Photo: Rob Carr
By Wednesday afternoon, I expect the roster of the Washington Capitals roster to be drastically different.
I’ve been saying some version of that since 2012, but I really mean it this time. With a plural number of players having requested trades, a solid week of blown two-goal leads, and rumors of George McPhee’s contract expiring at the end of the season, you gotta think the Caps are motivated to make changes.
I’m no good at guessing trades and I’m not any kind of insider, but I really do think multi-player trades are coming down the pike. Keeping the playoff streak in tact, negotiating a new contract from a point of strength, striving for results while Ovi is in a renaissance– these all seem like good reasons to be active this week. I’ve got a bunch more of those reasons in this week’s snapshot, which, despite two wins and five points, isn’t all that sunny.
Even though it’s now Monday morning, these are the numbers as of six PM on Sunday, March 2nd. The sample is restricted to 5-on-5 play while the score is close. That means within one goal in the first two periods and tied in the third. That way special teams, blowouts, and comebacks don’t color the data. Stats of note are highlighted in powderpuff pink and discussed below.
See previous snapshots: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13, week 14, week 15, week 16, week 17, week 18, week 19
Player | Pos | GP | TOI | GF | GA | SA% | Sh% | Sv% | PDO | ZS% |
Aaron Volpatti | L | 40 | 195.9 | 3 | 5 | 39.3% | 4.6% | 94.7% | 99.4 | 52.7% |
Alex Ovechkin | L | 58 | 543.5 | 19 | 22 | 50.3% | 6.3% | 92.6% | 98.9 | 60% |
Brooks Laich | C | 47 | 373.6 | 12 | 10 | 46.9% | 7.4% | 94.5% | 101.9 | 51% |
Eric Fehr | R | 53 | 430.2 | 13 | 17 | 51.2% | 5.9% | 92% | 97.9 | 47.8% |
Jason Chimera | L | 62 | 494.9 | 25 | 24 | 47.9% | 9.6% | 91.3% | 100.9 | 45.3% |
Jay Beagle | C | 42 | 253 | 3 | 6 | 45.8% | 3% | 94.5% | 97.6 | 51.2% |
Joel Ward | R | 62 | 477.9 | 24 | 22 | 49.3% | 9.7% | 91.4% | 101.1 | 47.1% |
Marcus Johansson | C | 61 | 515.5 | 18 | 24 | 47.9% | 7.6% | 91.2% | 98.7 | 53.5% |
Martin Erat | R | 53 | 389.4 | 20 | 18 | 51.4% | 10% | 91% | 101 | 49.9% |
Michael Latta | C | 17 | 67.6 | 3 | 4 | 48.1% | 10.3% | 88.2% | 98.6 | 48.5% |
Mikhail Grabovski | C | 50 | 432.6 | 20 | 14 | 50.5% | 8.7% | 93.9% | 102.5 | 51.7% |
Nicklas Backstrom | C | 62 | 568.2 | 20 | 24 | 50.3% | 6.6% | 92.3% | 98.9 | 56.3% |
Tom Wilson | R | 62 | 288.1 | 7 | 9 | 45.8% | 6.4% | 93% | 99.4 | 56.6% |
Troy Brouwer | R | 62 | 501.2 | 17 | 15 | 47.5% | 8.1% | 94.2% | 102.3 | 48.8% |
Player | Pos | GP | TOI | GF | GA | SA% | Sh% | Sv% | PDO | ZS% |
Nate Schmidt | D | 29 | 283.1 | 12 | 10 | 50.6% | 8.5% | 93.4% | 101.8 | 55.9% |
John Erskine | D | 34 | 318.4 | 13 | 14 | 46.2% | 8.8% | 91.5% | 100.3 | 47.1% |
John Carlson | D | 62 | 635.5 | 19 | 28 | 46.8% | 6.1% | 91.9% | 98.1 | 50.2% |
Karl Alzner | D | 62 | 637.4 | 19 | 23 | 47.3% | 6.3% | 93.1% | 99.3 | 50.2% |
Mike Green | D | 54 | 620.6 | 24 | 21 | 54.3% | 7.3% | 92.7% | 100.1 | 55.9% |
Connor Carrick | D | 23 | 205.9 | 5 | 8 | 43.6% | 5.7% | 92.9% | 98.6 | 49.4% |
Dmitry Orlov | D | 36 | 424.9 | 14 | 15 | 54.4% | 6.5% | 92.1% | 98.5 | 52.3% |
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