Photo: Amanda Bowen
The Washington Capitals had a good week. With three wins in four games, the third best possession in the league, and five goals from the world’s best scorer despite him missing a game to injury, it’s hard to argue otherwise.
Okay, maybe you could say that a week of games against Buffalo, Toronto, and Columbus isn’t exactly indicative of the broader NHL’s competition level. But with only 15 games left in the regular season, every shot, goal, and win counts that much more– even if it just means the team is more confident as they face down some much tougher teams next week.
In this week’s snapshot, we look back with curiosity and forward with optimism.
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
These are current as noon on Sunday, March 8. The sample is restricted to 5v5 hockey when the score is within one goal. There’s a glossary at bottom with an explanatory video.
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | Goal% | PDO | ZS% |
Burakovsky | 49 | 441.2 | 54.3 | 61.9 | 103.1 | 64.0 |
Ovechkin | 66 | 815.5 | 54.2 | 51.4 | 99.0 | 57.1 |
Backstrom | 67 | 824.5 | 53.9 | 50.7 | 99.2 | 55.5 |
Wilson | 54 | 497.7 | 53.4 | 51.9 | 99.9 | 54.8 |
Glencross | 3 | 24.0 | 52.4 | 100.0 | 118.2 | 54.5 |
Laich | 51 | 478.0 | 52.1 | 43.3 | 97.8 | 46.4 |
Ward | 67 | 689.9 | 51.9 | 39.1 | 96.6 | 46.2 |
Latta | 42 | 276.6 | 51.7 | 61.5 | 102.4 | 44.2 |
Beagle | 61 | 532.1 | 51.6 | 57.5 | 102.2 | 48.3 |
Fehr | 63 | 628.1 | 50.7 | 46.3 | 99.0 | 45.2 |
Johansson | 67 | 638.7 | 50.6 | 46.8 | 99.2 | 56.6 |
Brouwer | 67 | 596.8 | 48.5< | 52.2 | 101.4 | 57.6 |
Kuznetsov | 65 | 526.8 | 48.2 | 53.3 | 101.3 | 54.5 |
Chimera | 62 | 538.8 | 46.7 | 45.9 | 99.7 | 45.9 |
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | Goal% | PDO | ZS% |
Schmidt | 33 | 345.9 | 53.3 | 51.9 | 100.0 | 59.3 |
Green | 58 | 644.9 | 52.8 | 52.5 | 100.8 | 59.3 |
Niskanen | 67 | 928.1 | 52.6 | 55.6 | 101.0 | 59.2 |
Alzner | 67 | 864.3 | 51.4 | 52.1 | 100.6 | 51.3 |
Gleason | 4 | 39.7 | 50.9 | 66.7 | 104.7 | 54.5 |
Carlson | 67 | 932.5 | 50.4 | 47.4 | 99.2 | 49.8 |
Orpik | 67 | 974.8 | 50.2 | 46.2 | 99.1 | 51.0 |
Thanks to War On Ice for the stats and being generally awesome.
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