Washington Capitals Top Goal Scorers: Semin
Coming in at number four on our list of the ten best goal scorers in Washington Capitals history is a current free agent: Alex Semin.
Semin was a pretty polarizing player while he was with the Capitals, but one thing that even his harshest of critics can’t deny is his ability to score.
In 469 games with the Washington Capitals, Semin scored 197 goals. In adjusted goals, that’s equal to 216.
"With Semin’s military obligations fulfilled, he agreed to a two-year contract with the Capitals on April 11, 2006, resolving the conflict between the two parties. Playing in his first game for the Capitals in two years, Semin scored the team’s first goal of the 2006–07 season against the New York Rangers on October 5, 2006. In his next game, against the Carolina Hurricanes, he recorded a hat-trick. On March 18, 2007, Semin tallied the second natural hat-trick of his career against the Tampa Bay Lightning, scoring three goals on three successive shots in a span of 7:04 in the second period. Late in the season, Capitals Head Coach Glen Hanlon started Alexander Ovechkin and Semin together on the powerplay and occasionally on the team’s first scoring line. Ovechkin and Semin finished as the team’s top two scorers, and Semin soon became known as “The Other Alex.” He completed the season with 38 goals (13th in league scoring) and 73 points in 77 games, missing five games to an injury early in the season. Semin was one of three 30-goal scorers for the Capitals for the season, along with Ovechkin and captain Chris Clark. After a successful NHL comeback in 2006–07, Semin struggled in comparison during the 2007–08 season, scoring 42 points while being sidelined for 19 games. Along with Ovechkin and second-year forward Nicklas Bäckström, Semin helped form a highly offensive core with the Capitals in 2008–09. On March 3, 2009, Semin’s 25th birthday, he scored his 100th career goal, against the Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward. Semin spent much of the first couple months of the season as the league’s top point-scorer, but tailed off as he began to experience injury troubles. Regardless, he finished with a career-high 79 points in just 62 games, third in Capitals scoring behind Ovechkin and Bäckström. In the 2009 playoffs, Semin added 14 points in 14 games, including a three-point effort (two goals and an assist) on April 20, 2009, leading the Capitals to a crucial playoff win against the New York Rangers in Game 3 of the opening round. Midway through the 2009–10 season, Semin signed a one-year, $6 million contract extension with the Capitals. Semin played for Team Russia in the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Washington’s 2010 quarter-final match-up against the Montreal Canadiens, Semin received large amounts of criticism due to his poor play, as he did not score any goals despite firing 44 shots on Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halák. He finished the series with just two assists in seven games, as Montreal upset Washington 4–3 in the series, with the Capitals blowing a 3–1 series lead. Semin signed another one-year extension with the Washington Capitals on January 27, 2011, worth $6.7 million. He became an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2012. On April 5, 2012, Semin became the fifth highest all-time leading goal scorer of the Washington Capitals with his 197th goal. – Wikipedia"
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