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Washington Capitals, 2019-20

Be the GM of the Washington Capitals Take over the 2019-20 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference Won the Metropolitan Division Made the playoffs

2019-20 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
5 69 41-20-8 90 0.652 240 215 +25 18-10-5 23-10-3

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

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 69 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

51.6Corsi for %8th of 31 · 3,103 attempts for, 2,916 against
51.2Fenwick for %10th of 31 · unblocked attempts
50.5Shots for %13th of 31 · shots on goal
51.2Expected goals for %12th of 31 · 139.7 expected for, 133.0 against
52.2Goals for %9th of 31 · 156 for, 143 against
100.6PDO9.4% shooting + 91.2% saves

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

40%45%50%55%60%Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

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.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson43364:4956.753.417-22
Nic Dowd · Brendan Leipsic · Garnet Hathaway41265:1258.560.59-9
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana38257:3543.143.016-13
Carl Hagelin · Lars Eller · Richard Panik35246:1959.048.313-11
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson37229:4043.543.77-9
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom44225:5452.754.815-13
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen67658:4351.452.422-26
John Carlson · Michal Kempny55596:2848.949.035-24
Radko Gudas · Jonas Siegenthaler55351:5251.551.116-10
Dmitry Orlov · Radko Gudas61266:4354.353.217-12
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov69211:1658.556.511-13

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

Shots for
Shots against

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 New York Islanders Lost 1-4

Value for money

$81.2MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 24 ranked players
$90.1MWorth at the going rate95.2 goals above replacement
+$8.9MValue10th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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
John Carlson D 69 15 60 75 12 26 189 55 51.6 51.2 +11.9 $8M+$2.6M
Alex Ovechkin L 68 48 19 67 -12 30 311 184 51.8 51.4 +6.0 $9.538M-$3.8M
Nicklas Backstrom C 61 12 42 54 -1 14 132 30 53.1 53.6 +4.1 $6.7M-$2.6M
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 63 19 33 52 -2 40 129 35 46.1 47.7 +0.6 $7.8M-$6.6M
Jakub Vrana L 69 25 27 52 3 18 187 29 51.6 53.0 +7.9 $3.35M+$3.9M
T.J. Oshie R 69 26 23 49 4 26 133 90 50.4 50.9 +7.9 $5.75M+$1.5M
Tom Wilson R 68 21 23 44 -3 93 154 253 50.8 49.8 +2.3 $5.167M-$2.6M
Lars Eller C 69 16 23 39 3 48 151 59 55.0 52.4 +6.9 $3.5M+$2.9M
Dmitry Orlov D 69 4 23 27 5 36 105 106 53.6 54.0 +8.0 $5.1M+$2.3M
Carl Hagelin L 58 8 17 25 12 16 107 24 53.2 49.2 +3.1 $2.75M+$486K
Richard Panik R 59 9 13 22 16 36 67 75 54.3 50.2 +1.7 $2.75M-$633K
Michal Kempny D 58 3 15 18 19 22 73 42 50.2 49.1 +1.1 $2.5M-$905K
Garnet Hathaway R 66 9 7 16 6 79 80 189 53.2 56.9 +10.1 $1.5M+$7.6M
Nic Dowd C 56 7 8 15 11 28 52 117 53.7 56.0 +3.7 $750K+$3M
Radko Gudas D 63 2 13 15 15 40 90 164 50.8 47.7 -0.3 $3.35M-$2.9M
Brendan Leipsic L 61 3 8 11 3 13 49 57 53.3 55.3 +2.6 $700K+$2.1M
Travis Boyd C 24 3 7 10 9 2 26 14 53.8 48.9 +1.8 $800K+$1.4M
Jonas Siegenthaler D 64 2 7 9 11 43 49 51 49.1 49.4 +2.6 $714K+$2.1M
Nick Jensen D 68 0 8 8 1 13 61 59 50.4 51.7 +4.7 $2.5M+$2.1M
Chandler Stephenson C 24 3 1 4 5 6 18 20 54.4 56.6 +4.1 $1.05M+$3.1M
Ilya Kovalchuk L 7 1 3 4 0 4 18 12 53.1 55.7 +2.2 $700K+$1.8M
Martin Fehérváry D 6 0 1 1 -2 6 7 14 53.3 43.6 -0.8 $806K
Beck Malenstyn L 3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 51.1 42.0 +0.0 $737K
Brenden Dillon D 10 0 0 0 -2 21 10 16 50.5 49.4 -0.6 $3.27M-$3.1M
Christian Djoos D 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 53.9 56.0 +1.0 $1.25M
Michael Sgarbossa C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 40.0 15.7 -0.4 $700K
Tyler Lewington D 6 0 0 0 -2 17 2 13 45.6 40.5 +0.1 $675K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Braden Holtby 48 251460 1385 1243 142 3.11 0.897 -14.4 -1.4 $6.1M-$5.8M
Ilya Samsonov 26 16621 689 629 60 2.55 0.913 +1.8 +8.1 $925K+$1.9M

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Mar 9, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 35 26
Mar 7, 2020 @ PIT W 5-2 28 28
Mar 5, 2020 @ NYR L 5-6 (OT) 34 39
Mar 4, 2020 vs PHI L 2-5 27 29
Mar 1, 2020 @ MIN W 4-3 30 40
Feb 27, 2020 @ WPG L 0-3 34 32
Feb 25, 2020 vs WPG W 4-3 (SO) 37 33
Feb 23, 2020 vs PIT W 5-3 23 35
Feb 22, 2020 @ NJD L 2-3 35 29
Feb 20, 2020 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 32 32
Feb 17, 2020 @ VGK L 2-3 27 29
Feb 15, 2020 @ ARI L 1-3 37 30
Feb 13, 2020 @ COL W 3-2 38 34
Feb 10, 2020 vs NYI L 3-5 29 32
Feb 8, 2020 vs PHI L 2-7 27 26
Feb 4, 2020 vs LAK W 4-2 24 31
Feb 2, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 32 33
Jan 31, 2020 @ OTT W 5-3 37 28
Jan 29, 2020 vs NSH L 4-5 33 24
Jan 27, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 40 33
Jan 18, 2020 @ NYI W 6-4 30 29
Jan 16, 2020 vs NJD W 5-2 38 34
Jan 13, 2020 vs CAR W 2-0 30 23
Jan 11, 2020 vs NJD L 1-5 34 22
Jan 8, 2020 @ PHI L 2-3 28 27
Jan 7, 2020 vs OTT W 6-1 41 27
Jan 5, 2020 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 29 29
Jan 3, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 29 41
Dec 31, 2019 vs NYI L 3-4 39 22
Dec 28, 2019 @ CAR L 4-6 29 29
Dec 27, 2019 vs CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 36 28
Dec 23, 2019 @ BOS L 3-7 42 17
Dec 21, 2019 vs TBL W 3-1 35 27
Dec 20, 2019 @ NJD W 6-3 29 27
Dec 16, 2019 @ CBJ L 0-3 30 21
Dec 14, 2019 @ TBL W 5-2 34 28
Dec 11, 2019 vs BOS W 3-2 25 32
Dec 9, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-5 39 38
Dec 6, 2019 @ ANA W 3-2 36 29
Dec 4, 2019 @ LAK W 3-1 22 23
Dec 3, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 28 25
Nov 30, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 34 27
Nov 29, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 35 30
Nov 27, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 20 40
Nov 23, 2019 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 33 33
Nov 20, 2019 @ NYR L 1-4 31 31
Nov 18, 2019 vs ANA W 5-2 31 34
Nov 16, 2019 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 44 23
Nov 15, 2019 vs MTL L 2-5 28 40
Nov 13, 2019 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 36 31
Nov 11, 2019 vs ARI L 3-4 (SO) 34 35
Nov 9, 2019 vs VGK W 5-2 34 32
Nov 7, 2019 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 31 36
Nov 3, 2019 vs CGY W 4-2 32 27
Nov 1, 2019 vs BUF W 6-1 34 30
Oct 29, 2019 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 33 31
Oct 25, 2019 @ VAN W 6-5 (SO) 29 34
Oct 24, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 28 40
Oct 22, 2019 @ CGY W 5-3 30 35
Oct 20, 2019 @ CHI W 5-3 30 44
Oct 18, 2019 vs NYR W 5-2 34 28
Oct 16, 2019 vs TOR W 4-3 32 32
Oct 14, 2019 vs COL L 3-6 32 25
Oct 12, 2019 @ DAL W 4-1 25 25
Oct 10, 2019 @ NSH L 5-6 26 38
Oct 8, 2019 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 32 26
Oct 5, 2019 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 34 28
Oct 4, 2019 @ NYI W 2-1 28 26
Oct 2, 2019 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 34 22