| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 11/17/2008 | 7 | 9 |
| Ovechkin has started looking like himself again and Nicklas Backstrom has been on fire lately with 10 points in his last five games. |
| 11/10/2008 | 9 | 14 |
| Ovechkin still not finding the back of the net, but Brent Johnson is standing tall in front. He’s stopped 102 of 107 shots to win three straight and take the No. 1 job for now. |
| 11/09/2008 | 9 | 9 |
| Alex Ovechkin is still not finding the back of the net, but Brent Johnson is standing tall in front. He has stopped 102 of 107 shots to win three straight and take the No. 1 job for now. |
| 11/10/2008 | 14 | 11 |
| The Caps are still having trouble living up to expectations, mainly because Jose Theodore is not putting up the kind of numbers in goal he needs to. |
| 10/27/2008 | 11 | 9 |
| Alexander Ovechkin is still struggling with only two goals on 37 shots, but the bigger concern in Washington should be four consecutive games with blown leads. |
| 10/20/2008 | 9 | 7 |
| While Ovechkin has managed only three points, the other Alex -- Semin -- is picking up the slack with a league-leading 10 points. |
| 10/13/2008 | 7 | 8 |
| Ovechkin and company have been flying which means all the offense everyone expected will be there. But it won't mean much if Jose Theodore doesn't raise his game dramatically -- say to the mediocre level. |
| 10/03/2008 | 8 | - |
| The offensively talented Caps went through an important learning stage last season led by Ovechkin, and seem ready to take another step this time as long as the goaltending is there. |
| 04/07/2008 | 6 | 14 |
| Is there even more hardware in store for Alex Ovechkin, who has already claimed the Art Ross, Maurice Richard and almost certainly the Hart Trophy this season? |
| 03/31/2008 | 14 | 13 |
| Viktor Kozlov has been one of the unsung heroes of Washington's frantic late playoff charge. Kozlov scored only four goals in his first 40 games, but has 13 goals since. |
