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Michael Nylander's 2008-2009 season

Points
33
Swedish flag#16NHL#226
Goals
9
Swedish flag#16NHL#272
Assists
24
Swedish flag#14NHL#180
Plus/minus
0
NHL#327
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Centre Michael Nylander was 35 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 72 of a possible 82 games and scored 9 goals and 24 assists for 33 points, 0.46 points per game. That was 16th among the Swedes and 226th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Michael Nylander plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Michael was 36 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–7ATL
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP15:01TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:18TOI
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    • The game
      VAN1–5WSH
      W
      game 3/825
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP14:32TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG16:22TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHX
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      W
      game 8/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG12:12TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:08TOI
      View the game
    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG14:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2OTT
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:47TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG15:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG2PPP12:32TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5LAK
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG15:19TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–7SJS
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4MIN
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:55TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      12
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#134
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#15NHL#250
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#8NHL#63
      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 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:14TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL0–3WSH
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG14:12TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3CBJ
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:49TOI
      View the game
    • December 2008
    • The game
      FLA5–3WSH
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1TOR
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–5WSH
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG12:02TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–7PHI
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG15:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYR
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:41TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2BUF
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–7WSH
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG17:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:08TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      18
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#193
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#20NHL#311
      15
      assists
      Swedish flag#8NHL#105
      WSH
      27-11-3W-L-OT57Points
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH4–5MTL
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP12:55TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG14:38TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG11:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP13:46TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:00TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG13:37TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • February 2009
    • The game
      OTT4–7WSH
      W
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP14:50TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–3WSH
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5NYR
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG08:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:25TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      27
      points
      Swedish flag#16NHL#203
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#17NHL#263
      20
      assists
      Swedish flag#10NHL#145
      WSH
      39-18-5W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Southeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • March 2009
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:52TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    Michael goes down and misses 2 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP12:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5ATL
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP14:34TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG10:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–5WSH
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:47TOI
      View the game
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG10:42TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG10:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG11:13TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:10TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Michael Nylander closes the 2008-2009 season with 33 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    33
    #16NHL#226
    Games
    72of 82
    88%
    Goals
    9
    #16NHL#272
    Assists
    24
    #14NHL#180
    P/GP
    0.46
    #19NHL#243
    +/-
    0
    #24NHL#327
    Events
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    2×
    Third 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
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR4–3WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:03TOI
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:53TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    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 3
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:27TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Michael Nylander ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 0 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    0
    #23NHL#250
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    #18NHL#176
    Assists
    0
    #22NHL#227
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    #17NHL#171
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4