Eastern Conference · Southeast Division
Washington Capitals
2011–12·42–32–8·92 points·2nd in the Southeast, 7th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot
- Points
- 92#16
- Goal differential
- −8#16
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 49.6%#13
- Power play
- 17.1%#15
- Penalty kill
- 81.2%#21
- GSAx
- −10.3#23
Penalties by player
The team took 323 penalties and drew 301 (−0.26 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.
 Matt Hendricks | 31 | 32 | +1 | +0.1 | 95 | Fighting (11) |
 Jason Chimera | 29 | 25 | −4 | −0.2 | 78 | Roughing (8) |
 Alexander Semin | 28 | 18 | −10 | −0.5 | 56 | Hooking (9) |
 Dennis Wideman | 24 | 9 | −15 | −0.5 | 46 | Hooking (5) |
 Troy Brouwer | 23 | 28 | +5 | +0.2 | 61 | Fighting (5) |
 Roman Hamrlik | 17 | 3 | −14 | −0.6 | 34 | Interference (3) |
 Mike Knuble | 16 | 5 | −11 | −0.7 | 32 | Holding (5) |
 John Erskine | 16 | 3 | −13 | −2.3 | 51 | Fighting (3) |
 Brooks Laich | 14 | 20 | +6 | +0.2 | 34 | Tripping (3) |
 Alex Ovechkin | 13 | 30 | +17 | +0.7 | 26 | Interference (4) |
 Karl Alzner | 13 | 6 | −7 | −0.2 | 29 | Holding (4) |
 Nicklas Backstrom | 12 | 6 | −6 | −0.4 | 24 | Tripping (2) |
 Jeff Halpern | 12 | 11 | −1 | −0.1 | 24 | Holding (3) |
 Mathieu Perreault | 12 | 14 | +2 | +0.2 | 24 | High sticking (3) |
 John Carlson | 11 | 12 | +1 | 0.0 | 22 | Delaying game puck over glass (4) |
Through the season
Discipline comes and goes. Runs of long red bars are stretches when the team kept putting itself short-handed.
Penalties drawn above the line, taken below. The line is the 10-game average of drawn minus taken: above zero, the team is earning more power plays than it gives away. Click a game to open it.
Penalty profile
What the team gets called for, what it draws, and when. Teams protecting a lead tend to take more hooking and holding calls.
Penalties taken (left) against penalties drawn (right). Switch views to see what kind, in which period, and at what score.