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Washington Capitals, 2020-21

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MassMutual East Division Made the playoffs

2020-21 record

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

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 56 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	Boston Bruins	Lost 1-4

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
Nicklas Backstrom	C	55	15	38	53	0	14	91	25	50.6	51.2	+5.7	$9.2M	-$2.8M
John Carlson	D	52	10	34	44	-5	12	128	52	50.8	52.4	+8.5	$8M	+$1.3M
T.J. Oshie	R	53	22	21	43	-3	18	106	70	51.3	52.0	+8.2	$5.75M	+$3.3M
Alex Ovechkin	L	45	24	18	42	-7	12	182	98	47.8	47.3	+5.3	$9.538M	-$3.5M
Tom Wilson	R	47	13	20	33	1	96	83	105	49.6	51.3	+5.2	$5.167M	+$789K
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	41	9	20	29	7	18	78	21	50.7	52.2	+2.9	$7.8M	-$4.1M
Justin Schultz	D	46	3	24	27	12	10	67	28	49.4	48.4	+3.1	$4M	-$136K
Jakub Vrana	L	39	11	14	25	9	8	68	26	49.3	48.2	+3.2	$3.35M	+$627K
Lars Eller	C	44	8	15	23	-1	21	69	36	55.2	55.6	+5.0	$3.5M	+$2.3M
Conor Sheary	L	53	14	8	22	-1	14	88	24	53.9	54.6	+5.2	$735K	+$5.3M
Dmitry Orlov	D	51	8	14	22	16	20	83	87	52.4	52.3	+4.0	$5.1M	-$295K
Daniel Sprong	R	42	13	7	20	7	12	74	28	49.8	49.8	+0.7	$725K	+$711K
Brenden Dillon	D	56	2	17	19	15	49	51	143	50.1	51.9	+3.0	$3.9M	-$201K
Garnet Hathaway	R	56	6	12	18	7	66	62	179	48.4	52.5	+1.8	$1.5M	+$1.1M
Carl Hagelin	L	56	6	10	16	7	19	85	22	49.7	53.8	+3.6	$2.75M	+$1.6M
Nic Dowd	C	56	11	4	15	4	31	68	109	47.0	50.0	+0.4	$750K	+$322K
Nick Jensen	D	53	2	12	14	5	14	60	56	50.5	53.4	+4.8	$2.5M	+$3.1M
Zdeno Chara	D	55	2	8	10	5	44	67	88	49.8	52.0	+2.4	$795K	+$2.3M
Richard Panik	R	36	3	6	9	-9	16	40	53	49.7	48.5	+1.6	$2.75M	-$467K
Anthony Mantha	R	14	4	4	8	0	8	38	15	51.2	50.0	+0.5	$5.7M	-$4.5M
Michael Raffl	L	10	1	2	3	1	7	19	21	53.2	50.4	+0.9	$1.6M	+$60K
Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	21	1	2	3	-1	2	23	13	52.0	55.4	+1.1	$800K	+$997K
Michael Sgarbossa	C	5	0	2	2	2	0	4	1	44.8	35.7	-0.4	$700K
Daniel Carr	L	6	0	1	1	-2	2	5	10	48.2	42.6	-0.1	$700K
Brian Pinho	C	2	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	52.0	60.5	+0.2
Connor McMichael	L	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	38.1	54.6	-0.2	$894K
Garrett Pilon	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	60.1	+0.0	$745K
Jonas Siegenthaler	D	7	0	0	0	-3	2	3	6	48.9	49.8	-0.4	$800K
Philippe Maillet	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	62.5	49.4	-0.2

Goalie	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Saved above xG	Rating	Cap hit	Value
Vitek Vanecek	37	21	10	4	2	1031	936	95	2.69	0.908	-4.5	+4.8	$717K	+$1.4M
Ilya Samsonov	19	13	4	1	2	499	450	49	2.69	0.902	-4.0	+0.6	$925K
Craig Anderson	4	2	1	0	0	71	65	6	2.13	0.915	+0.4	+1.0	$700K

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