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2008 Washington Capitals Opening Night Roster
FORWARDS
# Player Ht. Wt. Shoots Born Birthplace 2007-08 Club(s) League(s)
19 BACKSTROM, Nicklas 6'0" 183 Left 11/23/87 Gavle, Sweden Capitals NHL
10 BRADLEY, Matt 6'3" 201 Right 6/13/78 Stittsville, Ontario Capitals NHL
87 BRASHEAR, Donald 6'2" 234 Left 1/7/72 Bedford, Indiana Capitals NHL
17 CLARK, Chris 6'0" 196 Right 3/8/76 South Windsor, Connecticut Capitals NHL
91 FEDOROV, Sergei 6'2" 207 Left 12/13/69 Pskov, Russia Capitals/Columbus NHL
16 FEHR, Eric 6'4" 212 Right 9/7/85 Winkler, Manitoba Capitals/Hershey NHL/AHL
14 FLEISCHMANN, Tomas 6'1" 190 Left 5/16/84 Koprivinice, Czech Republic Capitals NHL
15 GORDON, Boyd 6'1" 201 Right 10/19/83 Unity, Saskatchewan Capitals NHL
25 KOZLOV, Viktor 6'4" 232 Right 2/14/75 Togliatti, Russia Capitals NHL
21 LAICH, Brooks 6'2" 210 Left 6/23/83 Wawota, Saskatchewan Capitals NHL
92 NYLANDER, Michael 6'1" 195 Left 10/3/72 Stockholm, Sweden Capitals NHL
8 OVECHKIN, Alex 6'2" 220 Right 9/17/85 Moscow, Russia Capitals NHL
28 SEMIN, Alexander 6'2" 200 Right 3/3/84 Krasnoyarsk, Russia Capitals NHL
39 STECKEL, David 6'5" 222 Left 3/15/82 Westbend, Wisconsin Capitals NHL
DEFENSEMEN
4 ERSKINE, John 6'4" 216 Left 6/26/80 Kingston, Ontario Capitals NHL
52 GREEN, Mike 6'1" 208 Right 10/12/85 Calgary, Alberta Capitals NHL
23 JURCINA, Milan 6'4" 233 Right 6/7/83 Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Capitals NHL
26 MORRISONN, Shaone 6'4" 210 Left 12/23/82 Vancouver, British Columbia Capitals NHL
2 POTHIER, Brian # 6'0" 200 Right 4/15/77 New Bedford, Mass. Capitals NHL
3 POTI, Tom 6'3" 210 Left 3/22/77 Worcester, Mass. Capitals NHL
55 SCHULTZ, Jeff 6'6" 221 Left 2/25/86 Calgary, Alberta Capitals/Hershey NHL/AHL
GOALTENDERS
1 JOHNSON, Brent 6'3" 199 Left 3/12/77 Farmington, Mich. Capitals/Hershey NHL/AHL
60 THEODORE, Jose 5'11" 182 Right 9/13/76 Laval, Quebec Colorado/Lake Erie NHL/AHL
# Non-roster injured player
Rosters as of 6 Oct, 2008.