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By taking the ice on Thursday night against the St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson officially skated in his 900th career NHL game, all spent as a member of the Capitals.
Carlson, who was drafted by the Capitals with the 27th overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, notched his fourth goal of the 2022-23 season on the milestone night in the second period while shorthanded, cutting the deficit to 3-2 (one that would be short-lived).
Playing in his 900th game as a Capital, John Carlson finds the back of the net🙌🎉 pic.twitter.com/CH8exJ2c1n
— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) November 18, 2022
The shorty was just the second of No. 74’s career, with the other coming over seven years ago in February 2015 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In his 900th career game, John Carlson scores his second career shorthanded goal and his fourth goal of the season. Carlson’s only other shorthanded came on Feb. 17, 2015 at Pittsburgh.
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 18, 2022
Carlson became just the sixth player in franchise history to mark the ninth-century mark in Games Played in a Capitals uniform, the third-youngest, and the sixth-youngest among active blueliners. He is the fourth member of his draft class to reach the milestone, after Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings), Josh Bailey (New York Islanders), and Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning). He also does so three days before the 13th anniversary of his NHL debut.
John Carlson will play his 900th career game tonight, becoming the sixth player in franchise history to reach the mark. At 32 years and 311 days old, Carlson is the third-youngest player in franchise history to reach the 900-game milestone and the sixth-youngest active defenseman pic.twitter.com/yvlercNAG5
— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) November 18, 2022
In 900 career games (with one period left to play at the time of writing), Carlson has recorded 136 Goals, 467 Assists, and 603 Points.
By Michael Fleetwood
