Player Notes:
LAST FIVE GAMES: 5 GP, 2-2-4, -1, 12 PIM
* Second on the team in goals and points and tied for second in assists (23-33-56 in 70 GP)
* Enjoying a career-best offensive season, surpassing his previous high of 43 points (17-26-43) in 71 games in 2001-02
* Team is 12-5-4 when he scores a goal
* Is second on the team in power-play points (13-13-26)
* Leads the team with 11 points in April (6-5-11)
* Has 29 points (10-19-29) in his last 27 games (2/10-4/17)
* Enjoyed a four-game point streak (4/3-4/7) and was 4-3-7 in that time
* Had three assists vs. CAR (4/7)
* Had four goals in a three-game stretch (4/1-4/5)
* Scored the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win at OTT (4/1)
* Played the 600th game of his NHL career at MTL (3/30), the team from which he was acquired by the Capitals
* Had 15 points in March, his best month of the season (4-11-15)
* Led the team in time on ice with 26:47, his highest of the season, at MTL (3/30)
* Led the team in time on ice with 26:24 vs. TB and posted two assists (3/23)
* Enjoyed a seven-game point streak (3/6-3/18), his career long, scoring nine points (2-7-9)
* Scored the game-winning goal vs. PIT (3/8), his 250th game as a Capital
* Enjoyed a five-game point streak (4-3-7), at the time the longest of his career (12/31-1/8)
* Scored his 100th career NHL goal and the game-tying goal to force overtime vs. FLA (1/8)
* Missed 10 games (11/3-11/6, 11/15-11/27) with a groin injury
* Had points in three straight games (2-3-5 from 10/12 to 10/16), including back-to-back multiple-point games (0-2-2 vs. NYI on 10/13; 1-1-2 vs. TB on 10/16)
* Recorded his 250th career NHL point vs. TB (10/16)
* Had the game-winning goal and an assist in the opener vs. CBJ (10/5)
DRAFTED: Philadelphia's first choice, 15th overall, in the 1996 Entry Draft
PREVIOUS TEAMS: Montreal, Philadelphia
CAPITALS CAREER: 270 GP, 66-97-162, 210 PIM

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