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Washington Capitals, 2021-22

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Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

2021-22 record

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 6 games, ranked among the 16 playoff teams. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 16 playoff teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the playoffs

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 5 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the playoffs.

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
1st Round	Florida Panthers	Lost 2-4

Value for money

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	CF%	xGF%	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Alex Ovechkin	L	77	50	40	90	8	18	334	155	49.7	49.5	+7.1	$9.5M	-$3.7M
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	79	24	54	78	7	44	208	42	49.5	49.6	+7.5	$7.8M	-$1.7M
John Carlson	D	78	17	54	71	13	20	195	73	50.9	50.1	+6.7	$8M	-$2.5M
Tom Wilson	R	78	24	28	52	13	98	151	240	50.0	50.9	+4.2	$5.167M	-$1.4M
Conor Sheary	L	71	19	24	43	-2	14	129	45	49.6	48.6	+5.6	$1.5M	+$3.2M
Dmitry Orlov	D	76	12	23	35	25	44	127	124	52.6	53.2	+11.1	$5.1M	+$3.6M
Lars Eller	C	72	13	18	31	-4	40	116	95	51.0	49.4	+2.2	$3.5M	-$1.2M
Nicklas Backstrom	C	47	6	25	31	-8	12	68	16	47.2	45.4	-1.9	$9.2M	-$9.8M
Garnet Hathaway	R	76	14	12	26	19	57	124	250	52.1	53.5	+5.9	$1.5M	+$3.4M
T.J. Oshie	R	44	11	14	25	-12	18	77	86	48.7	48.8	+2.6	$5.75M	-$3.2M
Nic Dowd	C	64	10	14	24	10	44	90	139	51.1	52.4	+4.2	$750K	+$2.9M
Anthony Mantha	R	37	9	14	23	4	14	82	46	54.3	53.1	+3.7	$5.7M	-$2.3M
Justin Schultz	D	74	4	19	23	-15	16	92	40	51.8	51.7	+1.8	$4M	-$2M
Nick Jensen	D	76	5	16	21	32	21	88	135	50.1	51.9	+9.2	$2.5M	+$4.8M
Connor McMichael	L	68	9	9	18	-3	10	105	46	52.1	55.7	+5.8	$863K	+$4M
Martin Fehérváry	D	79	8	9	17	15	26	96	251	49.2	48.9	-2.6	$792K	-$2M
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	72	1	16	17	-3	40	75	25	49.4	50.7	+6.9	$950K	+$4.7M
Carl Hagelin	L	53	3	11	14	10	20	71	32	52.2	49.8	-1.5	$2.75M	-$3.1M
Daniel Sprong	R	47	8	6	14	6	8	102	35	51.3	50.8	+1.3	$725K	+$921K
Aliaksei Protas	L	33	3	6	9	4	0	34	20	54.4	55.1	+1.7	$789K	+$1.1M
Joe Snively	C	12	4	3	7	3	2	21	2	46.4	44.6	+0.9	$750K
Brett Leason	R	36	3	3	6	1	4	45	16	52.8	53.7	+0.9	$843K	+$525K
Johan Larsson	L	14	1	5	6	-1	2	14	17	51.1	53.8	+3.3	$1.4M	+$1.7M
Marcus Johansson	L	18	3	3	6	-4	0	30	14	50.5	50.3	+3.0	$1.5M	+$1.4M
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	L	23	2	2	4	0	4	29	18	48.9	52.3	+1.6	$750K	+$1.1M
Matt Irwin	D	17	1	3	4	0	6	29	36	56.0	60.3	+1.8	$750K
Michael Sgarbossa	C	10	2	2	4	3	0	11	7	55.7	61.4	+1.2	$750K
Michal Kempny	D	15	1	1	2	-3	16	10	22	45.5	45.8	-0.2	$2.5M
Beck Malenstyn	L	12	1	0	1	2	9	10	34	53.7	53.5	+0.2	$750K
Dennis Cholowski	D	7	0	1	1	-4	2	3	3	48.4	48.1	-0.4	$900K
Garrett Pilon	C	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	52.2	57.3	+0.2	$750K
Hendrix Lapierre	C	6	1	0	1	2	2	7	1	41.1	51.9	+0.2	$894K
Lucas Johansen	D	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	81.8	92.2	+0.6	$750K
Alexander Alexeyev	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	44.4	66.7	+0.0	$863K
Mike Vecchione	R	1	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	50.0	60.3	+0.0

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Ilya Samsonov	44	23	12	5	3	1145	1026	119	3.02	0.896	-11.1	-0.1	$2M	-$1.3M
Vitek Vanecek	42	20	12	6	4	1117	1014	103	2.67	0.908	0.0	+10.5	$717K	+$2M
Zach Fucale	4	1	1	1	1	66	61	5	1.75	0.924	+1.8	+2.5
Pheonix Copley	2	0	1	0	0	41	36	5	3.11	0.878	-1.6	-1.2	$1.1M

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