Washington Capitals

League percentile profile

All situations · six composite axes against all 32 teams

Washington CapitalsPeer average

Bands show league percentiles; axis labels show this season’s values.

Dashed outline: peer average, the average NHL team this season. Outside = above average; inside = below average. All axes point outward for stronger results.

Selected metric distribution

Team value: 2.81
League range: 2.36 – 3.52 / game

Lower Higher (better)

Team 2.81 · mean 2.82. Higher raw values rank higher.

Expected goals for per game.

Season metrics

All situations · against all 32 teams

Results	Team	Percentile	Rank
	54.0		11 / 3167th

Shot share	Team	Percentile	Rank
	52.0		11 / 3167th
	50.4		12 / 3163rd
	50.3		13 / 3160th
	50.5		12 / 3163rd
	54.3		10 / 3170th
	52.2		12 / 3163rd
	51.3		11 / 3167th

Chance volume	Team	Percentile	Rank
	2.81		15 / 3153rd
	53.66		15 / 3153rd
	1.70		13 / 3160th

Finishing & goaltending	Team	Percentile	Rank
	11.4		2 / 3197th
	90.0		19 / 3140th
	101.43		8 / 3177th
	30.12		2 / 3197th
	-12.40		23 / 3127th

Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Context · not gradedBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th

Season vs reference

All situations · this season against a reference

Reference:

Metric	This season	2019–20	Change
%	68.8	65.2	+3.5
/ GP	3.41	3.48	-0.07
/ GP	2.91	3.12	-0.21
/ GP	0.50	0.36	+0.14
/ GP	2.81	3.23	-0.42
/ GP	2.60	2.80	-0.20
%	52.0	53.6	-1.6
%	50.4	51.6	-1.2
%	54.3	55.0	-0.7
%	11.4	10.7	+0.7
%	90.0	89.8	+0.2
index	101.43	100.52	+0.91
goals	30.12	15.20	+14.93
goals	-12.40	-19.56	+7.16

League percentile profile

All situations · six composite axes against all 32 teams

Washington CapitalsPeer average

Bands show league percentiles; axis labels show this season’s values.

Dashed outline: peer average, the average NHL team this season. Outside = above average; inside = below average. All axes point outward for stronger results.

Selected metric distribution

Team value: 2.81
League range: 2.36 – 3.52 / game

Lower Higher (better)

Team 2.81 · mean 2.82. Higher raw values rank higher.

Expected goals for per game.

Season metrics

All situations · against all 32 teams

Results	Team	Percentile	Rank
	54.0		11 / 3167th

Shot share	Team	Percentile	Rank
	52.0		11 / 3167th
	50.4		12 / 3163rd
	50.3		13 / 3160th
	50.5		12 / 3163rd
	54.3		10 / 3170th

Chance volume	Team	Percentile	Rank
	2.81		15 / 3153rd
	53.66		15 / 3153rd
	1.70		13 / 3160th

Finishing & goaltending	Team	Percentile	Rank
	11.4		2 / 3197th
	90.0		19 / 3140th
	101.43		8 / 3177th
	30.12		2 / 3197th
	-12.40		23 / 3127th

Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Context · not gradedBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th

Season vs reference

All situations · this season against a reference

Reference:

Metric	This season	2019–20	Change
%	68.8	65.2	+3.5
/ GP	3.41	3.48	-0.07
/ GP	2.91	3.12	-0.21
/ GP	0.50	0.36	+0.14
/ GP	2.81	3.23	-0.42
/ GP	2.60	2.80	-0.20
%	52.0	53.6	-1.6
%	50.4	51.6	-1.2
%	54.3	55.0	-0.7
%	11.4	10.7	+0.7
%	90.0	89.8	+0.2
index	101.43	100.52	+0.91
goals	30.12	15.20	+14.93
goals	-12.40	-19.56	+7.16

Points pace

Cumulative standings points by game against a 96-point pace over 56 games

2.00 pts · 96-point pace 1.71

Jan 14, 2021 · at BUF

vs pace: −19.0
First half: 40
Second half: 37
Best run: W7

77 points after 56 games; the pace line expects 96.0 (-19.0).

Standings

Official standings as of May 20, 2021 · the playoff line is the first team out of the field (top three per division, two wild cards)

League: 7th
Conference: 0th
MassMutual East: 2nd
Regulation wins: 29

Points behind the league leader	5
Points behind the conference leader	5
Points behind the MassMutual East leader	Leader
Points above the playoff line	—

Results vs expected

All situations · goals and expected goals per 60 of clocked team ice time · all 32 teams

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

By situation

Season totals; Other is all situations minus 5v5, PP and PK, so rows sum to all situations.

Situation	TOI / GP	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	xG diff	xGF%
Five-on-five	—	131	106	107.3	98.8	+8.6	52.1
Power play	—	37	8	30.4	4.0	+26.4	88.4
Penalty kill	—	3	26	3.4	26.4	-23.0	11.4
Other	—	20	23	16.6	16.5	+0.0	50.0
All situations	—	191	163	157.6	145.6	+12.0	52.0

Score state

Time in each state is all situations; shares are five-on-five · shootouts excluded

State	Time / GP	Share of time	5v5 xG share	5v5 CF%	5v5 GF–GA
Leading	23:52	39.3%	52.4%	48.7%	56–48
Tied	22:47	37.5%	51.2%	49.8%	43–33
Trailing	14:04	23.2%	53.0%	55.3%	32–25

Leading teams usually give up share as they protect a lead, so a lower share while leading is expected.

Defensive metrics

All situations · lower against rates rank higher

Suppression & events	Team	Percentile	Rank
	0.064		3 / 3193rd
	2.60		8 / 3177th
	1.43		10 / 3170th
	52.82		12 / 3163rd
	12.20		21 / 3133rd
	23.54		11 / 3167th
	6.95		8 / 3177th
	7.48		11 / 3167th

Context · not graded

Goaltending

All situations · goals saved above expected per goalie · empty-net goals excluded

Goalie	GP	GS	Start share	W-L-OTL	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Vitek Vanecek	37	36	64.3%	21-10-4	.908	88.9	-6.1
Ilya Samsonov	19	18	32.1%	13-4-1	.902	42.9	-6.1
Craig Anderson	4	2	3.6%	2-1-0	.915	5.8	-0.2
Team		56				—	-12.4

Team GSAx -12.4 (23rd in NHL); the goalie rows sum to it.

Discipline

Official counts · all situations

Penalties taken / GP: 3.55
Penalties drawn / GP: 3.32
Differential / GP: -0.23
PIM / GP: 9.41

Shot locations

Unblocked attempts for and against · chance tiers are model goal probability: high ≥ 0.20, medium ≥ 0.08

Situation

Chances:

View:

Shot type

Shots for 2301 attempts · 157.6 xG

Shots against 2275 attempts · 145.6 xG

Finishing evidence

179 goals on 148.9 xG (+30.1). Finishing 7.8% vs 6.5% expected per unblocked attempt.

Goaltending evidence

150 goals allowed on 137.6 xG against (-12.4 saved above expected).

High-danger for: 95
High-danger against: 80
Rebound shots: 133 – 141
Rebound xG: 15.8 – 12.3

Zones, for

Zone	Att	G	xG	Goal rate / exp.	G−xG
Inner slot	401	71	52.2	17.7% / 13.0%	+18.8
High slot	651	69	61.1	10.6% / 9.4%	+7.9
Point	795	21	17.3	2.6% / 2.2%	+3.7
Right circle	132	5	3.5	3.8% / 2.6%	+1.5
Below goal line	16	1	0.8	6.3% / 4.9%	+0.2
Left circle	147	4	4.9	2.7% / 3.3%	−0.9
Outer slot	140	8	9.2	5.7% / 6.6%	−1.2
All zones	2,282	179	148.9	7.8% / 6.5%	+30.1

Zones, against

Zone	Att	GA	xGA	Goal rate / exp.	Prevented
High slot	626	50	54.6	8.0% / 8.7%	+4.6
Point	801	15	16.1	1.9% / 2.0%	+1.1
Right circle	119	2	3.1	1.7% / 2.6%	+1.1
Below goal line	19	0	0.6	0.0% / 3.2%	+0.6
Left circle	151	5	3.8	3.3% / 2.5%	−1.2
Inner slot	395	59	49.8	14.9% / 12.6%	−9.2
Outer slot	150	19	9.7	12.7% / 6.5%	−9.3
All zones	2,261	150	137.6	6.6% / 6.1%	−12.4

Sorted by goals against expectation. Empty-net attempts are left out, as in the evidence lines above.

Shot types, for

Type	Att	Share	G	xG	Sh%	G−xG
Wrist	1280	55.6%	96	84.8	10.3	+11.2
Slap	396	17.2%	32	20.6	11.7	+11.4
Snap	258	11.2%	19	20.3	9.8	-1.3
Tip-in	183	8.0%	20	13.8	19.6	+6.2
Backhand	145	6.3%	18	15.0	15.1	+3.0
Deflected	28	1.2%	3	2.6	14.3	+0.4
Wrap-around	11	0.5%	0	0.5	0.0	-0.5

Shot density

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Power play

Official percentage · rates use our scope, including 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4

PP%: 24.8%
Opportunities / GP: 2.73
Net PP goals: 29

Power play rates	Team	Percentile	Rank
	6.63		10 / 3170th

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

Penalty kill

Official percentage · rates use our scope, including 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4

PK%: 84.0%
Times shorthanded / GP: 2.89
Net PK goals: -23

Penalty kill rates	Team	Percentile	Rank
	-0.38		8 / 3177th

Per-60 rates pending: team ice time covers under 90% of games.

Record splits

W–L–OTL, points % and goals per game · rest counts days off before the game; the playoff field is the standings' top three per division plus two wild cards

Split	GP	W–L–OTL	PTS	P%	GF/GP	GA/GP
Venue
Home	28	17–8–3	37	66.1%	3.11	2.86
Away	28	19–7–2	40	71.4%	3.71	2.96
Opponent
vs own division	56	36–15–5	77	68.8%	3.41	2.91
Game state
One-goal games	25	19–1–5	43	86.0%	3.04	2.52
Scoring first	32	24–5–3	51	79.7%	4.19	2.94
Allowing first	23	11–10–2	24	52.2%	2.43	3.00
Recent
Last 10	10	7–2–1	15	75.0%	2.80	2.20
Rest
Back-to-back	10	8–2–0	16	80.0%	2.80	2.10
1 day of rest	35	20–10–5	45	64.3%	3.77	3.20
2+ days of rest	10	7–3–0	14	70.0%	2.50	2.60

By period

Goals for and against · a shootout decider counts as an overtime goal

1st period5542

2nd period7856

3rd period5160

Overtime75

For Against

Forward lines

Five-on-five · the four lines with the most time together, from shift charts

Line	TOI	xG share	GF–GA	CF%	Team without them
Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway	510:04	52.7%	43–14	48.1%	51.9%
Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom	139:26	51.7%	7–2	51.9%	52.1%
Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov	121:45	47.1%	3–7	47.9%	52.3%
Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana	119:58	44.6%	6–9	48.0%	52.4%

Defense pairs

Five-on-five · the three pairs with the most time together

Pair	TOI	xG share	GF–GA	CF%	Team without them
Chara – Jensen	581:08	51.2%	32–17	48.4%	52.3%
Carlson – Dillon	497:25	49.9%	29–17	50.3%	52.6%
Schultz – Orlov	448:02	50.0%	23–21	49.8%	52.5%

Units are found from the skaters on the ice for the club’s five-on-five shot events; time together intersects their shifts with five-on-five play. Team without them is the club’s five-on-five xG share with that unit off the ice.

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Leaders

This club’s games only · season totals and average ice time

Points: 53
Goals: 24
Assists: 38
Ice time: 23:47
GSAx: −0.2

Skaters

This club’s games only · P/60 and 5v5 xG share use this stint; grade is the full season

Position:

			Games	Scoring			Discipline		Shots		Time	Model
#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	SOG	S%	ATOI	P/60	5v5 xG%	Grade
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	55	15	38	53	0	14	91	16.5%	18:36	3.11	52.3	—
74	John Carlson	D	52	10	34	44	-5	12	128	7.8%	23:47	2.13	52.3	—
77	T.J. Oshie	R	53	22	21	43	-3	18	106	20.8%	18:04	2.69	52.5	—
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	45	24	18	42	-7	12	182	13.2%	19:30	2.87	51.7	—
43	Tom Wilson	R	47	13	20	33	+1	96	83	15.7%	16:32	2.55	52.1	—
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	41	9	20	29	+7	18	78	11.5%	16:34	2.56	53.8	—
2	Justin Schultz	D	46	3	24	27	+12	10	67	4.5%	19:01	1.85	50.8	—
13	Jakub Vrana	L	39	11	14	25	+9	8	68	16.2%	14:22	2.68	50.4	—
20	Lars Eller	C	44	8	15	23	-1	21	69	11.6%	16:21	1.92	55.8	—
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	51	8	14	22	+16	20	83	9.6%	19:49	1.31	53.2	—
73	Conor Sheary	L	53	14	8	22	-1	14	88	15.9%	13:43	1.82	54.7	—
10	Daniel Sprong	R	42	13	7	20	+7	12	74	17.6%	11:40	2.45	50.6	—
4	Brenden Dillon	D	56	2	17	19	+15	49	51	3.9%	18:57	1.07	52.1	—
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	56	6	12	18	+7	66	62	9.7%	12:19	1.57	50.9	—
62	Carl Hagelin	L	56	6	10	16	+7	19	85	7.1%	14:06	1.22	51.7	—
26	Nic Dowd	C	56	11	4	15	+4	31	68	16.2%	14:22	1.12	48.0	—
3	Nick Jensen	D	53	2	12	14	+5	14	60	3.3%	17:18	0.92	51.5	—
33	Zdeno Chara	D	55	2	8	10	+5	44	67	3.0%	18:19	0.60	51.8	—
14	Richard Panik	R	36	3	6	9	-9	16	40	7.5%	11:36	1.29	50.7	—
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	20	1	2	3	-1	2	23	4.3%	17:05	0.53	55.5	—

Goalies

GSAx: goals saved above expected, all situations, empty-net goals excluded.

	Games	Record	Shots faced	Goals allowed	Model
41	Vitek Vanecek	37	36	21	10	4	1031	.908	95	2.69	-6.1
30	Ilya Samsonov	19	18	13	4	1	499	.902	49	2.69	-6.1
31	Craig Anderson	4	2	2	1	0	71	.915	6	2.13	-0.2

2020–21 playoffs

Playoff games only · no league ranks, since too few clubs play for a fair comparison

Record: 1-4
Series won: 0
Goals: 10–16
xG share: 46.9%
Shots: 169–173

Series

Round	Opponent	Result	Games
Round 1	BOS	Lost 1–4	5

Leading scorers

Player	GP	G	A	P
Alex Ovechkin	5	2	2	4
T.J. Oshie	5	1	3	4
Garnet Hathaway	5	2	1	3
Dmitry Orlov	5	0	3	3
Nic Dowd	5	2	0	2
Tom Wilson	5	1	1	2

Goaltending

Goalie	GP	W-L	SV%	GAA
Ilya Samsonov	3	0-3	.899	2.99
Craig Anderson	2	1-1	.929	2.67
Vitek Vanecek	1	0-0	.750	4.56

Playoff games

2020–21 · playoffs · every finished game

Games:

Venue:

Date	Opponent	Result	SOG	SA	Shot diff	xGF%	Starting goalie
May 23	vs BOS	L 1–3	41	19	+22	65.0%	Ilya Samsonov
May 21	@ BOS	L 1–4	20	37	-17	34.3%	Ilya Samsonov
May 19	@ BOS	L 2–3 OT	37	43	-6	44.7%	Ilya Samsonov
May 17	vs BOS	L 3–4 OT	39	48	-9	45.3%	Craig Anderson
May 15	vs BOS	W 3–2 OT	32	26	+6	45.1%	Vitek Vanecek
5 games		1–4	33.8	34.6	-0.8	46.9%

Summary: record, average SOG and SA per game, pooled xG share and power-play total for the filtered games.

Every playoff run

The club's recorded playoff runs, newest first · a playoff overtime loss is a loss

Season	GP
2024–25	10
2023–24	4
2021–22	6
2020–21	5
2019–20	8
2018–19	7
2017–18	24
2016–17	13

2020–21 · regular season · every finished game

Games:

Venue:

Date	Opponent	Result	SOG	SA	Shot diff	xGF%	PP	Starting goalie
May 11	vs BOS	W 2–1	32	25	+7	67.2%	0/1	Vitek Vanecek
May 8	vs PHI	W 2–1 OT	40	29	+11	66.1%	0/4	Craig Anderson
May 7	vs PHI	L 2–4	30	29	+1	46.6%	0/1	Vitek Vanecek
May 5	@ NYR	W 4–2	35	21	+14	71.8%	2/7	Vitek Vanecek
May 3	@ NYR	W 6–3	40	26	+14	63.4%	0/3	Vitek Vanecek
May 1	vs PIT	L 0–3	24	26	-2	45.6%	0/1	Ilya Samsonov
Apr 29	vs PIT	OTL 4–5 OT	37	35	+2	47.0%	1/3	Vitek Vanecek
Apr 27	vs NYI	W 1–0	33	18	+15	63.6%	0/2	Vitek Vanecek
Apr 24	@ NYI	W 6–3	30	24	+6	54.7%	0/1	Ilya Samsonov
Apr 22	@ NYI	W 1–0 SO	28	26	+2	54.9%	0/3	Ilya Samsonov
10 games		7–2–1	32.9	25.9	7.0	58.5%	3/26

Summary: record, average SOG and SA per game, pooled xG share and power-play total for the filtered games.

Official record and season-level team metrics · cells shaded by league percentile that season

Season	GP	Record	PTS	GF	GA	Diff	P%	xGF%	CF%	GAx	PDO	PP%	PK%
2026–27 partial	8	5–3–0	10	28	24	+4	62.5	47.5	44.0	4.0	103.3	22.2	84.0
2025–26	82	43–30–9	95	263	244	+19	57.9	51.6	49.1	-23.5	101.0	17.8	80.1
2024–25	82	51–22–9	111	288	232	+56	67.7	52.3	49.9	8.0	102.3	23.5	82.0
2023–24	82	40–31–11	91	220	257	-37	55.5	48.3	46.5	-22.2	99.9	20.6	79.0
2022–23	82	35–37–10	80	255	265	-10	48.8	49.5	49.9	-29.3	99.7	21.2	81.9
2021–22	82	44–26–12	100	275	245	+30	61.0	52.5	50.9	7.8	100.3	18.8	80.4
2020–21	56	36–15–5	77	191	163	+28	68.8	52.0	50.4	30.1	101.4	24.8	84.0
2019–20	69	41–20–8	90	240	215	+25	65.2	53.6	51.6	15.2	100.5	19.4	82.6

Bold marks the best full season in each column (PDO is context, so it is neither shaded nor marked). Shading uses each season’s league percentile on the five performance tiers; the in-progress season is partial.

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Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.

Every section reads one season sample per situation. Five-on-five is official five-on-five strength; power play and penalty kill include 5v3, 4v3 and 6v4, and plain 6v5 is Other. Other is all situations minus the three, so situation rows sum. Power play and penalty kill are read from this team’s side, so shots against on the power play are the opponent’s shorthanded chances.

The situation filter (all situations or five-on-five) sets Season metrics, Season vs reference, On-ice rates and the Defense suppression rows, and opens the shot map on the same choice; the shot map’s own Situation select adds power play and penalty kill. The header, the percentile radar, Results, goaltending, discipline, Special teams, Form, Roster, Game log and Seasons keep the scope their own labels state.

Team ice time is the elapsed team clock from shift charts. Per-60 rates use only games with a complete clock and appear when at least 90% of games have one. Power-play opportunities, times shorthanded, penalty minutes, hits, blocks, giveaways, takeaways and faceoffs are official team box counts from the NHL game summary; official PP% and PK% use them.

Goals above expected and GSAx exclude empty-net goals. Shot-type shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal. High danger everywhere on this page, ranked rows and the shot-map tier filter alike, is model scoring probability of at least 0.20 (medium at least 0.08). PDO is ranked high to low but is context, not a quality grade.

One-goal games include overtime and shootout decisions, and scoring first uses the first non-shootout goal. Shot callouts exclude shots on an empty net; attempts are unblocked, because blocked shots carry no location. Blocks and hits describe volume and time defending, so they are ranked but colored as context. Penalties count minor, major, bench and match events; misconducts and penalty shots are excluded.

Special-teams rates, shorthanded goals and net goals use the widened scopes above, which can differ from the official counts by a goal or two over a season. In Season vs reference, a change is colored by whether it helps the team, and Points % appears only in all situations. Season metrics leaves out the rows the Defense table shows and, in all situations, the rows the header shows.

An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Percentiles and ranks need at least 20 teams.

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League percentile profile

Season metrics

Season vs reference

League percentile profile

Season metrics

Season vs reference

Results & record36–15–5 record · 77 points in 56 gamesExplore

Points pace

Standings

On-ice resultsAll situations · rates vs expected, with every situation and period beside themExplore

Results vs expected

By situation

Score state

Defense & goaltendingStrong 2.60 expected goals against per game in all situations (8th of 31)Explore

Defensive metrics

Goaltending

Discipline

Shooting & finishingElite +30.1 goals above expected in all situations (2nd of 31)Explore

Shot locations

Finishing evidence

Goaltending evidence

Zones, for

Zones, against

Shot types, for

Shot density

Special teamsPP · PKPower play: 24.8% (3rd) · Penalty kill: 84.0% (5th)Explore

Power play

Penalty kill

FormHot 58.5% xG share over the last 10 games vs 52.0% this season, 7–2–1Explore

Recent form

SplitsHome 17–8–3 · Away 19–7–2Explore

Record splits

By period

Lines & pairs5v5The most-used five-on-five forward lines and defense pairsExplore

Forward lines

Defense pairs

Roster32 active skatersExplore

Leaders

Skaters

Goalies

PlayoffsLost in round 1 to BOS, 1–4 · 1-4 in 5 gamesExplore

2020–21 playoffs

Series

Leading scorers

Goaltending

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Game log56 GP · Last game: W 2–1 vs BOSExplore

Seasons8 NHL seasons trackedExplore

Data notesScopes, sources and missing valuesExplore

Shot locations

Finishing evidence

Goaltending evidence

Zones, for

Zones, against

Shot types, for

Score state

Forward lines

Defense pairs

League percentile profile

Season metrics

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