Today John Carlson carries a heavy load for the Caps when it comes to ice time - but even his heftiest night rarely tops the 30-minute mark. In the franchise’s history, however, we’ve seen players for whom a 30-minute night was much more frequent. It is an interesting array. For instance, did you know that…
- Since 1997-98, the Caps have had 17 different players log at least 30 minutes of ice time at least once. But only two players have been “30-30” players, logging games of 30 or more minutes at least 30 times. Sergei Gonchar did it 34 times in 654 games with the Caps, while Mike Green did it 31 times in 575 games as a Capital.