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36 - Percentage of the Caps' total goals scored by the team's top-three goal scorers (Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Jason Chimera), the lowest percentage since Chris Simon (29 goals), Peter Bondra (21) and Richard Zednik (19) combined to score 30% of the team's 227 goals in 1999-2000. In fact, 2011-12 was the fifth-consecutive year this percentage has declined, down from a high of 49% in 2006-07. Here's the post-lockout breakdown:
| Year | Team GF | #1 Goal-Scorer | #2 Goal-Scorer | #3 Goal-Scorer | Top-3 % |
| 2011-12 | 218 | Ovechkin (38) | Semin (21) | Chimera (20) | 36% |
| 2010-11 | 219 | Ovechkin (32) | Semin (28) | Knuble (24) | 38% |
| 2009-10 | 313 | Ovechkin (50) | Semin (40) | Backstrom (33) | 39% |
| 2008-09 | 268 | Ovechkin (56) | Semin (34) | Green (31) | 45% |
| 2007-08 | 238 | Ovechkin (65) | Semin (26) | Laich (21) | 47% |
| 2006-07 | 234 | Ovechkin (46) | Semin (38) | Clark (30) | 49% |
| 2005-06 | 230 | Ovechkin (52) | Zubrus (23) | Clark/Pettinger (20) | 41% |