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Washington Capitals

#20 Puckigree (final) · −1.640-31-11 · 17th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #20 at season’s end
Puckigree#20 · −1.6Standings17thChance share (xGF% 5v5)25thSchedule faced6th hardest

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

Final
Record40-31-11Points91Games82Goals for – against220–257
CF%46.826th of 32
GF/GP2.6328th of 32
GA/GP3.0716th of 32
PP%20.618th of 32
PK%79.019th of 32
PDO99.623rd of 32
SV% 5v5.91120th of 32
SF/GP26.530th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMade the playoffs
Lowest along the way7%
Playoff chance through the season: high 100% (Apr 17), low 7% (Feb 14). 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+39.9goals above replacement · 24th of 32
Forwards +15.0Defence +11.3Goalies +13.5

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
LindgrenGSAx +6.8G+16.6
StromeC+11.1
ManthaR+6.5
CarlsonD+6.1
ProtasL+5.5
JensenD+4.2
Aube-KubelR+3.4
KuznetsovC−7.2
McMichaelL−5.3
KuemperGSAx −10.4G−3.9

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−16.6
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD−5.4
Finishing GF−xGF−13.3
Goaltending GSAx−3.7
Goal difference GD-39

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 say38-38-682.1 pts
Actually40-31-1191 pts

8.9 points ahead of their chances.

xGF% 5v547.825th of 32
HDCF% 5v549.023rd of 32
GF−xGF−13.327th of 32
GSAx−3.717th of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 16@ PHIW 2-1
  • Apr 15vs BOSW 2-0
  • Apr 13vs TBLW 4-2
  • Apr 11@ BUFL 2-4
  • Apr 9@ DETW 2-1

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 18.

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