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Alexander Semin's 2008-2009 season

Points
79
NHL#18
Goals
34
NHL#16
Assists
45
NHL#30
Plus/minus
+25
NHL#14
Games
62
75%
75% of 82

Right winger Alexander Semin was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 62 of a possible 82 games and scored 34 goals and 45 assists for 79 points, 1.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 14 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Alexander Semin plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Alexander was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–7ATL
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP18:15TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG16:35TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      VAN1–5WSH
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG18:46TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG16:43TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG21:11TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHX
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      W
      game 8/826
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP16:30TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP20:46TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2OTT
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:25TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-5SOG21:42TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP21:26TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG21:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +5P+2G+3A
      +4+/-2SOG1PPP17:26TOI
      +5 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:26TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      27
      points
      NHL#2
      13
      goals
      NHL#3
      14
      assists
      NHL#17
      WSH
      11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • December 2008
    • The game
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:45TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT1–5WSH
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:11TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:13TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG23:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP12:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP21:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8223 of 41 played
      34
      points
      NHL#37
      14
      goals
      NHL#40
      20
      assists
      NHL#51
      WSH
      27-11-3W-L-OT57Points
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CBJ3–0WSH
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5MTL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG22:02TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP19:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG19:20TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:23TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG16:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:20TOI
      View the game
    • February 2009
    • The game
      OTT4–7WSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG15:48TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG17:16TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–3WSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP16:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP19:17TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP17:07TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP15:21TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -2+/-7SOG3PPP19:10TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8243 of 62 played
      56
      points
      NHL#24
      23
      goals
      NHL#26
      33
      assists
      NHL#31
      WSH
      39-18-5W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH4–3BOS
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP18:50TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • March 2009
    • The game
      FLA6–2WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP19:58TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP22:46TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Alexander Semin reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against Carolina Hurricanes · March 3

    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG24:23TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG23:00TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-8SOG21:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Alexander Semin reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 12

    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      -3+/-6SOG3PPP21:33TOI
      +4 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5ATL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG20:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG18:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP19:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-9SOG1PPP19:44TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:46TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:22TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP16:24TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Alexander Semin closes the 2008-2009 season with 79 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    79
    NHL#18
    Games
    62of 82
    76%
    Goals
    34
    NHL#16
    Assists
    45
    NHL#30
    P/GP
    1.27
    NHL#4
    +/-
    +25
    NHL#14
    Events
    45
    career best in assists
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    100
    career goals
    9×
    First star
    3×
    Second star
    4×
    Third star
    9 i rad
    games with a point · 16 pts
    6 i rad
    games with a goal
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:52TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:34TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-8SOG1PPP18:25TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG24:36TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR0–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG20:47TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    7Games8Points5Goals3Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    WSHvsPIT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:24TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:51TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:01TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG21:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:45TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:59TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:27TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    7Games6Points0Goals6Assists
    The run in numbers

    Alexander Semin ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 14 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    14
    NHL#15
    Games
    14
    Goals
    5
    NHL#19
    Assists
    9
    NHL#14
    P/GP
    1.00
    NHL#10
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#171
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff points
    1×
    Second star
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4