Regular season and playoffsWSH

John Carlson's 2020-2021 season

Points

NHL#48

Goals

NHL#164

Assists

NHL#24

Plus/minus

-5

NHL#674

Games

92% of 56

Defenceman John Carlson was 30 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 52 of a possible 56 games and scored 10 goals and 34 assists for 44 points, 0.85 points per game. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

2020-2021Playoffs

Year 2021
5 years ago
Season opener
January 14
John Carlson plays the 2020-2021 season for Washington Capitals
WSHWashington Capitals
John was 31 years old when the 2020-2021 season began. It was his 12th season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.
- The game
  WSH6–4BUF
  W
  January 14game 1/564
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-6SOG1PPP23:43TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–1BUF
  W
  January 15game 2/565
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:19TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–4PIT
  L
  January 17game 3/563
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG25:59TOI
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- The game
  WSH4–5PIT
  L
  January 19game 4/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG22:10TOI
  +1 assist
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  BUF3–4WSH
  W
  January 22game 5/565
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-6SOG28:37TOI
  +1 assist
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  BUF4–3WSH
  L
  January 24game 6/565
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP28:52TOI
  +1 assist
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  NYI2–3WSH
  W
  January 26game 7/562
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP24:02TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYI3–6WSH
  W
  January 28game 8/562
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP25:38TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS3–4WSH
  W
  January 30game 9/562
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG22:25TOI
  +1 assist
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- February 2021
- The game
  BOS5–3WSH
  L
  February 1game 10/562
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP23:56TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH2–4NYR
  L
  February 4game 11/563
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG23:42TOI
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- The game
  PHI7–4WSH
  L
  February 7game 12/565
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG23:53TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–6PIT
  L
  February 14game 13/562
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG27:20TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–1PIT
  W
  February 16game 14/563
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG25:42TOI
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- Checkpoint
  February 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 14 of 56
  12
  points
  NHL#59
  4
  goals
  NHL#96
  8
  assists
  NHL#45
  -8
  +/-
  NHL#256
  WSH
  7-4-3W-L-OT17Points
  4th in the East·16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF1–3WSH
  W
  February 18game 15/565
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG23:07TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–1WSH
  L
  February 20game 16/563
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG25:16TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–4WSH
  W
  February 21game 17/564
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP21:49TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  PIT3–2WSH
  L
  February 23game 18/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG22:00TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT2–5WSH
  W
  February 25game 19/563
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP22:34TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH5–2NJD
  W
  February 27game 20/564
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-3SOG21:36TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH3–2NJD
  W
  February 28game 21/564
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG27:15TOI
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- March 2021
- The game
  WSH2–1BOS
  W
  March 3game 22/562
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG27:01TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–5BOS
  L
  March 5game 23/562
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG21:16TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–1PHI
  W
  March 7game 24/564
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG21:21TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD4–5WSH
  W
  March 9game 25/564
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG23:22TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–3PHI
  W
  March 11game 26/565
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-5SOG21:48TOI
  +1 goal
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Milestone
John Carlson reaches 500 career points
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 11
- The game
  WSH5–4PHI
  W
  March 13game 27/563
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP23:06TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH6–0BUF
  W
  March 15game 28/565
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG19:51TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 15
  1/2 into the season
  Game 28 of 56
  24
  points
  NHL#38
  6
  goals
  NHL#134
  18
  assists
  NHL#19
  -4
  +/-
  NHL#226
  WSH
  18-6-4W-L-OT40Points
  2nd in the East·5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI1–3WSH
  W
  March 16game 29/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP21:50TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–2WSH
  W
  March 19game 30/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG23:24TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–1WSH
  L
  March 20game 31/563
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-5SOG27:38TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NJD3–4WSH
  W
  March 25game 32/564
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG22:59TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD0–4WSH
  W
  March 26game 33/565
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG22:12TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–5WSH
  W
  March 28game 34/563
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG22:52TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–5NYR
  L
  March 30game 35/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP23:56TOI
  +1 assist
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- April 2021
- The game
  WSH4–8NYI
  L
  April 1game 36/562
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-2SOG20:28TOI
  +2 goals
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- The game
  WSH2–1NJD
  W
  April 2game 37/565
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG23:04TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH5–4NJD
  W
  April 4game 38/565
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG23:36TOI
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- The game
  WSH0–1NYI
  L
  April 6game 39/562
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG25:22TOI
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- The game
  BOS4–2WSH
  L
  April 8game 40/563
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-4SOG2PPP28:38TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH4–3BUF
  W
  April 9game 41/565
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG23:17TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH8–1BOS
  W
  April 11game 42/563
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG22:19TOI
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- Checkpoint
  April 11
  3/4 into the season
  Game 42 of 56
  35
  points
  NHL#32
  10
  goals
  NHL#115
  25
  assists
  NHL#22
  -7
  +/-
  NHL#249
  WSH
  27-11-4W-L-OT58Points
  Playoff spot
  1st in the East·5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI1–6WSH
  W
  April 13game 43/564
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP21:52TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF5–2WSH
  L
  April 15game 44/565
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG23:11TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH6–3PHI
  W
  April 17game 45/563
  His night
  +4P+4A
  +1+/-3SOG2PPP22:01TOI
  +4 assists
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- The game
  WSH3–6BOS
  L
  April 18game 46/562
  His night
  No points
  -5+/-2SOG25:50TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–0NYI
  W
  April 22game 47/562
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG27:41TOI
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- The game
  WSH6–3NYI
  W
  April 24game 48/562
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG20:41TOI
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- The game
  NYI0–1WSH
  W
  April 27game 49/562
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG22:50TOI
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- May 2021
- The game
  WSH6–3NYR
  W
  May 3game 52/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG25:00TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–2NYR
  W
  May 5game 53/563
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG23:07TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI4–2WSH
  L
  May 7game 54/563
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG23:12TOI
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The season in numbers
May 7
John Carlson closes the 2020-2021 season with 44 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
44
NHL#48
Games
52of 56
93%
Goals
10
NHL#164
Assists
34
NHL#24
P/GP
0.85
NHL#53
+/-
-5
NHL#674
Events
500
career points
2×
First star
3×
Second star
3×
Third star
7 i rad
games with a point · 9 pts
8 days later
Playoffs
May 15
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
May 15
Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins
WSHvsBOS
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Carl Hagelin
Nicklas Bäckström
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BOS2–3WSH
  W
  May 152
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG22:56TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS4–3WSH
  L
  May 172
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP24:52TOI
  +1 assist
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- Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  WSH2–3BOS
  L
  May 192
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG33:40TOI
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- Boston Bruinslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
- Game 4
  WSH1–4BOS
  L
  May 212
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP24:24TOI
  +1 assist
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- Boston Bruinslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
- Game 5
  BOS3–1WSH
  L
  May 232
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG23:45TOI
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First round
May 23
Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1
WSH1–4BOS
Eliminated
5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
The run in numbers
May 23
John Carlson ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 2 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
2
NHL#162
Games
5
Goals
0
NHL#192
Assists
2
NHL#116
P/GP
0.40
+/-
-2
NHL#228
Events
50
playoff assists
BOS1–4

John Carlson plays the 2020-2021 season for Washington Capitals

1/4 into the season

John Carlson reaches 500 career points

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

John Carlson closes the 2020-2021 season with 44 points

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1

John Carlson ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 2 points