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John Carlson

John Carlson

G
10
A
42
Pts
52
+/-
-7
PPP
21
SOG
176
Bio
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/215 lbs
Born: Natick, Massachusetts
Draft: 2008 1st round (27th pick) by the
Washington Capitals
Shoots: R

  • Shesterkin, Rangers push Capitals to brink with Game 3 win

    John Carlson scored for the Capitals, who are the second wild card from the East. Charlie Lindgren made 19 saves for Washington, which has scored five goals in the series. “We just really, really are struggling to just make that play,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery said. New York went 1-for-4 on the power play; Washington was 0-for-6 and allowed a short-handed goal.

  • Reuters

    Caps shut out Bruins, close in on playoff bid

    John Carlson and Nic Dowd scored and Charlie Lindgren recorded a 16-save shutout as the Washington Capitals beat the visiting Boston Bruins 2-0 on Monday to remain in control of the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. The game-winning goal, at 12:00 in the first period, was Carlson's 10th of the season and fifth in the past 13 games. Carlson has recorded points in three straight contests. Dowd added a late empty-netter for Washington (39-31-11, 89 points), which is tied on points with the Detroit Red Wings, one point ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and two points up on the Flyers for the second Eastern Conference wild card.

  • WTOP News

    A decade since Sochi, John Carlson is still playing big minutes for the Capitals at age 34

    John Carlson has played more hockey than anyone in the NHL this season not named Drew Doughty, and that volume has not gone unnoticed around the league. “He's playing a lot of minutes,” Detroit winger Patrick Kane said. A decade since playing with Kane for the U.S. at the Sochi Olympics, Carlson recently passed the 1,000-games milestone and is still shouldering a heavy workload at age 34. While Washington's longtime No. 1 defenseman isn't quite sure how he has been able to log so many minutes for so long — “I don't know, I think you just do it” — more than a half-dozen of his teammates from the 2014 Games believe Carlson's durability and longevity are a credit to his smarts and the ability to do everything on the ice, from scoring and setting up goals to preventing them by opponents while not letting all the shifts take a toll.