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Brooks Laich's 2008-2009 season

Points
53
NHL#88
Goals
23
NHL#75
Assists
30
NHL#110
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#422
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Centre Brooks Laich was 25 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 23 goals and 30 assists for 53 points, 0.65 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 7 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Brooks Laich plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Brooks was 25 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–7ATL
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:59TOI
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    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:40TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      VAN1–5WSH
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG17:33TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG14:35TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP18:15TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:40TOI
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    • The game
      WSH1–2PHX
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:36TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      W
      game 8/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG16:38TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:39TOI
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    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:43TOI
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    • The game
      WSH1–2OTT
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP16:30TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:16TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:02TOI
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    • The game
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:40TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5LAK
      L
      game 19/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG17:37TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–7SJS
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4MIN
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      12
      points
      NHL#134
      5
      goals
      NHL#105
      7
      assists
      NHL#134
      WSH
      11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ATL3–5WSH
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–3WSH
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:09TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3CBJ
      L
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:56TOI
      View the game
    • December 2008
    • The game
      FLA5–3WSH
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-6SOG2PPP18:27TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1TOR
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–5WSH
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:15TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG16:42TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–7PHI
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG16:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYR
      W
      game 35/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP16:07TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP15:12TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2BUF
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP19:48TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–7WSH
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG20:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:50TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#141
      11
      goals
      NHL#84
      11
      assists
      NHL#194
      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+/-5SOG21:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5MTL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-5SOG2PPP19:07TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    Milestone

    Brooks Laich reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · January 14

    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP18:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:53TOI
      View the game
    • February 2009
    • The game
      OTT4–7WSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG17:31TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP19:34TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG15:47TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–3WSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5NYR
      L
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG14:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Brooks Laich reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · February 22

    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP17:09TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      34
      points
      NHL#137
      15
      goals
      NHL#106
      19
      assists
      NHL#164
      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
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP15:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 2009
    • The game
      FLA6–2WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP14:01TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG14:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:29TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP15:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5ATL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG17:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP16:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG17:55TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5WSH
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:31TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP21:04TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-1SOG17:16TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP15:44TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG14:36TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Brooks Laich closes the 2008-2009 season with 53 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    53
    NHL#88
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#75
    Assists
    30
    NHL#110
    P/GP
    0.65
    NHL#123
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#422
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career points
    50
    career goals
    50
    career assists
    3×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    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
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:07TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:58TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP16:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG16:28TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR0–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:59TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:52TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    7Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    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
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:41TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:23TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:34TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:32TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:01TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP19:10TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG14:20TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    7Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Brooks Laich ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 7 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    7
    NHL#58
    Games
    14
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    4
    NHL#68
    P/GP
    0.50
    NHL#55
    +/-
    0
    NHL#102
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    2 points
    best game
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4