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Mike Green's 2008-2009 season

Points
73
NHL#28
Goals
31
NHL#27
Assists
42
NHL#38
Plus/minus
+24
NHL#17
Games
68
82%
82% of 82

Defenceman Mike Green was 22 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 68 of a possible 82 games and scored 31 goals and 42 assists for 73 points, 1.07 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 9 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Mike Green plays the 2008-2009 season for Washington Capitals

    Mike was 22 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
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-7SOG2PPP23:31TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      CHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG25:50TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–5WSH
      W
      game 3/826
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP24:23TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–3PIT
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG26:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP34:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–2CGY
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG29:43TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2PHX
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG25:21TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      W
      game 8/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG29:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NSH3–4WSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG29:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2008
    • The game
      WSH0–5BUF
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-7SOG24:50TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2OTT
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:37TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG27:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:49TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG23:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-5SOG1PPP22:33TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP23:32TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG29:11TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG2PPP05:11TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      16
      points
      NHL#60
      7
      goals
      NHL#51
      9
      assists
      NHL#82
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#4
      WSH
      11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
      1st in the Southeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • December 2008
    • The game
      OTT1–5WSH
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP21:56TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–1MTL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:02TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG28:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–7PHI
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-5SOG29:24TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP21:53TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–2BUF
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP24:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–7WSH
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG24:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG27:37TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 played
      26
      points
      NHL#95
      10
      goals
      NHL#103
      16
      assists
      NHL#90
      +14
      +/-
      NHL#10
      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+/-4SOG31:50TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5MTL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP26:43TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP30:06TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Mike Green reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · January 13

    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG29:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–2WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP28:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP25:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-7SOG28:24TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-8SOG28:09TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–4WSH
      W
      game 50/827
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP24:11TOI
      +2 points
    • February 2009
    • The game
      OTT4–7WSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP21:39TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      WSH5–2NJD
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG2PPP24:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK5–4WSH
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP26:05TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA1–3WSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP25:53TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH4–5NYR
      L
      game 55/825
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG28:06TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH5–1TBL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP23:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG24:14TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP29:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG28:11TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP24:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG30:55TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–4WSH
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-5SOG2PPP24:28TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8249 of 62 played
      54
      points
      NHL#30
      23
      goals
      NHL#26
      31
      assists
      NHL#45
      +24
      +/-
      NHL#4
      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
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP26:27TOI
      +2 assists
    • March 2009
    • The game
      FLA6–2WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-8SOG23:11TOI
    • The game
      CAR5–2WSH
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-8SOG27:53TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG31:03TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP27:53TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–1NSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG28:50TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:33TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–5WSH
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP26:27TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–0FLA
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG21:09TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–2TBL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG24:40TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG23:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-10SOG1PPP29:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–5WSH
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-8SOG2PPP27:39TOI
      +2 assists
    • April 2009
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP23:59TOI
      +3 points
    Milestone

    Mike Green reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against New York Islanders · April 1

    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:13TOI
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:40TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–2ATL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–2TBL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP28:09TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH4–7FLA
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:58TOI
    The season in numbers

    Mike Green closes the 2008-2009 season with 73 points

    Points
    73
    NHL#28
    Games
    68of 82
    83%
    Goals
    31
    NHL#27
    Assists
    42
    NHL#38
    P/GP
    1.07
    NHL#10
    +/-
    +24
    NHL#17
    Events
    31
    career best in goals
    100
    career points
    50
    career goals
    3×
    First star
    6×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 17 pts
    8 i rad
    games with a goal
    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
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP30:47TOI
      +2 assists
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYR1–0WSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:44TOI
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:57TOI
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:51TOI
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      NYR0–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1SHP25:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:24TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYR
    Advance
    7Games5Points1Goals4Assists
    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
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:17TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT3–4WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP24:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG28:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG26:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG26:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH5–4PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:13TOI
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 7
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG13:52TOI
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4PIT
    Eliminated
    7Games4Points0Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    Mike Green ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#42
    Games
    14
    Goals
    1
    NHL#101
    Assists
    8
    NHL#18
    P/GP
    0.64
    NHL#34
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#314
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff points
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    NYR4–3→PIT3–4