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John Carlson

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	35 (Jan 10, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2008, Round 1, Overall 27 (WSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 25, 2018	Washington Capitals	Signed 8 years @ $8.000M AAV starting in 2018-19
Sep 15, 2012	Washington Capitals	Signed 6 years @ $3.967M AAV starting in 2012-13
Nov 4, 2008	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	WSH	55	931:08	0.32	0.97	1.29	0.26	0.06	6.10	4.96	1.14	0.00	0.87
2016-17	WSH	72	1145:04	0.26	0.68	0.94	0.31	-0.05	4.39	5.22	-0.84	2.94	2.94
2017-18	WSH	82	1392:58	0.39	0.86	1.25	0.32	0.07	5.84	4.81	1.04	0.92	3.69
2018-19	WSH	80	1324:02	0.36	1.09	1.45	0.23	0.13	6.56	4.19	2.37	1.74	1.74
2019-20	WSH	69	1171:59	0.56	1.28	1.84	0.29	0.27	8.27	4.26	4.02	1.66	4.42
2020-21	WSH	52	874:42	0.48	1.17	1.65	0.27	0.21	7.61	4.21	3.39	0.00	2.31
2021-22	WSH	77	1255:56	0.24	0.96	1.19	0.31	-0.07	3.91	5.05	-1.14	2.20	1.10
2022-23	WSH	40	651:42	0.28	0.64	0.92	0.32	-0.05	4.00	4.66	-0.66	0.86	3.45
2023-24	WSH	82	1487:19	0.16	0.73	0.89	0.27	-0.11	3.28	5.53	-2.25	1.08	4.84
2024-25	WSH	79	1282:12	0.14	1.26	1.40	0.25	-0.11	2.63	4.73	-2.10	0.00	1.69
2025-26	WSH	7	113:01	0.00	1.06	1.06	0.51	-0.51	0.00	6.44	-6.44	0.00	9.52

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	WSH	55	931:08	42.66	2.58	2.57	40.72	1.74	2.38	59.70	51.91	0.12	0.15	-0.46
2016-17	WSH	72	1145:04	41.87	2.62	2.54	43.23	2.10	2.57	55.56	49.76	0.09	0.40	-3.29
2017-18	WSH	82	1392:58	42.73	2.67	2.55	46.48	2.46	2.70	52.10	48.62	0.16	0.02	1.39
2018-19	WSH	80	1324:02	46.99	4.08	2.76	45.41	2.81	2.87	59.21	49.01	0.43	0.29	1.51
2019-20	WSH	69	1171:59	46.02	3.23	2.69	43.62	2.97	2.61	52.07	50.79	0.18	0.19	-0.19
2020-21	WSH	52	874:42	42.25	3.02	2.43	40.88	2.68	2.35	53.01	50.78	0.17	0.21	-0.44
2021-22	WSH	77	1255:56	44.24	2.77	2.62	41.32	2.39	2.54	53.70	50.79	0.11	0.21	-1.10
2022-23	WSH	40	651:42	48.34	2.85	2.99	44.19	3.13	2.86	47.69	51.12	0.59	0.33	2.44
2023-24	WSH	82	1487:19	40.87	2.14	2.53	45.14	2.66	2.62	44.54	49.06	0.40	0.20	2.32
2024-25	WSH	79	1282:12	46.56	3.04	2.82	38.75	2.48	2.34	55.08	54.62	0.45	0.04	3.92
2025-26	WSH	7	113:01	59.99	3.19	3.44	33.45	3.19	1.58	50.00	68.50	0.97	-0.50	14.16

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Completing the homestand with another win: Capitals beat Kraken 4-1 at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, and John Carlson all miss Capitals practice for maintenance after loss to Canucks at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 20, 2025)
One of the best games the Capitals have played in years: numbers for the morning after at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 18, 2025)
NHL Rumors: The Vancouver Canucks, and the Washington Capitals at NHL Rumors (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
NHL Rumors: The Vancouver Canucks, and the Washington Capitals at NHL Rumors (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Jakob Chychrun’s OTGWG came during a ‘textbook’ overtime for the Capitals that was ‘executed essentially as good as you can do it’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Capitals bounce back from rough first period to claim overtime win: numbers for the morning after at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Lightning lose tightly-played game in overtime to Capitals, 3-2 at Raw Charge (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
'Pretty darn impressive': Alex Ovechkin still wowing teammates amid uncertain future at ESPN (Tue Oct 14, 2025)
NHL Rumor Mill – October 11, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Back in action but not back in the win column: numbers for the morning after at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Rink Roundtable: Previewing the 2025-26 Season at Japers Rink (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings at last practice before Capitals’ Opening Night game against Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Washington Capitals Announce Opening Night Roster for 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
2025-26 Season Preview: Three Key Positions at Japers Rink (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Washington Capitals reveal their Opening Night roster for 2025-26 NHL season at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
NHL season preview: Strengths, weaknesses, X factors for all 32 teams at ESPN (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for preseason finale against Columbus Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Contract Extension Not Guaranteed for John Carlson & the Capitals at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
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John Carlson reportedly wants to sign a contract extension with the Capitals but is looking for a ‘fair deal’ to stay at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Capitals Are Counting on Underrated Fehervary in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Open Thread: Capitals preseason game against Columbus Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Sep 30, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Free Agent Rumblings, and the Pittsburgh Penguins at NHL Rumors (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Free Agent Rumblings, and the Pittsburgh Penguins at NHL Rumors (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Giant Center selling shirts of vintage Hershey Bears players like Connor McMichael, Aliaksei Protas, and John Carlson at team store at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Four-team mock draft strategy: When to draft Tkachuk, Kucherov and others at ESPN (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
John Carlson needed Rasmus Sandin’s help to watch Nicklas Backstrom’s SHL games: ‘John’s called me about 65 times this summer trying to get my logins’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Capitals call Brandon Duhaime the best chirper on the team: ‘They don’t always make sense, they’re just always funny’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin has been keeping up with Nicklas Backstrom’s SHL games: ‘We all miss him here. I hope he’s going to do well.” at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Spencer Carbery on forming new plan to beat Carolina Hurricanes this season: ‘Had a few nightmares. We’ve made a few adjustments to some of our structure.’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Penguins, Capitals, and Blue Jackets at NHL Rumors (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Hurricanes, Blackhawks, Penguins, Capitals, and Blue Jackets at NHL Rumors (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Spencer Carbery’s forward lines and defense pairings are beginning to take shape after just one day of Capitals training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Ovechkin undecided if '25-26 will be swan song at ESPN (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
John Carlson admits he and Capitals have not had extension talks heading into final year of contract: ‘I’ve always been pretty good at focusing on what I can control’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Breakout rankings: Defensemen predicted for break out success this season at ESPN (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster and schedule for 2025 Training Camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Dylan Strome serves frozen treats from ice cream truck, bounces ceremonial first pitch over home plate at Washington Nationals game: ‘That was brutal’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
Ranking The Top-10 Defensemen in the Metropolitan Division For The 2025-26 NHL Season at Pens Burgh (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
Spencer Carbery believes Capitals avoided a rebuild after aggressively retooling in 2024: ‘I think last year changed the trajectory’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 12, 2025)
Projecting -- and debating -- the Olympic hockey rosters for Team USA and Canada at ESPN (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
John Carlson models what appears to be Capitals-Nationals crossover jersey in honor of the Nationals’ 20th anniversary season at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Metro Moves: 2025-26 Washington Capitals preview at Pens Burgh (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin receives 90 overall rating from EA Sports in NHL 26, ranked as sixth-best left wing in hockey at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Philadelphia Flyers Trade History with the Washington Capitals at Brotherly Puck (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Dylan Strome and Trevor van Riemsdyk are latest Capitals to join teammates for informal skates ahead of training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Aug 25, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	28	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$6,500,000	$5,500,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	UFA
2019-20	29	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$6,500,000	$5,500,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	UFA
2020-21	30	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2021-22	31	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$5,000,000	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2022-23	32	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2023-24	33	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2024-25	34	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2025-26	35	M-NTC	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$28,000,000	$36,000,000	$64,000,000	$64,000,000

Signed: June 25, 2018

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.06

Clause: Player submits a 15 team no trade list for 2018-19 to 2021-22 and then a 10 team no trade list for 2022-23 to 2025-16.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	22	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	RFA
2013-14	23	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	24	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2015-16	25	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	26	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	27	$3,966,667	$3,966,667	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$23,800,000	$23,800,000	$23,800,000

Signed: Sep 15, 2012

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.61

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2008-09	18	$875,000	$875,000	-	$87,500	-	$87,500	-	ELC
2009-10	19	$845,833	$845,833	-	$87,500	$787,500	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2010-11	20	$845,833	$845,833	-	$87,500	$787,500	$875,000	$65,000	ELC
2011-12	21	$845,833	$845,833	-	-	$787,500	$787,500	$65,000	ELC
Total				-	$262,500	$2,362,500	$2,625,000	$195,000

Signed: Nov 4, 2008

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2003-04	AYHL 13U	New Jersey Rockets 13U AAA	25	20	15	35		50
2004-05	AYHL 14U	New Jersey Rockets 14U AAA	25	15	18	33		32
2005-06	AtJHL	N.J. Rockets	38	2	10	12		42
2006-07	AtJHL	N.J. Rockets	44	12	38	50		96
2006-07	USHL	Indiana	2	0	0	0	-2	6
2007-08	USHL	Indiana	59	12	31	43	+11	72				4	1		1	+2
2008-09	AHL	Hershey										16	2	1	3	+3
2008-09	OHL	London	59	16	60	76	+23	65				14	7	15	22	+11	16
2009-10	WJC-A	USA	7	4	3	7		2
2009-10	AHL	Hershey	48	4	35	39	+37	26				13	2	4	6	+7	8
2009-10	NHL	Washington Capitals	22	1	5	6	+11	8	21	4.8	15:15	7	1	3	4	+6		14	7.1	20:14
2010-11	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	7	30	37	+21	44	144	4.9	22:39	9	2	1	3	-2	4	23	8.7	24:24
2011-12	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	9	23	32	-15	22	152	5.9	21:52	14	2	3	5	-1	8	27	7.4	24:02
2012-13	NHL	Washington Capitals	48	6	16	22	+11	18	97	6.2	23:01	7		1	1	-4	4	21	0.0	22:29
2013-14	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	10	27	37	-3	22	208	4.8	24:31
2013-14	Olympics	USA	6	1	1	2	+1		5
2014-15	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	12	43	55	+11	28	193	6.2	23:04	14	1	5	6	+3	4	41	2.4	23:57
2015-16	NHL	Washington Capitals	56	8	31	39	+16	14	124	6.4	23:42	12	5	7	12	-2	4	49	10.2	26:54
2016-17	WCup	USA	2	0	0	0	-3
2016-17	NHL	Washington Capitals	72	9	28	37	+7	10	180	5.0	22:43	13	2	2	4	+1	4	38	5.3	22:24
2017-18	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	15	53	68		32	237	6.3	24:47	24	5	15	20	+11	8	80	6.2	25:38
2018-19	NHL	Washington Capitals	80	13	57	70	+21	34	185	7.0	25:04	7		5	5		6	23	0.0	26:14
2019-20	NHL	Washington Capitals	69	15	60	75	+12	26	189	7.9	24:38	5		6	6	-11	2	11	0.0	24:50
2020-21	NHL	Washington Capitals	52	10	34	44	-5	12	128	7.8	23:47	5		2	2	-2	6	8	0.0	25:55
2021-22	NHL	Washington Capitals	78	17	54	71	+13	20	195	8.7	23:49	6	1	4	5	-5	2	12	8.3	24:36
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	40	9	20	29	-7	12	124	7.3	23:23
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	10	42	52	-7	40	176	5.7	25:54	4	1	1	2	-1	2	14	7.1	29:12
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	79	5	46	51	+17	22	167	3.0	23:34	10	1	2	3	+3	2	13	7.7	24:15
2025-26	NHL	Washington Capitals	7	1	4	5	+1	2	19	5.3	23:12
NHL Career			1095	157	573	730	+104	366	2539	6.2	23:37	137	21	57	78	-4	56	374	5.6	24:33