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Washington Capitals

#6 Puckigree (final) · +5.443-30-9 · 12th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern
Why #6 at season’s end
Puckigree#6 · +5.4Standings12thChance share (xGF% 5v5)19thSchedule faced16th hardest

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

Final
Record43-30-9Points95Games82Goals for – against263–244
CF%49.515th of 32
GF/GP3.1815th of 32
GA/GP2.907th of 32
PP%17.825th of 32
PK%80.114th of 32
PDO101.87th of 32
SV% 5v5.9166th of 32
SF/GP28.016th of 32

Playoff odds

From simulations of the games left, using Team Puckigree.
FinalMissed the playoffs
Highest along the way94%
Playoff chance through the season: high 94% (Dec 3), low 0% (Apr 16). 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+99.8goals above replacement · 6th of 32
Forwards +24.0Defence +23.3Goalies +52.5

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
ThompsonGSAx +37.7G+49.1
ProtasL+6.9
CarlsonD+6.9
WilsonR+6.8
RoyD+5.6
SourdifC+5.5
DuboisC+4.3
OvechkinL−7.3
McMichaelL−3.4
LindgrenGSAx −4.9G−0.6

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+0.4
Power play and penalty kill ST xGD−11.9
Finishing GF−xGF−9.5
Goaltending GSAx+36.1
Goal difference GD+15

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 say39-36-785.0 pts
Actually43-30-995 pts

10.0 points ahead of their chances.

xGF% 5v549.819th of 32
HDCF% 5v551.014th of 32
GF−xGF−9.522nd of 32
GSAx+36.11st of 32
Last gamesGame log →
  • Apr 14@ CBJW 2-1
  • Apr 12vs PITW 3-0
  • Apr 11@ PITW 6-3
  • Apr 8@ TORW 4-0
  • Apr 5@ NYRL 1-8

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 16.

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