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John Erskine's 2008-2009 season

Points
4
NHL#628
Goals
0
NHL#691
Assists
4
NHL#586
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#271
Games
52
63%
63% of 82

Defenceman John Erskine was 28 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 52 of a possible 82 games and scored 0 goals and 4 assists for 4 points, 0.08 points per game. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 1 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Erskine plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    John was 28 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–7ATL
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:40TOI
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    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:00TOI
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    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG15:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:43TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:50TOI
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    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      W
      game 8/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:56TOI
      View the game
    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2OTT
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG15:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5LAK
      L
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–7SJS
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:47TOI
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    • The game
      WSH3–4MIN
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:14TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8219 of 41 played
      2
      points
      NHL#597
      0
      goals
      NHL#597
      2
      assists
      NHL#536
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#77
      WSH
      27-11-3W-L-OT57Points
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:30TOI
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    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:56TOI
      View the game
    • February 2009
    • The game
      OTT4–7WSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:54TOI
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    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:04TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8234 of 62 played
      2
      points
      NHL#655
      0
      goals
      NHL#656
      2
      assists
      NHL#609
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#52
      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
      0+/-0SOG15:25TOI
      View the game
    • March 2009
    • The game
      FLA6–2WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5ATL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP19:35TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG16:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5WSH
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:34TOI
      View the game
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:19TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Erskine closes the 2008-2009 season with 4 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    4
    NHL#628
    Games
    52of 82
    63%
    Goals
    0
    NHL#691
    Assists
    4
    NHL#586
    P/GP
    0.08
    NHL#608
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#271
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    1×
    Second star
    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
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    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:08TOI
      +1 assist
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    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:03TOI
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    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:33TOI
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    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:47TOI
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    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR0–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG17:07TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:48TOI
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    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:32TOI
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    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    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
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:19TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:55TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:37TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:07TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:21TOI
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    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    John Erskine ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 1 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    1
    NHL#192
    Games
    12
    Goals
    0
    NHL#176
    Assists
    1
    NHL#151
    P/GP
    0.08
    NHL#132
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#73
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4