Washington Capitals' 1st round choice (12th overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.
Player Notes:
LAST FIVE GAMES: 5 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 2 PIM
* Ranks third among Caps defensemen and 13th on the team with 4-13-17
* Second on the team with 120 blocked shots
* Third on the team with a 21:16 average ice time
* Nine of his 17 points have come in the second period and 4-7-11 have come at home
* His 13 assists have been to nine different players
* Missed 16 games with a lower-body injury (1/16-3/4)
* Had four points in all of 2003-04 (41 games); has 4-13-17 this year
* Had no career goals in his first 61 NHL games, then scored two in the next three (10/10 and 10/13)
* Had no multiple-point games in his first 63 NHL games; had three in the next five games (10/13, 10/16, 10/22)
* Runner-up for the NHL's Defensive Player of the Week award (10/17)
* Had a goal in two of three games (11/27 and 12/3)
* Had back-to-back multiple-point games (10/13-10/16)
* Had 1-1-2 vs. NYI (10/13), the first multiple-point game of his career
* Scored his first career NHL goal at 19:59 of the second period vs. NYR (10/10)
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