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Washington Capitals, 2017-18

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Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Stanley Cup champions Won the Metropolitan Division Made the playoffs

2017-18 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 31 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	Columbus Blue Jackets	Won 4-2
2nd Round	Pittsburgh Penguins	Won 4-2
Eastern Conference Finals	Tampa Bay Lightning	Won 4-3
Stanley Cup Final	Vegas Golden Knights	Won 4-1

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	82	49	38	87	3	32	355	139	50.5	50.1	+10.2	$9.538M	-$2.4M
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	79	27	56	83	3	48	187	50	47.8	48.1	+6.5	$7.8M	-$3.1M
Nicklas Backstrom	C	81	21	50	71	5	46	165	37	51.3	50.5	+7.6	$6.7M	-$1.2M
John Carlson	D	82	15	53	68	0	32	237	47	49.0	48.3	+10.2	$3.967M	+$3.1M
T.J. Oshie	R	74	18	29	47	2	31	127	124	50.2	49.9	+7.2	$5.75M	-$526K
Lars Eller	C	81	18	20	38	-6	38	161	71	47.7	45.2	+4.0	$3.5M	-$314K
Tom Wilson	R	78	14	21	35	10	187	123	250	50.6	49.4	+5.3	$2M	+$2M
Dmitry Orlov	D	82	10	21	31	10	22	125	128	49.5	49.4	+10.2	$5.1M	+$2M
Matt Niskanen	D	68	7	22	29	24	36	120	117	48.5	47.7	+1.1	$5.75M	-$4.5M
Brett Connolly	R	70	15	12	27	-6	30	67	72	46.5	41.3	-2.3	$1.5M	-$2.4M
Jakub Vrana	L	73	13	14	27	2	12	133	31	50.1	51.8	+7.1	$863K	+$4.3M
Andre Burakovsky	L	56	12	13	25	3	27	84	40	52.3	46.9	+2.6	$3M	-$713K
Jay Beagle	C	79	7	15	22	3	16	65	69	39.4	40.7	-2.3	$1.75M	-$2.6M
Alex Chiasson	R	61	9	9	18	1	26	59	57	43.7	42.4	-1.2	$660K	-$794K
Chandler Stephenson	C	67	6	12	18	13	8	36	26	44.1	46.3	+1.5	$650K	+$918K
Devante Smith-Pelly	R	75	7	9	16	-6	38	103	151	44.1	46.9	+2.1	$650K	+$1.3M
Christian Djoos	D	63	3	11	14	13	10	60	22	51.7	51.9	+6.4	$650K	+$4M
Madison Bowey	D	51	0	12	12	-3	24	47	48	45.2	41.3	-1.9	$703K	-$1.3M
Brooks Orpik	D	81	0	10	10	-9	68	54	218	44.3	42.1	-8.6	$5.5M	-$10.3M
Jakub Jerabek	D	11	1	3	4	-1	0	11	14	49.4	50.5	+0.7	$925K	+$106K
Taylor Chorney	D	24	1	3	4	8	8	14	18	44.5	45.9	-1.0	$800K	-$832K
Michal Kempny	D	22	2	1	3	1	14	32	26	51.0	52.0	+2.7	$900K	+$1.5M
Aaron Ness	D	8	0	1	1	2	8	2	1	42.0	43.8	-0.7	$613K
Nathan Walker	L	7	1	0	1	1	4	4	13	45.0	33.0	-0.6	$650K
Shane Gersich	L	3	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	53.6	68.3	+0.8	$925K
Travis Boyd	C	8	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	43.2	43.6	-0.6	$650K
Anthony Peluso	R	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	44.4	26.2	-0.2	$650K
Liam O'Brien	C	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	37.0	31.7	-0.2	$650K
Tyler Graovac	C	5	0	0	0	-3	2	1	5	24.1	20.1	-0.5	$625K

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Braden Holtby	54	34	16	4	0	1648	1495	153	2.99	0.907	+0.9	+16.6	$6.1M	-$1.7M
Philipp Grubauer	35	15	10	3	3	953	880	73	2.35	0.923	+18.7	+28.0	$1.5M	+$5.5M

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