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David Steckel's 2008-2009 season

Points
19
NHL#371
Goals
8
NHL#287
Assists
11
NHL#397
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#233
Games
76
92%
92% of 82

Centre David Steckel was 26 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 8 goals and 11 assists for 19 points, 0.25 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 5 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    David Steckel plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    David was 26 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
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1SHP12:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–5WSH
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:49TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:51TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:31TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:44TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHX
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:38TOI
    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP14:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:57TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:32TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG11:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:31TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:04TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:47TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG14:13TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–5LAK
      L
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–7SJS
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–4MIN
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:13TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      6
      points
      NHL#294
      3
      goals
      NHL#180
      3
      assists
      NHL#341
      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+/-0SOG12:19TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–3WSH
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG14:29TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH0–3CBJ
      L
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:37TOI
    • December 2008
    • The game
      FLA5–3WSH
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:24TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG13:47TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1TOR
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:22TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:08TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:42TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–5WSH
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:27TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:49TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG14:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–7PHI
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:09TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYR
      W
      game 35/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:56TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:09TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–2BUF
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG14:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–7WSH
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG12:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1SHP13:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:28TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#286
      5
      goals
      NHL#234
      7
      assists
      NHL#310
      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
      -1+/-1SOG14:20TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5MTL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:07TOI
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:25TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:08TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:39TOI
    • February 2009
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:01TOI
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:45TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–3WSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG15:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5NYR
      L
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG16:43TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG12:47TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:06TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG15:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      16
      points
      NHL#333
      7
      goals
      NHL#263
      9
      assists
      NHL#370
      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
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:48TOI
    • March 2009
    • The game
      FLA6–2WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:31TOI
    • The game
      CAR5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG13:01TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:30TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG14:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG12:30TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:01TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:41TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–5ATL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:29TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:17TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG14:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:33TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:28TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–5WSH
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:02TOI
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG10:57TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:03TOI
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:29TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:34TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG12:07TOI
    The season in numbers

    David Steckel closes the 2008-2009 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    NHL#371
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#287
    Assists
    11
    NHL#397
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#427
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#233
    Events
    19
    career best in points
    8
    career best in goals
    11
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    2×
    Second star
    3×
    Third star
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:59TOI
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:31TOI
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:35TOI
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:15TOI
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR0–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:32TOI
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG18:39TOI
      +2 assists
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:05TOI
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    7Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    WSHvsPIT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PIT2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG19:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG16:31TOI
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:42TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:08TOI
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:56TOI
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG21:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:29TOI
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    7Games3Points3Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    David Steckel ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#81
    Games
    14
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    2
    NHL#110
    P/GP
    0.36
    NHL#80
    +/-
    0
    NHL#102
    Events
    1×
    Second star
    2 points
    best game
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4