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Welcome to the final snapshot of 2015.
To note that Jason Chimera‘s 13.3 percent shooting percentage isn’t likely to last does not take anything away from what the Ice Cheetah has done this season. Pointing this out doesn’t subtract any of the 10 goals he has. The same goes for the Caps as a team. Mentioning that their possession game has been slipping doesn’t take away any of their wins. It doesn’t cost them any points in the standings or make their winning streak any less enjoyable. Instead, the point is that the winning is unlikely to continue with the possession numbers they’ve posted lately.
Truth be told, I think the Caps’ possession will bounce back, and the win on Saturday against Montreal showed signs of that. To go through a dip that is below the team’s talent level, but have the goaltending, special teams, and some luck help rack up the wins isn’t a bad place to be.
The Caps have won a lot of games recently in which they were outplayed. I think it’s unlikely the Caps will be outplayed as much moving forward.
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | rel SA% | GF% | PDO |
Backstrom | 31 | 461.1 | 55.19 | 5.83 | 66.67 | 103.33 |
Ovechkin | 33 | 512.11 | 53.81 | 4.03 | 65.82 | 103.90 |
Laich | 34 | 287.38 | 53.51 | 3.01 | 35.29 | 95.94 |
Williams | 34 | 437.5 | 53.26 | 3.09 | 62.16 | 102.70 |
Oshie | 34 | 478.13 | 52.34 | 1.94 | 64.71 | 103.01 |
Burakovsky | 31 | 335.45 | 50.42 | -1.14 | 47.62 | 99.59 |
Latta | 23 | 189.6 | 50.41 | 0.83 | 47.06 | 98.87 |
Johansson | 33 | 457.23 | 50.36 | -0.53 | 67.74 | 104.61 |
Kuznetsov | 34 | 477.97 | 49.29 | -2.41 | 66.67 | 104.53 |
Chimera | 34 | 374.12 | 47.77 | -4.20 | 48.15 | 100.01 |
Beagle | 34 | 408.28 | 47.41 | -4.76 | 56 | 102.18 |
Wilson | 34 | 371.24 | 45.58 | -6.91 | 53.85 | 102.30 |
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | rel SA% | GF% | PDO |
Orlov | 34 | 449.29 | 54.77 | 5.06 | 65.71 | 105.51 |
Schmidt | 29 | 477.75 | 51.39 | 2.36 | 59.38 | 102.16 |
Chorney | 25 | 306.14 | 51.09 | 0.7 | 66.67 | 108.91 |
Niskanen | 34 | 625.02 | 50.55 | -0.72 | 57.89 | 101.75 |
Orpik | 14 | 231.89 | 50.18 | -6.65 | 43.48 | 95.85 |
Alzner | 34 | 588.62 | 49.89 | -1.72 | 60 | 102.19 |
Calrson | 34 | 610 | 49.42 | -2.58 | 53.66 | 100.21 |
#Caps – updated passing viz. Kuznetsov, Williams, Carlson are great. Click on player icons: https://t.co/OqgB8erZWZ pic.twitter.com/hIKF8uQbLG
— Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) December 24, 2015
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