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Washington Capitals, 2015-16

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Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Presidents' Trophy Best record in the Eastern Conference Won the Metropolitan Division Made the playoffs

2015-16 record

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

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. 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 30 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 season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

Each point looks back over the last 10 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 season.

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	Philadelphia Flyers	Won 4-2
2nd Round	Pittsburgh Penguins	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
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	82	20	57	77	27	32	193	73	52.6	54.7	+16.3	$3M	+$7.9M
Alex Ovechkin	L	79	50	21	71	21	53	398	225	53.2	55.9	+10.7	$9.538M	-$2.2M
Nicklas Backstrom	C	75	20	50	70	17	36	129	51	52.2	52.3	+7.6	$6.7M	-$1.3M
Justin Williams	R	82	22	30	52	15	36	201	32	53.2	53.9	+7.6	$3.25M	+$2.1M
T.J. Oshie	R	80	26	25	51	16	34	185	134	51.1	53.3	+11.2	$4.175M	+$3.5M
Marcus Johansson	L	74	17	29	46	12	16	132	38	49.3	49.3	+6.1	$3.75M	+$685K
Jason Chimera	L	82	20	20	40	0	22	165	103	47.9	49.5	+2.1	$2M	-$141K
John Carlson	D	56	8	31	39	16	14	124	46	50.5	51.5	+8.6	$3.967M	+$2M
Andre Burakovsky	L	79	17	21	38	4	12	126	37	51.5	51.2	+3.3	$894K	+$1.8M
Matt Niskanen	D	82	5	27	32	10	38	150	157	51.3	53.8	+6.5	$5.75M	-$1.1M
Dmitry Orlov	D	82	8	21	29	8	26	90	121	53.3	52.0	+8.0	$2M	+$3.6M
Tom Wilson	R	82	7	16	23	3	163	99	253	46.4	48.3	+1.1	$894K	+$357K
Karl Alzner	D	82	4	17	21	14	26	75	135	49.8	52.6	+6.9	$2.8M	+$2.1M
Jay Beagle	C	57	8	9	17	0	24	74	55	49.7	51.5	+2.2	$1.75M	+$220K
Nate Schmidt	D	72	2	14	16	12	16	80	69	50.7	50.9	+8.3	$813K	+$5M
Brooks Orpik	D	41	3	7	10	11	24	31	125	52.1	55.1	+1.8	$5.5M	-$3.8M
Brooks Laich	C	60	1	6	7	-7	16	66	83	50.2	47.0	+1.2	$4.5M	-$3.2M
Michael Latta	C	43	3	4	7	0	50	29	58	50.8	50.0	+1.0	$575K	+$647K
Taylor Chorney	D	55	1	5	6	8	21	28	56	48.1	45.6	-2.2	$700K	-$1.6M
Daniel Winnik	L	20	2	3	5	7	22	16	12	50.5	51.6	+2.5	$2.25M	-$113K
Mike Richards	C	39	2	3	5	-2	8	46	39	52.0	57.5	+2.5	$1M	+$1.1M
Stanislav Galiev	R	24	0	3	3	2	4	30	14	51.9	48.0	+0.1	$575K	+$77K
Aaron Ness	D	8	0	2	2	4	2	8	4	52.7	45.9	-0.2	$575K
Paul Carey	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	5	6	48.1	41.8	+0.1	$575K
Zach Sill	C	10	1	0	1	0	2	13	20	52.2	50.7	+0.4	$575K
Chandler Stephenson	C	9	0	0	0	-3	2	2	5	54.6	46.8	-0.3	$726K
Chris Brown	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	66.7	85.9	+0.2	$575K
Connor Carrick	D	3	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	54.9	52.5	+0.4	$637K
Mike Weber	D	10	0	0	0	-1	28	12	35	49.4	50.6	+0.7	$1.667M	-$644K
Ryan Stanton	D	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	42.1	28.9	-0.6	$575K
Sean Collins	C	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	47.8	43.3	+0.4	$575K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Braden Holtby	66	48	9	7	3	1802	1661	141	2.20	0.922	+9.3	+24.6	$6.1M	+$346K
Philipp Grubauer	22	8	9	1	0	523	480	43	2.32	0.918	+2.3	+6.9	$750K	+$1.5M

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