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For the second week in a row, the Capitals took just two standings points out of a possible six. The Caps are three points behind Philly for the wild-card spot, but Philly has two extra games holstered. Sports Club Stats puts the Caps’ chances of making the playoffs at 8.1%. For them to have a chance, they’d basically have to play like the best team in the league from here on out.
It doesn’t look good.
And then there’s the small matter of California. After Sunday’s date with the Leafs, the Caps go west. The way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner Party for games against the Ducks, the Kings, and the Sharks. Wuh oh.
I’m trying over here to find a positive spin to put on the numbers, but I’m thinking if you’re looking for solace you might want to look elsewhere. I promise to keep this short and mildly interesting.
These are the numbers as of noon on Sunday, March 16th. 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, week 20, week 21
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 | 64 | 586 | 19 | 27 | 49.6% | 6% | 91.7% | 97.6 | 60.7% |
Brooks Laich | C | 51 | 397 | 12 | 13 | 46.5% | 7.1% | 93.3% | 100.4 | 51.6% |
Dustin Penner | R | 6 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 53.8% | 0% | 100% | 100 | 43.9% |
Eric Fehr | R | 59 | 469.9 | 15 | 19 | 50.2% | 6.5% | 91.9% | 98.4 | 46.6% |
Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 3 | 23.1 | 2 | 0 | 64.3% | 18.2% | 100% | 118.2 | 56.3% |
Jason Chimera | L | 68 | 532.1 | 27 | 26 | 46.9% | 9.9% | 91.5% | 101.4 | 44.4% |
Jay Beagle | C | 48 | 284.9 | 4 | 7 | 47.6% | 3.5% | 94.2% | 97.8 | 51.6% |
Joel Ward | R | 68 | 516.2 | 26 | 24 | 48.2% | 10% | 91.5% | 101.5 | 46.2% |
Marcus Johansson | C | 67 | 562.8 | 18 | 26 | 48.4% | 6.8% | 91.2% | 98.1 | 53.4% |
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 | 68 | 610.9 | 21 | 28 | 49.2% | 6.6% | 91.7% | 98.4 | 56.8% |
Tom Wilson | R | 68 | 321.9 | 9 | 9 | 47.1% | 7.5% | 93.7% | 101.2 | 56.3% |
Troy Brouwer | R | 68 | 545.5 | 17 | 15 | 48% | 7.3% | 94.5% | 101.8 | 47.9% |
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 | 35 | 321.8 | 13 | 14 | 46% | 8.7% | 91.7% | 100.4 | 47.3% |
John Carlson | D | 68 | 682.3 | 20 | 28 | 46.3% | 6.2% | 92.4% | 98.6 | 49.8% |
Karl Alzner | D | 68 | 682.8 | 20 | 23 | 47.1% | 6.3% | 93.4% | 99.8 | 49.9% |
Mike Green | D | 60 | 684.2 | 26 | 26 | 54.3% | 7.3% | 91.8% | 99.1 | 56% |
Connor Carrick | D | 29 | 254.1 | 6 | 10 | 43.6% | 5.5% | 93.2% | 98.7 | 47.3% |
Dmitry Orlov | D | 40 | 474.9 | 15 | 19 | 54.8% | 6.2% | 91% | 97.2 | 53.3% |
Jack Hillen | D | 8 | 62.9 | 2 | 4 | 40.9% | 9.1% | 90.7% | 99.8 | 48.6% |
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