Photo: Patrick Smith
Adam Oates made much-needed adjustments to lines on Friday morning, resulting in happy outcomes for the second line collectively and Marty Erat personally. The top line, however, is not doing much at even strength, and the third line is getting swamped in their own end. While the Caps have glimpses of hope and a ton of potential, the overall picture remains a bit gloomy. Should the Oates power play ever stop turning underpants into profit, stuff will get dire quick.
But there remains a ton of potential in this roster. There’s a winning team in here somewhere. Let’s explore.
These numbers are current as of noon on Sunday, October 20th. My sample is only 5 on 5 play when the score is close to avoid the effects of blowouts and comeback attempts.
See previous snapshots: week 1, week 2
Player | Pos | GP | TOI | GF | GA | SA% | Sh% | Sv% | PDO | ZS% |
Brooks Laich | C | 8 | 62.4 | 2 | 1 | 44.3% | 7.1% | 97.3% | 104.4 | 54.8% |
Marcus Johansson | C | 8 | 66.9 | 2 | 5 | 45.7% | 5.3% | 88.9% | 94.2 | 51.2% |
Mikhail Grabovski | C | 8 | 60.1 | 3 | 0 | 39.2% | 11.5% | 100% | 111.5 | 55.1% |
Nicklas Backstrom | C | 8 | 66.3 | 2 | 4 | 43% | 5.7% | 91.3% | 97 | 54.5% |
Alex Ovechkin | L | 8 | 68.8 | 2 | 3 | 45.6% | 5.3% | 93.5% | 98.7 | 55.1% |
Jason Chimera | L | 8 | 54.2 | 2 | 5 | 40.3% | 10% | 83.3% | 93.3 | 44.6% |
Eric Fehr | R | 8 | 51.1 | 0 | 6 | 47.5% | 0% | 75% | 75 | 45.3% |
Joel Ward | R | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 4 | 49.3% | 4.5% | 81.8% | 86.4 | 49.2% |
Martin Erat | R | 8 | 38.8 | 1 | 1 | 52.8% | 6.3% | 93.8% | 100 | 56.4% |
Tom Wilson | R | 8 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | 50% | 0% | 85.7% | 85.7 | 53.6% |
Troy Brouwer | R | 8 | 59.3 | 3 | 2 | 39.8% | 11.5% | 95.2% | 106.8 | 59.5% |
Player | Pos | GP | TOI | GF | GA | SA% | Sh% | Sv% | PDO | ZS% |
Alex Urbom | D | 5 | 40.4 | 1 | 2 | 40.8% | 6.7% | 92.9% | 99.5 | 54.9% |
John Carlson | D | 8 | 71.1 | 1 | 5 | 40.6% | 3.4% | 89.1% | 92.6 | 47% |
Karl Alzner | D | 8 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 39.3% | 10.3% | 90.5% | 100.8 | 48.6% |
Mike Green | D | 8 | 81.8 | 2 | 4 | 44.2% | 5.3% | 91.1% | 96.4 | 52.4% |
Steve Oleksy | D | 6 | 52.1 | 3 | 2 | 48.9% | 11.1% | 92.6% | 103.7 | 62.3% |
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