Washington Capitals Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Washington Capitals, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $90,531,668 $69,570,000 $38,501,667 $10,250,000 $5,000,000
Signed Players   35 21 9 2 1
Forwards   $52,541,668 $40,450,000 $16,400,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Defensemen   $17,275,000 $15,875,000 $15,050,000
Goaltending   $6,350,000 $6,350,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
Injured Reserve  
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap  


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Capitals Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Alex Ovechkin LW $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 0UFA 0-
Nicklas Backstrom C $9,200,000 $9,200,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Evgeny Kuznetsov C $7,800,000 M-NTC $7,800,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
T.J. Oshie RW $5,750,000 M-NTC $5,750,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Anthony Mantha RW $5,700,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Thomas Wilson RW $5,166,668 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Dylan Strome C $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Sonny Milano LW $1,900,000 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 0UFA 0-
Nic Dowd C $1,300,000 $1,300,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW $1,225,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Connor Brown RW UFA
Craig Smith C UFA
Carl Hagelin LW UFA
Conor Sheary LW UFA
Kody Clark RW RFA
Riley Sutter RW RFA
Henrik Borgstrom C RFA
Garrett Pilon C RFA
Mike Vecchione C UFA
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
John Carlson D $8,000,000 M-NTC $8,000,000 $8,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Nick Jensen D $4,050,000 $4,050,000 $4,050,000 0UFA 0-
Trevor Van Riemsdyk D $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 0UFA 0-
Rasmus Sandin D $1,400,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Alexander Alexeyev D $825,000 $825,000 0RFA 0- 0-
Martin Fehervary D RFA
Bobby Nardella D UFA
Dylan McIlrath D UFA
Gabriel Carlsson D RFA
Matt Irwin D UFA
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Darcy Kuemper G $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 0UFA
Charlie Lindgren G $1,100,000 $1,100,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Zachary Fucale G UFA
Hunter Shepard G UFA
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MiroshnichenkoIvan Miroshnichenko LW $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 RFA -
LapierreHendrix Lapierre C $894,167 RFA - - -
PerssonLudwig Persson LW $878,333 $878,333 RFA - -
SuzdalevAlexander Suzdalev LW $878,333 $878,333 RFA - -
McMichaelConnor McMichael C $863,333 RFA - - -
RybinskiHenrik Rybinski RW $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
TrineyevBogdan Trineyev RW $859,167 $859,167 RFA - -
HoferRyan Hofer C $851,667 $851,667 $851,667 RFA -
SnivelyJoe Snively LW $800,000 UFA - - -
ProtasAliaksei Protas C $789,167 RFA - - -
SgarbossaMichael Sgarbossa C $775,000 $775,000 UFA - -
MalenstynBeck Malenstyn LW $762,500 RFA - - -
FrankEthan Frank C - RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
IorioVincent Iorio D $875,833 RFA - - -
JohansenLucas Johansen D $762,500 RFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
GibsonMitchell Gibson G $867,500 RFA - - -
StevensonClay Stevenson G $855,000 RFA - - -
BjorklundGarin Bjorklund G $843,333 $843,333 RFA - -