overall) 2006: Nicklas Backstrom (4th overall) and Semyon Varlamov (23rd overall) 2007: Karl Alzner (5th overall) 2008: Anton Gustafsson (21st overall) and John Carlson (27th overall) 2009: Marcus Johansson (24th overall) 2010: Evgeny Kuznetsov (26th overall) 2011: None 2012: Filip Forsberg (11th overall) and Tom Wilson (16th overall) 2013: Andre Burakovsky (23rd overall) 2014: Jakub Vrana (13th overall) 2015: Ilya Samsonov (22nd overall) 2016: Lucas Johansen (28th overall) 2017: None 2018: Alexander Alexeyev (31st overall) 2019: Connor McMichael (25th overall) 2020: Hendrix Lapierre (22nd overall) 2021: None 2022: Ivan Miroshnichenko (20th overall) Hall of Fame members The Washington Capitals hold an affiliation with a number of inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Eight inductees from the players category of the Hall of Fame are affiliated with the Capitals. In 2015, two former Capital players, Sergei Fedorov, and Phil Housley, were the latest Capitals players to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, with five out of the eight (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Murphy) having played at least five seasons with the club. In addition to players, members of the local sports media that cover the Capitals, and the NHL, were honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2007, Dave Fay, a sports journalist for the Washington Times was a recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award. In 2010, play-by-play radio broadcaster, Ron Weber, was awarded the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hall of Fame for his contributions to hockey broadcasting. Retired numbers Although not officially retired, the team has not issued Olaf Kolzig's number 37 since his retirement. The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game. Franchise scoring leaders These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. – current Capitals player Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game See also Capitals–Flyers rivalry Capitals–Penguins rivalry Capitals–Rangers rivalry MedStar Capitals Iceplex List of Washington Capitals general managers Slapshot (mascot) References Footnotes Citations External links National Hockey League teams 1974 establishments in Maryland Metropolitan Division Ice hockey clubs established in 1974 Ice hockey teams in Maryland Ice hockey in Washington, D.C.