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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

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2009-10	WSH	22	1	5	6	+11	8	21	4.8	15:15	7	1	3	4	+6		14	7.1	20:14
2010-11	WSH	82	7	30	37	+21	44	144	4.9	22:39	9	2	1	3	-2	4	23	8.7	24:24
2011-12	WSH	82	9	23	32	-15	22	152	5.9	21:52	14	2	3	5	-1	8	27	7.4	24:02
2012-13	WSH	48	6	16	22	+11	18	97	6.2	23:01	7		1	1	-4	4	21	0.0	22:29
2013-14	WSH	82	10	27	37	-3	22	208	4.8	24:31
2014-15	WSH	82	12	43	55	+11	28	193	6.2	23:04	14	1	5	6	+3	4	41	2.4	23:57
2015-16	WSH	56	8	31	39	+16	14	124	6.4	23:42	12	5	7	12	-2	4	49	10.2	26:54
2016-17	WSH	72	9	28	37	+7	10	180	5.0	22:43	13	2	2	4	+1	4	38	5.3	22:24
2017-18	WSH	82	15	53	68	0	32	237	6.3	24:47	24	5	15	20	+11	8	80	6.2	25:38
2018-19	WSH	80	13	57	70	+21	34	185	7.0	25:04	7		5	5		6	23	0.0	26:14
2019-20	WSH	69	15	60	75	+12	26	189	7.9	24:38	5		6	6	-11	2	11	0.0	24:50
2020-21	WSH	52	10	34	44	-5	12	128	7.8	23:47	5		2	2	-2	6	8	0.0	25:55
2021-22	WSH	78	17	54	71	+13	20	195	8.7	23:49	6	1	4	5	-5	2	12	8.3	24:36
2022-23	WSH	40	9	20	29	-7	12	124	7.3	23:23
2023-24	WSH	82	10	42	52	-7	40	176	5.7	25:54	4	1	1	2	-1	2	14	7.1	29:12
2024-25	WSH	79	5	46	51	+17	22	167	3.0	23:34	10	1	2	3	+3	2	13	7.7	24:15
Career		1088	156	569	725	+103	364	2520	6.2	23:38	137	21	57	78	-4	56	374	5.6	24:33

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

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

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%
2021-22	78	20.9	0.1	6.0	5.8	99.2	62.8	63.2	27.0	9.8	39.6	18.6	41.7
2022-23	40	21.2	0.1	8.2	8.5	99.4	62.4	62.2	28.6	9.2	39.2	18.8	42.0
2023-24	82	22.0	0.1	8.2	8.5	100.8	64.4	63.4	23.1	13.4	43.7	18.3	38.0
2024-25	79	22.2	0.2	8.0	8.2	99.5	69.6	70.0	23.1	6.9	39.4	18.2	42.4

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
2024-25	Sandin, R	WSH	589:00	3.16	2.34	57.41	2.65	2.34	53.11	0.16	0.03	1.21
2024-25	Chychrun, J	WSH	375:10	3.20	1.92	62.50	2.69	2.53	51.52	0.27	0.31	-0.62
2024-25	Fehérváry, M	WSH	283:48	2.96	3.59	45.16	3.16	2.12	59.88	0.70	-0.21	8.47
2024-25	Chychrun, J	WSH	107:38	2.23	1.67	57.14	2.66	2.81	48.64	0.32	0.43	-1.05
2024-25	Sandin, R	WSH	36:18	0.00	1.65	0.00	1.56	3.36	31.66	-0.92	0.96	-19.20
2023-24	Fehérváry, M	WSH	711:47	2.36	2.70	46.67	2.44	2.38	50.67	0.19	-0.09	2.97
2023-24	Sandin, R	WSH	386:09	1.40	2.49	36.00	2.65	2.59	50.52	0.39	0.04	3.62
2023-24	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	147:01	2.86	2.04	58.33	2.50	2.61	48.84	0.22	0.16	0.67
2023-24	Edmundson, J	WSH	87:03	2.07	2.07	50.00	3.27	3.26	50.07	1.04	0.77	2.82
2023-24	Alexeyev, A	WSH	54:18	1.10	5.52	16.67	1.87	2.87	39.43	-0.29	0.52	-8.39
2023-24	Fehérváry, M	WSH	38:16	3.14	3.14	50.00	1.86	3.27	36.22	-0.48	1.76	-24.49
2023-24	Jensen, N	WSH	36:34	3.28	3.28	50.00	2.18	4.21	34.13	-0.10	1.69	-13.39
2023-24	Johansen, L	WSH	24:18	2.47	2.47	50.00	2.40	4.29	35.89	0.40	1.41	-5.13
2022-23	Gustafsson, E	WSH	285:50	2.73	3.15	46.43	3.29	2.60	55.88	0.88	0.14	6.40
2022-23	Fehérváry, M	WSH	172:10	2.09	2.79	42.86	2.11	2.69	43.96	-0.43	-0.06	-4.09
2022-23	Orlov, D	WSH	85:02	4.94	4.23	53.85	3.26	3.91	45.45	0.72	1.45	-5.26
2022-23	Sandin, R	WSH	46:22	3.88	3.88	50.00	3.46	3.65	48.68	1.09	0.72	3.87
2021-22	Fehérváry, M	WSH	1007:09	2.62	2.20	54.32	2.64	2.61	50.30	0.10	0.28	-1.97
2021-22	Orlov, D	WSH	140:25	2.56	2.14	54.55	2.53	1.98	56.05	0.02	-0.43	5.10
2021-22	Fehérváry, M	WSH	85:11	1.41	7.04	16.67	2.51	2.39	51.27	0.10	-0.54	6.06
2021-22	van Riemsdyk, T	WSH	36:54	3.25	3.25	50.00	2.46	2.56	49.02	-0.06	0.16	-2.23
2021-22	Schultz, J	WSH	21:17	0.00	5.64	0.00	0.88	3.46	20.38	-1.70	1.06	-31.54
2020-21	Dillon, B	WSH	487:00	2.83	2.71	51.11	2.24	2.38	48.56	-0.08	0.21	-3.26
2020-21	Orlov, D	WSH	268:39	2.90	2.68	52.00	2.71	2.24	54.69	0.40	0.06	3.28
2020-21	Chara, Z	WSH	89:13	4.71	3.36	58.33	2.97	2.49	54.35	0.70	0.30	3.53
2020-21	Orlov, D	WSH	75:28	1.59	3.18	33.33	1.84	3.27	36.02	-0.53	0.61	-11.14
2019-20	Kempny, M	WSH	593:52	3.54	2.53	58.33	2.54	2.65	48.93	-0.07	0.16	-2.24
2019-20	Orlov, D	WSH	208:48	3.45	3.45	50.00	3.52	2.57	57.80	1.00	0.08	7.49
2019-20	Siegenthaler, J	WSH	185:18	1.94	2.27	46.15	2.00	2.40	45.48	-0.62	-0.08	-5.86
2019-20	Dillon, B	WSH	127:05	2.83	4.25	40.00	3.10	2.40	56.44	0.62	0.02	5.25
2019-20	Dillon, B	WSH	47:15	0.00	2.54	0.00	1.85	2.40	43.57	0.00	-0.07	0.69
2019-20	Kempny, M	WSH	23:26	0.00	5.12	0.00	1.20	2.82	29.84	-0.59	-0.57	-4.73
2018-19	Kempny, M	WSH	853:29	4.01	2.67	60.00	2.77	2.81	49.66	0.34	0.19	1.48
2018-19	Orlov, D	WSH	199:59	6.30	4.20	60.00	3.01	3.17	48.67	0.57	0.49	1.06
2018-19	Djoos, C	WSH	132:31	4.07	1.81	69.23	2.67	3.01	47.03	0.44	0.19	2.79
2018-19	Orpik, B	WSH	62:16	2.89	1.93	60.00	2.30	2.65	46.46	-0.16	-0.07	-1.05
2018-19	Jensen, N	WSH	39:22	0.00	0.00	-	1.83	2.59	41.42	-0.16	-0.15	-0.62
2018-19	Siegenthaler, J	WSH	38:48	4.64	4.64	50.00	1.72	2.28	43.05	-0.48	0.02	-6.34
2018-19	Jensen, N	WSH	31:47	0.00	1.89	0.00	1.61	4.18	27.86	-0.97	1.74	-23.59
2018-19	Orpik, B	WSH	22:07	2.71	0.00	100.00	2.24	2.74	44.91	0.24	0.11	1.73
2017-18	Djoos, C	WSH	523:16	3.21	2.41	57.14	3.01	2.54	54.24	0.70	-0.21	8.60
2017-18	Orpik, B	WSH	464:15	1.55	2.71	36.36	1.89	2.88	39.67	-0.63	0.20	-8.84
2017-18	Kempny, M	WSH	354:05	1.53	1.19	56.25	2.66	2.33	53.32	0.35	0.04	3.16
2017-18	Kempny, M	WSH	258:27	2.79	2.32	54.55	2.38	2.36	50.24	-0.24	-0.08	-1.54
2017-18	Orlov, D	WSH	100:39	4.17	2.38	63.64	3.58	2.88	55.49	1.16	0.21	7.91
2017-18	Orpik, B	WSH	41:42	4.32	1.44	75.00	2.33	2.14	52.14	-0.08	-0.17	1.04
2017-18	Orlov, D	WSH	31:31	3.81	3.81	50.00	1.73	1.71	50.33	-0.70	-0.61	-0.83
2016-17	Alzner, K	WSH	652:50	2.30	1.93	54.35	2.38	2.55	48.26	-0.17	0.30	-4.83
2016-17	Orlov, D	WSH	384:22	2.50	2.03	55.17	2.62	2.43	51.87	0.14	0.12	0.08
2016-17	Schmidt, N	WSH	88:40	4.06	2.03	66.67	3.12	2.05	60.39	0.60	-0.04	5.68
2016-17	Alzner, K	WSH	73:12	0.82	1.64	33.33	2.16	2.38	47.57	-0.72	0.19	-9.15
2016-17	Orpik, B	WSH	43:50	5.48	4.11	57.14	3.20	3.51	47.71	0.74	1.19	-3.75
2016-17	Orpik, B	WSH	33:20	1.80	0.00	100.00	1.47	1.89	43.78	-1.24	-0.28	-11.80
2016-17	Schmidt, N	WSH	26:11	2.29	4.58	33.33	3.18	4.12	43.51	0.71	1.69	-6.76
2015-16	Schmidt, N	WSH	559:10	2.25	1.82	55.26	2.45	2.37	50.82	-0.04	0.05	-1.00
2015-16	Orpik, B	WSH	265:50	3.61	2.03	64.00	2.78	2.39	53.68	0.28	0.33	-1.06
2015-16	Orpik, B	WSH	74:26	2.42	3.22	42.86	2.52	2.90	46.42	0.66	0.39	3.95
2015-16	Schmidt, N	WSH	68:36	0.00	0.87	0.00	2.67	2.02	57.00	0.38	-0.07	4.64
2015-16	Orlov, D	WSH	49:37	1.21	0.00	100.00	3.27	1.50	68.53	0.75	-0.67	14.92
2015-16	Alzner, K	WSH	33:53	1.77	0.00	100.00	2.83	2.08	57.70	0.37	-0.22	6.00
2015-16	Orlov, D	WSH	30:24	0.00	1.97	0.00	2.48	2.49	49.84	-0.01	0.24	-2.65
2015-16	Niskanen, M	WSH	25:51	2.32	0.00	100.00	2.64	3.04	46.47	0.21	0.78	-5.29

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

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: -

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

Standard Contract (RFA)

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: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.61

Entry Level Contract

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: -

Exp. Status: RFA

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

*Age is as of September 15