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Washington Capitals

#24 Puckigree (final) · −4.035-37-10 · 25th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #24 at season’s end
Puckigree#24 · −4.0Standings25thChance share (xGF% 5v5)21stSchedule faced13th hardest

Results rank, standings, how the team drove play, and schedule strength side by side.

Final
Record35-37-10Points80Games82Goals for – against255–265
CF%49.818th of 32
GF/GP3.0920th of 32
GA/GP3.1818th of 32
PP%21.216th of 32
PK%81.911th of 32
PDO99.520th of 32
SV% 5v5.90921st of 32
SF/GP31.117th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way80%
Playoff chance through the season: high 80% (Jan 5), low 0% (Apr 3). On the timeline · All teams

Player Puckigree

How much each player adds over a replacement-level player, in goals. See them against the league →
Roster total+50.6goals above replacement · 20th of 32
Forwards +11.4Defence +18.9Goalies +20.4

Goals above a replacement-level player (someone outside a team’s regular rotation): how he did against an average player, plus credit for the workload a replacement would otherwise take. About 6.2 goals make one win.

Who’s driving it
KuemperGSAx +6.8G+18.0
JensenD+6.8
ManthaR+5.6
DowdC+4.4
StromeC+3.8
KuznetsovC−11.5
WilsonR−1.6
OvechkinL−1.4

Chances

From our expected-goals model: what each shot was worth, given where and how it was taken.
Where the goal difference came fromxg-v1.1
Even-strength chances EV xGD−2.0
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD+1.6
Finishing GF−xGF−1.3
Goaltending GSAx+3.6
Goal difference GD+2

Each bar starts where the last one ended. Chances are what the shots were worth; finishing and goaltending are what happened to them.

Record by the chances
Chances say41-35-688.3 pts
Actually35-37-1080 pts

8.3 points behind their chances.

xGF% 5v549.121st of 32
HDCF% 5v549.819th of 32
GF−xGF−1.316th of 32
GSAx+3.614th of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 13vs NJDOTL 4-5
  • Apr 11@ BOSL 2-5
  • Apr 10vs NYIW 5-2
  • Apr 8vs FLAL 2-4
  • Apr 6@ MTLL 2-6

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 14.

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