The Caps found themselves in the win column yet again on Tuesday night. Thanks to a pair of goals from Matt Niskanen, the good guys defeated the Isles 4-2 to extend their winning streak to five, with a 7-2-1 record in their last 10 games.
If it seemed like the Caps played well last night and deserved the two points, it’s because they did. Here’s a look at some numbers from the win
The Caps won the 5-on-5 shot attempt battle 56-44. After adjusting for score, the Caps advantage was 59-42. Here are some more numbers from the win. Numers are for 5-on-5 unless otherwise noted:
- Nate Schmidt led the team in on-ice shot attempt differential at +10.
- John Carlson has the lowest on-ice shot attempt differential at -2.
- Matt Niskanen and Dmitry Orlov tied for the lead in most on-ice shot attempts for with 21.
- Niskanen and Carlson tied for the most on-ice shot attempts again with 17.
- Niskanen led the team in shot attempts with seven. Tom Wilson was second with six.
- Schmidt also led the team in on-ice scoring chance differential at +7, 14 for and 7 against.
- A little nugget on the ice time last night:
Some Caps 5v5 ice times from last night: Beagle-14:47, Wilson-14:03, Winnik-15:23, Ovechkin-13:01
— pfholden.bsky.social (@pfholden) December 14, 2016
Stats from hockeystats.ca, Natural Stat Trick, and Corsica
Headline photo: Bruce Bennett
