Why is Matt Roy nicknamed ‘Cat’? RMNB investigates.
We went to great lengths to learn very little about how the Capitals' veteran defenseman earned this nickname.
43-30-9
RECORD
95
POINTS
82
GAMES PLAYED
95
POINTS PACE
4th
DIVISION RANK
Washington Capitals roster 2025-26
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Washington Capitals: Skater statistics 2025-26
| Name | Pos | Age | GP | Goals G | Assists A | Points P | ATOI | Shots SOG | Sh% | GF% | SA% | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin Ovechkin | L | 40 | 82 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 17.4 | 244 | 13.1 | 55.6 | 50.3 | 51.4 |
| Tom Wilson Wilson | R | 31 | 72 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 19.5 | 153 | 19.6 | 59.8 | 53.5 | 54.5 |
| Jakob Chychrun Chychrun | D | 27 | 80 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 23.3 | 221 | 11.8 | 63.8 | 51.9 | 51.8 |
| Dylan Strome Strome | C | 28 | 80 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 18.0 | 143 | 13.3 | 56.0 | 48.9 | 49.9 |
| Aliaksei Protas Protas | L | 24 | 76 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 18.2 | 159 | 15.7 | 58.3 | 53.6 | 50.4 |
| Connor McMichael McMichael | L | 24 | 78 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 16.9 | 142 | 9.9 | 51.6 | 47.0 | 47.2 |
| Ryan Leonard Leonard | R | 20 | 75 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 14.4 | 153 | 13.1 | 60.6 | 45.9 | 45.4 |
| Justin Sourdif Sourdif | C | 23 | 78 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 14.7 | 108 | 13.9 | 62.7 | 50.7 | 52.7 |
| Rasmus Sandin Sandin | D | 25 | 73 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 19.2 | 90 | 5.6 | 49.0 | 47.5 | 48.9 |
| Anthony Beauvillier Beauvillier | R | 28 | 82 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 15.8 | 155 | 9.7 | 51.1 | 48.9 | 50.0 |
| Martin Fehérváry Fehérváry | D | 25 | 81 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 19.3 | 73 | 6.8 | 52.9 | 47.1 | 48.3 |
| Ethen Frank Frank | R | 27 | 62 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 12.2 | 91 | 13.2 | 57.7 | 47.0 | 50.9 |
| Matt Roy Roy | D | 30 | 79 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 20.6 | 94 | 2.1 | 52.8 | 49.7 | 49.7 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois Dubois | C | 27 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 16.8 | 42 | 11.9 | 51.4 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Hendrix Lapierre Lapierre | C | 23 | 74 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8.8 | 53 | 7.5 | 51.0 | 54.4 | 55.3 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk van Riemsdyk | D | 34 | 68 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 16.2 | 44 | 6.8 | 52.6 | 47.8 | 50.5 |
| Timothy Liljegren Liljegren | D | 26 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 19.9 | 40 | 2.5 | 46.0 | 42.6 | 47.6 |
| Cole Hutson Hutson | D | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17.5 | 22 | 13.6 | 42.9 | 48.0 | 49.2 |
| Brandon Duhaime Duhaime | L | 28 | 82 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11.1 | 64 | 6.3 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 49.3 |
| Sonny Milano Milano | L | 29 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8.9 | 34 | 11.8 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 52.8 |
| Declan Chisholm Chisholm | D | 25 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13.7 | 20 | 5.0 | 55.2 | 48.4 | 43.2 |
| David Kampf Kampf | C | 30 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14.7 | 36 | 5.6 | 35.3 | 48.6 | 47.0 |
| Ilya Protas Protas | L | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15.9 | 7 | 14.3 | 50.0 | 45.7 | 39.1 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko Miroshnichenko | L | 21 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9.6 | 12 | 16.7 | 55.6 | 45.9 | 56.6 |
| Bogdan Trineyev Trineyev | R | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 0.0 | - | 62.2 | 56.5 |
| Brett Leason Leason | R | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 1 | 0.0 | - | 62.0 | 50.5 |
| Dylan McIlrath McIlrath | D | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 42.0 | 51.3 |
Washington Capitals: Goal contributions 2025-26
Washington Capitals: Player salaries 2025-26
The visualization above does not reflect retained salaries, long-term injured reserve (LTIR), or bonuses.
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