL --> 0	32	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$0 UFA
Kuznetsov, Evgeny	C NHL --> 0	30	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$7,800,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Larsson, Johan	LW NHL --> 0	30	$0 UFA
Hagelin, Carl LTIR	LW LTIR --> 0	34	$2,750,000	$0 UFA
Wilson, Tom IR	RW IR --> 0	28	$5,166,666 M-NTC	$5,166,666 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Brown, Connor LTIR	RW LTIR --> 0	28	$3,600,000	$0 UFA
Mantha, Anthony	RW NHL --> 0	28	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	$0 UFA
Aube-Kubel, Nicolas	RW NHL --> 0	26	$1,000,000	$0 UFA
Milano, Sonny	LW NHL --> 0	26	$750,000	$0 UFA
Hathaway, Garnet	RW NHL --> 0	31	$1,500,000	$0 UFA
Sheary, Conor	LW NHL --> 0	30	$1,500,000	$0 UFA
Strome, Dylan	C NHL --> 0	25	$3,500,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Malenstyn, Beck IR	LW IR --> 0	24	$762,500	$762,500	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Snively, Joe	LW NHL --> 0	26	$800,000	$800,000	$0 UFA
Protas, Aliaksei	C NHL --> 0	21	$789,167	$789,167	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$65,968,333	$46,768,333	$33,550,000	$9,500,000

(7) Defence $19,755,001 23.9% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Carlson, John	D NHL --> 0	32	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$0 UFA (2026)
Irwin, Matt	D NHL --> 0	34	$750,000	$0 UFA
Orlov, Dmitry IR	D IR --> 0	31	$5,100,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Jensen, Nick	D NHL --> 0	32	$2,500,000	$0 UFA
Gustafsson, Erik	D NHL --> 0	30	$800,000	$0 UFA
van Riemsdyk, Trevor	D NHL --> 0	31	$950,000	$0 UFA
Alexeyev, Alexander	D NHL --> 0	23	$863,334	$0 RFA
Fehervary, Martin	D NHL --> 0	23	$791,667	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$19,755,001	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000

(2) Goalies $6,350,000 7.7% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Kuemper, Darcy	G NHL --> 0	32	$5,250,000 M-NTC	$5,250,000 M-NTC	$5,250,000 M-NTC	$5,250,000 M-NTC	$5,250,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2027)
Lindgren, Charlie	G NHL --> 0	28	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			$6,350,000	$6,350,000	$6,350,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
TOTALS

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	23	13	8	3
Standard Player Contracts Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	50	23	15	3
Upper Limit The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$82,500,000	$82,500,000	$82,500,000	$82,500,000
Projected Cap Hit Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$92,010,414	$61,118,333	$47,900,000	$22,750,000
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$-9,510,414	$21,381,667	$34,600,000	$59,750,000
Current Cap Space Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$3,850,450	$21,381,667	$34,600,000	$59,750,000
Maximum LTIR Pool The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$13,523,784	$0	$0	$0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$92,173,334	$61,118,333	$47,900,000	$22,750,000
Carryover Bonus Overages Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$100,000	$0	$0	$0
Potential Bonuses Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$82,500	$82,500	$0	$0
Retained Salary Remaining Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(21) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
McIlrath, Dylan	D MIN --> 0 -->	30	$750,000	$0 UFA
Sgarbossa, Michael	C MIN --> 0 -->	30	$750,000	$0 UFA
Fucale, Zach	G MIN --> 0 -->	27	$750,000	$0 UFA
Gersich, Shane	LW MIN --> 0 -->	26	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Spinner, Steven	RW --> 0 -->	26	$0	$0 UFA
Elgestal, Kevin	RW --> 0 -->	26	$0	$0 UFA
Carlsson, Gabriel	D MIN --> 0 -->	25	$750,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Borgstrom, Henrik	C MIN --> 0 -->	25	$750,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Johansen, Lucas	D MIN --> 0 -->	25	$762,500	$762,500	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Pilon, Garrett	C MIN --> 0 -->	24	$750,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Riat, Damien	LW MIN --> 0 -->	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Vecchione, Mike	C MIN --> 0 -->	29	$750,000	$0 UFA
Geisser, Tobias	D MIN --> 0 -->	23	$0 RFA				$0 UFA
Walfridsson, Sebastian	D --> 0 -->	23	$0				$0 UFA
Maass, Benton	D --> 0 -->	24	$0				$0 UFA
Roykas Marthinsen, Kristian	LW --> 0 -->	23	$0
Clark, Kody	C MIN --> 0 -->	23	$808,334	$0 RFA
Sutter, Riley	RW MIN --> 0 -->	23	$764,167	$0 RFA
Gibson, Mitchell	C --> 0 -->	27	$0
Kannok-Leipert, Alex	D --> 0 -->	22	$0
Florchuk, Eric	C --> 0 -->	22	$0
Marthinsen, Kristian	LW --> 0 -->	23	$0					$0 UFA
Nardella, Bobby	D MIN --> 0 -->	26	$750,000	$0 UFA
McMichael, Connor	C MIN --> 0 -->	21	$863,334	$863,334	$0 RFA
Rybinski, Henrik	RW MIN --> 0 -->	21	$859,167	$859,167	$859,167	$0 RFA
Has, Martin	D --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Lapierre, Hendrix	C MIN --> 0 -->	20	$863,334	$863,334	$863,334	$0 RFA
Trineyev, Bogdan	C MIN --> 0 -->	20	$859,167	$859,167	$859,167	$0 RFA
Hughes, Bear	C --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Bjorklund, Garin	G MIN --> 0 -->	20	$843,333	$843,333	$843,333	$0 RFA
Magnusson, Oskar	C --> 0 -->	20	$0					$0 UFA
Iorio, Vincent	D MIN --> 0 -->	20	$845,000	$845,000	$845,000	$0 RFA
Shepard, Hunter	G MIN --> 0 -->	27	$750,000	$0 UFA
Johnson, Brent	D --> 0 -->	19	$0					$0 UFA
Lemay, Joaquim	D --> 0 -->	20	$0					$0 UFA
Hanelt, Haakon	C --> 0 -->	19	$0					$0 UFA
Krebs, Dru	D --> 0 -->	19	$0					$0 UFA
Clark, Chase	G --> 0 -->	20	$0					$0 UFA
Stevenson, Clay	G MIN --> 0 -->	23	$855,000	$855,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Miroshnichenko, Ivan	LW --> 0 -->	18	$0					$0 UFA
Chesley, Ryan	D --> 0 -->	18	$0					$0 UFA
Suzdalev, Alexander	LW MIN --> 0 -->	18	$878,333	$878,333	$878,333	$0 RFA
Persson, Ludwig	C MIN --> 0 -->	19	$878,333	$878,333	$878,333	$0 RFA
Karabela, Jake	C --> 0 -->	18	$0					$0 UFA
Hofer, Ryan	C --> 0 -->	20	$0					$0 UFA
Gucciardi, David	D --> 0 -->	20	$0					$0 UFA
TOTALS			$16,830,002	$8,507,501	$6,026,667

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