Capitals, Johansson avoid arbitration with 3-year, $13.75M deal

The Washington Capitals and forward Marcus Johansson avoided a third-party ruling for the second straight summer, agreeing to a three-year, $13.75-million contract extension before meeting with a neutral arbitrator Wednesday.

The deal, which will pay Johansson an average annual salary of $4.583 million through 2018-2019, was agreed upon three minutes before the scheduled hearing, according to Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post.

Johansson receives a three-year commitment from the Capitals, who drafted him in the first round in 2009, and an $830,000 raise from his arbitrator-ruled $3.75-million salary from last summer.

He also has a five-team limited no-trade clause in the last two seasons of his deal, a source told Khurshudyan.

Johansson scored 17 goals and 29 assists last year, supplying solid middle-six scoring contributions for another season. He's offered a little more than a half-point per game each year since his rookie campaign, most recently providing 0.62 points per contest and 1.74 points per 60 minutes at even strength.

Washington has almost $3.5 million in available cap space with Dmitry Orlov still needing a new deal.