Players Who Scored in Caps Debut
Only 14 players in Caps history have scored a goal in their NHL debut with the team, while 30 more have scored in their first game with the team after playing for a different team.
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Scored in first NHL game:
Date | Player | Opponent | Assists | Result | Info | Photo |
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2021-10-13 | Hendrix Lapierre | NYR | T.J. Oshie, Conor Sheary | W, 5-1 | Scored in first career game. | |
2017-10-11 | Christian Djoos | PIT | Lars Eller, Brett Connolly | L, 2-3 | Scored in first career game and also has an assist. | Story | Video | |
2017-10-07 | Nathan Walker | MTL | Smith-Pelly, Jay Beagle | W, 6-1 | Tips in a shot in his first career game. First Australian player to play in NHL. | Video | |
2014-10-09 | Andre Burakovsky | MON | Troy Brouwer | SOL, 2-1 | Scored in his first career game. | Story | Video | |
2005-11-04 | Jakub Klepis | ATL | Mathieu Biron, Brian Willsie | W, 3-2 | Scored in first career game. | Story | |
2005-10-05 | Alex Ovechkin | CBJ | Dainius Zubrus, Jeff Halpern | W, 3-2 | Scored twice in his first career game. | Story | |
1982-10-06 | Scott Stevens | at NYR | Craig Laughlin, Chris Valentine | W, 5-4 | Scored in his first career game. | Story | |
1981-12-14 | Mike Siltala | at MTL | Paul MacKinnon, Bengt Gustafsson | L, 3-6 | Scored only NHL goal in first career game. | |
1981-11-22 | Chris Valentine | at PHI | Tim Tookey, Gaeten Duchesne | W, 3-2 | Scored in first career game. | |
1981-10-07 | Bobby Carpenter | at BUF | Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner | L, 3-5 | Had a goal and an assist in his first career game. | Story | |
1977-11-02 | Nelson Burton | CHI | Rick Green, Bill Collins | T, 2-2 | Scored only NHL goal in first career game. | |
1976-12-05 | Tom Rowe | at BOS | Guy Charron, Garnet "Ace" Bailey | T, 5-5 | Scored in first career game. | |
1974-10-09 | Ron Anderson | at NYR | Denis Dupere, Greg Joly | L, 3-6 | Scored the second goal in Caps history in his first career game. | |
1974-10-09 | Jim Hrycuik | at NYR | Unassisted | L, 3-6 | Scored the first goal in Caps history in his first career game. |
Scored in first Caps game:
Date | Player | Opponent | Assists | Result | Info | Photo |
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2021-10-13 | Hendrix Lapierre | NYR | T.J. Oshie, Conor Sheary | W, 5-1 | Scored in first career game. | |
2021-04-13 | Anthony Mantha | PHI | John Carlson, Dmitry Orlov | W, 6-1 | Scored in first game as a Cap. | |
2018-10-03 | Nic Dowd | BOS | Nathan Walker, Devante Smith-Pelly | W, 7-0 | Scored in first game with Caps. Video | |
2017-10-11 | Christian Djoos | PIT | Lars Eller, Brett Connolly | L, 2-3 | Scored in first career game and also has an assist. | Story | Video | |
2017-10-07 | Nathan Walker | MTL | Smith-Pelly, Jay Beagle | W, 6-1 | Tips in a shot in his first career game. First Australian player to play in NHL. | Video | |
2014-10-09 | Andre Burakovsky | MON | Troy Brouwer | SOL, 2-1 | Scored in his first career game. | Story | Video | |
2013-10-01 | Mikhail Grabovski | at CHI | Joel Ward | L, 6-4 | Had a hat trick and an assist in first Caps game. | |
2013-01-19 | Wojtek Wolski | at TBL | Mike Ribeiro, Roman Hamrlik | L, 6-3 | Scored in first game with Caps. | |
2010-03-04 | Scott Walker | TAM | Mike Green, Boyd Gordon | W, 5-4 | Traded from Carolina. Scored twice in first game. | |
2005-11-04 | Jakub Klepis | ATL | Mathieu Biron, Brian Willsie | W, 3-2 | Scored in first career game. | Story | |
2005-10-05 | Alex Ovechkin | CBJ | Dainius Zubrus, Jeff Halpern | W, 3-2 | Scored twice in his first career game. | Story | |
2003-03-25 | Josef Boumedienne | at MON | Jaromir Jagr, Sergei Berezin | W, 4-3 | Scored in his first Caps game. | |
2003-03-14 | Sergei Berezin | LAK | Robert Lang, Dainius Zubrus | L, 3-1 | Traded from Chicago. Scored in first Caps game. | |
2002-10-11 | Robert Lang | NSH | Kip Miller, Jaromir Jagr | W, 5-4 | Also had an assist. Scored in first Caps game. | |
2002-01-09 | Colin Forbes | CBJ | Andrei Nikolishin, Jeff Halpern | W, 6-3 | Scored in first Caps game. | |
2001-10-06 | Jaromir Jagr | NJD | Dainius Zubrus, Adam Oates | W, 6-1 | Also had an assist. | |
1998-03-28 | Brian Bellows | at VAN | Jeff Brown, Calle Johansson | W, 3-2 | Scored twice in first Caps game. | |
1997-03-04 | Adam Oates | CGY | Todd Krygier, Joe Juneau | W, 2-1 | Traded late season from Boston. Scored in his first two games as a Cap. | |
1996-04-10 | Steve Poapst | at NYR | Dale Hunter | W, 4-1 | Scored in his first game. | |
1994-03-22 | Joe Juneau | HAR | Shawn Anderson, Calle Johansson | W, 4-1 | Late season trade from Boston. Also had two assists in first game with Washington. | |
1993-10-06 | Dave Poulin | at WIN | Calle Johansson | L, 6-4 | Scored in his first game with the Caps. | |
1992-03-03 | Paul MacDermid | MIN | Kelly Miller, Kevin Hatcher | L, 3-1 | Traded from Winnipeg. Scored in first Caps game. | |
1991-10-11 | Todd Krygier | NYR | Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra | W, 5-1 | Scored in his first Caps game. | |
1990-10-05 | Peter Zezel | PIT | Dino Ciccarelli, Bob Rouse | L, 7-4 | Scored in first Caps game, on the power play. | |
1988-10-07 | Geoff Courtnall | PIT | Bengt Gustafsson, Kelly Miller | L, 6-4 | Scored in first game with Caps. Also had an assist. | |
1985-11-15 | David Jensen | VAN | Bengt Gustafsson | W, 5-3 | Scored in first game as a Cap. | |
1982-10-06 | Scott Stevens | at NYR | Craig Laughlin, Chris Valentine | W, 5-4 | Scored in his first career game. | Story | |
1982-10-06 | Milan Novy | at NYR | Mike Gartner, Bobby Carpenter | W, 5-4 | Scored a goal and has two assists in first game. | |
1982-10-06 | Ted Bulley | at NYR | Milan Novy | W, 5-2 | Scored in first Caps game. | |
1981-12-14 | Mike Siltala | at MTL | Paul MacKinnon, Bengt Gustafsson | L, 3-6 | Scored only NHL goal in first career game. | |
1981-11-22 | Chris Valentine | at PHI | Tim Tookey, Gaeten Duchesne | W, 3-2 | Scored in first career game. | |
1981-10-07 | Bobby Carpenter | at BUF | Ryan Walter, Mike Gartner | L, 3-5 | Had a goal and an assist in his first career game. | Story | |
1980-11-15 | Rick Smith | at HAR | Paul Mulvey, Ryan Walter | W, 8-4 | Traded from Detroit. Scored in first Caps game. | |
1980-01-19 | Alan Hangsleben | PHI | Mike Kaszycki, Pierre Bouchard | T, 4-4 | Traded from Hartford. Scored in first Caps game. | |
1977-11-02 | Nelson Burton | CHI | Rick Green, Bill Collins | T, 2-2 | Scored only NHL goal in first career game. | |
1977-02-02 | Craig Patrick | at LAK | Bryan Watson, Bill Collins | L, 7-2 | Scored in first game with Caps. Related to Caps president Dick Patrick. | |
1976-12-05 | Tom Rowe | at BOS | Guy Charron, Garnet "Ace" Bailey | T, 5-5 | Scored in first career game. | |
1976-10-05 | Guy Charron | ATF | Hartland Monahan | W, 6-5 | Scored in first game with Caps. Also had an assist. | |
1976-01-24 | Gerry Meehan | at PIT | Harvey Bennett | L, 8-2 | Traded from Atlanta. Scored in first game with Caps. | |
1976-01-23 | Jean Lemieux | NYR | Garnet "Ace" Bailey, Nelson Pyatt | W, 7-5 | Traded from Atlanta. Scored in first game with Caps, on the power play. Also had an assist. | |
1975-11-15 | Mike Lampman | at STL | Peter Scamurra, Paul Nicholson | L, 9-2 | Scored in first game with Caps. | |
1974-10-15 | Yvon Labre | LAK | Dave Kryskow, Bill Lesuk | T, 1-1 | Team got its first ever standings point. | |
1974-10-09 | Ron Anderson | at NYR | Denis Dupere, Greg Joly | L, 3-6 | Scored the second goal in Caps history in his first career game. | |
1974-10-09 | Jim Hrycuik | at NYR | Unassisted | L, 3-6 | Scored the first goal in Caps history in his first career game. |