STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF GUIDE - Washington Capitals - NHL.com

vs. the NHL
GP Min SO W L OT GAA Sv%
ANA 2 84 0 0 0 1 3.57 .848
ATL 7 384 0 4 2 0 2.34 .917
BOS 3 168 0 0 1 1 2.85 .907
BUF 3 181 1 2 0 1 1.98 .929
CGY 1 47 0 0 1 0 2.52 .833
CAR 6 377 0 3 0 3 2.23 .923
DAL 1 65 0 0 0 1 2.77 .885
FLA 4 239 0 3 1 0 2.25 .925
LA 1 60 0 0 1 0 4.00 .857
MIN 1 60 0 1 0 0 1.00 .967
MTL 4 248 1 3 0 1 1.45 .950
NSH 1 64 0 1 0 0 1.85 .917
NJ 1 58 0 0 1 0 3.07 .906
NYI 1 57 0 1 0 0 1.04 .962
NYR 2 119 0 1 1 0 4.50 .775
OTT 3 178 0 0 2 1 4.03 .864
PHI 2 75 0 0 0 1 4.79 .872
PIT 2 120 0 2 0 0 2.00 .935
SJ 1 40 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.000
STL 2 119 0 2 0 0 1.50 .957
TB 8 480 2 5 2 1 1.87 .934
TOR 2 125 0 1 0 1 2.40 .929
VAN 1 59 0 0 1 0 3.04 .912
Playoffs vs. the NHL
GP Min SO W L GAA Sv%
NYR 6 358 2 4 2 1.17 .952
PIT 7 401 0 3 4 3.75 .898
SEMYON VARLAMOV
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Goaltender • Height: 6’2” • Weight: 207 • Catches: Left
Born: April 27, 1988 (Kuybyshev, USSR; now Samara, Russia)
Drafted: Capitals’ first-round choice, 23rd overall, in the 2006 Entry Draft
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SA SPCT GP W L Min GAA
2004-05 Yaroslavl2 Russia3 8 - - - 480 15 1 1.90 - - - - - - -
2005-06 Yaroslavl2 Russia3 33 - - - 1782 60 8 2.02 - - - - - - -
Russia WJC 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 - - - - - - -
2006-07 Yaroslavl Russia 31 15 7 6 1810 64 3 2.12 - - 6 - - 368 2.94
Russia WJC 6 5 1 0 358 9 2 1.51 - - - - - - -
2007-08 Yaroslavl Russia 44 - - - 2592 106 3 2.45 - - 16 - - 924 1.62
2008-09 CAPITALS NHL 6 4 0 1 329 13 0 2.37 159 .918 13 7 6 759 2.53
Hershey AHL 27 19 7 1 1551 62 2 2.40 736 .916 - - - - -
2009-10 CAPITALS NHL 26 15 4 6 1527 65 2 2.55 718 .909 6 3 3 349 2.41
Hershey AHL 3 3 0 0 185 6 0 1.95 90 .933 - - - - -
2010-11 CAPITALS NHL 27 11 9 12 3416 136 2 2.39 917 .917 - - - - -
Hershey AHL 3 2 1 0 179 10 0 3.36 69 .855 - - - - -
NHL TOTALS 59 30 13 12 3416 136 4 2.39 1636 .917 19 10 9 1108 2.49
2010-11
Tied for fourth in the league in GAA (2.24) and tied for fifth in save percentage (.923)...His .923 SV% is the highest single-season SV%
in team history...His 2.23 GAA is the third-lowest GAA for a Capitals goalie in a single season...Has a 2.39 career GAA, which ranks him
second all-time amongst Capitals goalies (minimum 3,000 minutes played)....917 career SV% is first all-time amongst Caps goaltenders
(minimum 3,000 minutes played)...Prior to a 2/12 loss vs. LA, had been 5-3-3 in his previous 10 games with a 1.76 GAA and .944 save
pct. in that time...Recorded his fourth career regular-season shutout (also has two in playoffs) 12/28 vs. MTL, his second of the season
Playoff Career
His 10 playoff wins the last two seasons are tied for fifth in the league in that time...Already ranks fourth in Capitals career playoff games
(19), minutes (1,108) and wins (10) and third in GAA (2.49)...Played Games 2-7 of the 2010 ECQF vs. MTL, winning each of his first three
starts...Only faced 30 or more shots once, stopping 36 of 39 shots in a 6-3 win in Game 4 at MTL (4/21)...Made his NHL playoff debut in
2009 as the starter for Game 2 of the ECQF vs. NYR and started 13 out of 14 Stanley Cup playoff games…Tied for first in league with two
playoff shutouts…Was fifth in the league in playoff save percentage (.918), tied for fifth in wins (7) and sixth in GAA (2.53)…Allowed only
seven goals in six games against NYR and never allowed more than three goals in a game, as the Caps erased a 3-1 series deficit to win
the series in seven games…Turned 21 the day before winning Game 7 against NYR (4/28)…Shut out NYR in Games 3 (33 saves, 4/20)
and 5 (20 saves, 4/24) to tie a team record (Olie Kolzig) with two shutouts in a playoff series…Became only the second Caps goalie to
record more than one shutout in a playoff season (Kolzig, four in 1998)…Joined Kolzig (6) and Don Beaupre (2) as the only goalies in club
history with more than one playoff shutout…Fourth goaltender in NHL history to post a playoff shutout before he turned 21 (Harry Lumley,
Patrick Roy, Carey Price)…Beat PIT in Games 1 and 2 of the ECSF to become the first Caps goalie to win five straight playoff games…
Made 33 or more saves and had a save percentage of .905 or higher in five of seven games against PIT.
2010-11 SEASON HIGHS
Shots: 38 (4x)
Saves: 37 (2x)
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WASHINGTON CAPITALS 2011 PLAYOFF GUIDE