Skip to content
HOCKEYSWEDES
SV
Everything about the Swedes in the NHL - right nowThe night every morning on@HockeySwedesCom
Regular season and playoffsWSH

André Burakovsky's 2017-2018 season

Stanley Cup
Points
25
Swedish flag#36NHL#313
Goals
12
Swedish flag#27NHL#236
Assists
13
Swedish flag#38NHL#360
Plus/minus
+3
Swedish flag#31NHL#240
Games
56
68%
68% of 82

Left winger André Burakovsky was 22 years old when the 2017-2018 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 56 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points, 0.45 points per game. That was 36th among the Swedes and 313th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 20 straight games between October and December. The season ended with André Burakovsky winning the Stanley Cup with Washington Capitals against Vegas Golden Knights, after 13 playoff games and 6 points.

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

2017-2018Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    André Burakovsky plays the 2017-2018 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    André was 22 years old when the 2017-2018 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH5–4OTT
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–6WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG14:11TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4TBL
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2WSH
      L
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 5/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–8PHI
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–0WSH
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG18:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3DET
      W
      game 8/826
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP16:27TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–1WSH
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG15:23TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    André goes down and misses 20 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      WSH2–6VAN
      L
      game 10/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2EDM
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • November 2017
    • The game
      NYI3–4WSH
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI2–3WSH
      W
      game 15/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3BUF
      L
      game 16/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4WSH
      W
      game 17/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–2WSH
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–6NSH
      L
      game 19/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–6COL
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN1–3WSH
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 829 of 21 played
      4
      points
      Swedish flag#42NHL#399
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#44NHL#390
      3
      assists
      Swedish flag#36NHL#333
      WSH
      11-9-1W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY4–1WSH
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–5WSH
      W
      game 23/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–3WSH
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TOR
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–2WSH
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • December 2017
    • The game
      CBJ3–4WSH
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–4WSH
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–6WSH
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4WSH
      W
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3NYI
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG13:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–5WSH
      W
      game 32/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG11:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    André Burakovsky reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Colorado Avalanche · December 12

    • The game
      WSH5–3BOS
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3WSH
      W
      game 34/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3DAL
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG13:18TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3ARI
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3VGK
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–1NYR
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–4WSH
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:42TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8219 of 41 played
      8
      points
      Swedish flag#44NHL#423
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#36NHL#356
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#42NHL#413
      WSH
      25-13-3W-L-OT53Points
      1st in the Metropolitan·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–4WSH
      W
      game 42/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–3WSH
      W
      game 43/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:27TOI
      View the game
    Ill

    André falls ill and misses 3 games

    Illness

    • The game
      CAR3–1WSH
      L
      game 44/827
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3CAR
      W
      game 45/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4NJD
      L
      game 46/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2WSH
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP12:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–5WSH
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:36TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 2018
    • The game
      WSH4–7PIT
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG18:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK4–3WSH
      L
      game 52/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG15:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2CBJ
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG06:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–4WSH
      L
      game 55/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4WPG
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG10:43TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2MIN
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG11:31TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–7CHI
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG12:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2WSH
      L
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP13:35TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–5WSH
      W
      game 62/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG13:32TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8236 of 62 played
      17
      points
      Swedish flag#35NHL#342
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#27NHL#251
      9
      assists
      Swedish flag#41NHL#371
      WSH
      35-20-7W-L-OT77Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH1–5CBJ
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–3WSH
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:43TOI
      View the game
    • March 2018
    • The game
      TOR2–5WSH
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4ANA
      L
      game 66/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG15:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3LAK
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0SJS
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG2–3WSH
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–3NYI
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG12:57TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–6WSH
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–6PHI
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–4WSH
      W
      game 73/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–0DET
      W
      game 74/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–4MTL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG14:06TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYR
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      game 77/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–1WSH
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG15:18TOI
      View the game
    • April 2018
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2STL
      W
      game 80/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG15:14TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH4–3WSH
      L
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–5WSH
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG16:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    André Burakovsky reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against New Jersey Devils · April 7

    The season in numbers

    André Burakovsky closes the 2017-2018 season with 25 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    25
    #36NHL#313
    Games
    56of 82
    68%
    Goals
    12
    #27NHL#236
    Assists
    13
    #38NHL#360
    P/GP
    0.45
    #34NHL#246
    +/-
    +3
    #31NHL#240
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career points
    50
    career goals
    1×
    First star
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Columbus Blue Jackets

    WSHvsCBJ
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Columbus Blue Jackets
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      CBJ4–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:38TOI
      View the game
    • Columbus Blue Jacketslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      CBJ5–4WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:12TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    André goes down and misses 10 games

    Upper body injury

    • Game 3
      WSH3–2CBJ
      W
      2
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Columbus Blue Jacketslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH4–1CBJ
      W
      2
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withColumbus Blue Jackets
    • Game 5
      CBJ3–4WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstColumbus Blue Jackets
    • Game 6
      WSH6–3CBJ
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Columbus Blue Jackets out 4–2

    WSH4–2CBJ
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    3 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    WSHvsPIT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT3–2WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      PIT1–4WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • May 2018
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH1–3PIT
      L
      4
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT3–6WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 6
      WSH2–1PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2

    WSH4–2PIT
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    WSHvsTBL
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:02TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 2
      WSH6–2TBL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:10TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 3
      TBL4–2WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:26TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 4
      TBL4–2WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:30TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 6
      TBL0–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:31TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 7
      WSH4–0TBL
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG11:19TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3

    WSH4–3TBL
    Advance
    6Games2Points2Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Vegas Golden Knights

    WSHvsVGK
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH4–6VGK
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG13:53TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH3–2VGK
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG10:54TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • June 2018
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 3
      VGK1–3WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:57TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 4
      VGK2–6WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:00TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 5
      WSH4–3VGK
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG09:38TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Washington Capitals

    beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 in the final

    5Games4Points0Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    André Burakovsky ends the 2017-2018 playoffs with 6 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    6
    #9NHL#71
    Games
    13
    Goals
    2
    #8NHL#68
    Assists
    4
    #7NHL#61
    P/GP
    0.46
    #9NHL#59
    +/-
    +2
    #5NHL#57
    Events
    1×
    Second star
    2 points
    best game
    CBJ4–2→PIT4–2→TBL4–3→VGK4–1