Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Clark akatengeswa kuWashington Capitals semunhu akasununguka akasununguka musi waAugust 4, 2005, mukutsinhana kwekusarudzwa kwemamiriro ezvinhu mu2006 Entry Draft
. Akahwina zvibodzwa makumi maviri uye 19 anobatsira (39 mapoinzi) neCapitals mumwaka wake wekutanga, achitamba padivi pe rookie Alexander Ovechkin. Iwo maCapitals akadana Clark kaputeni wavo mutsva wechikwata musi waGunyana 13, 2006. Clark akabva arova zvibodzwa (30), akabatsira (24) uye akawana mapoinzi (54) mumwaka wa2006-07, achiramba achitamba pamwe naOvechkin.