Photo: Amanda Bowen
It’s basically late March and, since the Caps have had the conference wrapped up for a couple months now, it seems like the playoffs have approached at the pace a watched pot boils. But the playoffs really are growing near and, given that the Caps are basically a lock to enter as the number one seed in the East, the two things to worry about are health and process. In other words, don’t anyone get hurt and, regardless of results, hopefully the Caps will look like the dominant team they’ve been for much of the season and the standings suggest they are.
Before jumping into the snapshot numbers, let’s take quick stock of just how dominant the Caps have been this season. The numbers are current prior to Sunday’s game against the Penguins:
Let’s dig into the numbers, current as of noon on Sunday.
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | rel SA% | GF% | PDO |
Williams | 70 | 909.5 | 54.1 | 3,9 | 58.7 | 101.5 |
Ovechkin | 68 | 1037.2 | 53.1 | 2.7 | 62.2 | 102.6 |
Kuznetsov | 70 | 991.0 | 52.9 | 2.3 | 62.9 | 103.4 |
Latta | 41 | 33.47 | 52.5 | 1.7 | 52.6 | 100.4 |
Backstrom | 67 | 961.4 | 52.4 | 1.4 | 64.5 | 103.1 |
Burakovsky | 67 | 792.2 | 51.6 | 0.2 | 56.5 | 102.2 |
Oshie | 70 | 973.4 | 51.0 | -0.5 | 63.2 | 103.0 |
Galiev | 19 | 149.5 | 50.7 | 0.6 | 55.6 | 101.9 |
Beagle | 46 | 534.4 | 50.3 | -1.0 | 55.2 | 101.1 |
Johansson | 62 | 798.8 | 49.5 | -2.0 | 60.0 | 102.4 |
Richards | 27 | 258.7 | 49.4 | -1.1 | 45.5 | 99.2 |
Chimera | 70 | 775.3 | 48.3 | -3.9 | 50.0 | 100.2 |
Wilson | 70 | 783.0 | 46.9 | -5.6 | 53.3 | 101.7 |
Player | GP | TOI | SA% | rel SA% | GF% | PDO |
Orlov | 70 | 1041.7 | 54.1 | 4.0 | 61.4 | 103.2 |
Niskanen | 70 | 1269.8 | 51.4 | 0.1 | 56.6 | 101.2 |
Schmidt | 62 | 1016.1 | 51.3 | 1.0 | 59.1 | 102.0 |
Orpik | 30 | 511.1 | 50.8 | -1.1 | 54.7 | 100.5 |
Chorney | 53 | 634.6 | 50.3 | -2.0 | 58.2 | 103.3 |
Carlson | 47 | 813.5 | 49.9 | -1.7 | 56.1 | 101.1 |
Alzner | 70 | 1213.5 | 49.8 | -2.4 | 56.3 | 101.1 |
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