| Rank | Player | Team | PIM |
| 1 | M. Hendricks | WSH | 95 |
| 2 | J. Chimera | WSH | 78 |
| 3 | T. Brouwer | WSH | 61 |
| 4 | A. Semin | CAR | 56 |
| 5 | J. Erskine | WSH | 51 |
| 6 | D. Wideman | CGY | 46 |
| 7 | B. Laich | WSH | 34 |
| 8 | R. Hamrlik | NYR | 34 |
| 9 | M. Knuble | PHI | 32 |
| 10 | K. Alzner | WSH | 29 |
| 11 | A. Ovechkin | WSH | 26 |
| 12 | N. Backstrom | WSH | 24 |
| 13 | M. Perreault | WSH | 24 |
| 14 | J. Halpern | MTL | 24 |
| 15 | J. Beagle | WSH | 23 |
| 16 | J. Carlson | WSH | 22 |
| 17 | J. Ward | WSH | 20 |
| 18 | D. Orlov | WSH | 18 |
| 19 | M. Green | WSH | 12 |
| 20 | J. Schultz | WSH | 12 |