The Caps still have 2 sick lines and a great goalie, so they can win any game, but at the moment their bottom 6 and defense corps are disastrous. Losing this one would be a huge dissappointment.
Legend:
Letter Grades = Quality of Competition measured by opponents' time on ice, Converted into Letter Grades for simplicity
p60 = points per 60 minutes
xGF% = Expected Goals For Percentage (i.e. shot attempt percentage adjusted for shot quality) - this stat is already adjusted for zone deployment and game score
rel = xgf% relative to team - also already adjusted for zone and score
(as per corsica, all stats other than ice time do not include empty net situations.)
2016/17 - 2017/18
Line 1
Matthews (20): 87gms, ES 15:05 (B+), 2.41p60, 53.4xgf% (+2.9rel) / PP 2:32, 6.53p60 / SH 0:01
Backstrom (30): 88gms, ES 14:29 (A+), 2.43p60, 52.0xgf% (+1.8rel) / PP 3:06, 9.09p60 / SH 0:42
Nylander (21): 86gms, ES 13:38 (B), 1.89p60, 54.2xgf% (+4.5rel) / PP 2:25, 8.32p60 / SH 0:00
Oshie (31): 74gms, ES 13:58 (A+), 2.39p60, 53.6xgf% (+3.6rel) / PP 2:57, 4.68p60 / SH 0:57
Hyman (25): 87gms, ES 13:37 (B+), 1.35p60, 53.8xgf% (+3.3rel) / PP 0:10, 0.00p60 / SH 2:50
Burakovsky (22): 70gms, ES 11:59 (C+), 2.16p60, 55.4xgf% (+2.1rel) / PP 1:26, 2.97p60 / SH 0:00
Line 2
Bozak (31): 83gms, ES 13:50 (B), 2.09p60, 48.7xgf% (-4.0rel) / PP 2:26, 5.96p60 / SH 0:05
Kuznetsov (25): 88gms, ES 14:52 (B+), 2.38p60, 49.9xgf% (-1.0rel) / PP 2:07, 5.52p60 / SH 0:01
VanRyk (28): 87gms, ES 13:18 (B-), 2.39p60, 50.1xgf% (-1.6rel) / PP 2:28, 6.45p60 / SH 0:02
Ovechkin (32): 88gms, ES 14:32 (A), 2.30p60, 49.3xgf% (-2.0rel) / PP 3:45, 5.32p60 / SH 0:01
Brown (23): 87gms, ES 12:42 (B+), 1.50p60, 49.4xgf% (-2.7rel) / PP 1:18, 3.19p60 / SH 2:06
Vrana (21): 27gms, ES 10:06 (C-), 1.56p60, 51.4xgf% ( +4.8rel) / PP 1:42, 5.21p60 / SH 0:00
Line 3
Kadri (27): 87gms, ES 14:15 (A), 2.15p60, 53.4xgf% (+2.8rel) / PP 2:15, 5.85p60 / SH 0:02
Eller (28): 87gms, ES 11:32 (C-), 1.27p60, 49.3xgf% (-1.8rel) / PP 0:10, 3.98p60 / SH 2:13
Marleau (38): 87gms, ES 13:56 (B+), 1.66p60, 53.1xgf% (+0.7rel) / PP 3:03, 3.96p60 / SH 0:10
Connolly (25): 72gms, ES 10:16 (D+), 1.96p60, 51.2xgf% (-0.2rel) / PP 0:31, 1.58p60 / SH 0:00
Komarov (31): 87gms, ES 12:44 (A), 1.06p60, 50.9xgf% (-0.6rel) / PP 1:59, 4.15p60 / SH 2:13
Wilson (23): 84gms, ES 10:49 (C), 1.21p60, 51.3xgf% (+0.3rel) / PP 0:02, 0.00p60 / SH 2:02
Line 4
Moore (37): 84gms, ES 10:42 (C-), 1.37p60, 50.2xgf% (-6.3rel) / PP 0:13, 0.00p60 / SH 1:59
Beagle (32): 87gms, ES 10:42 (C), 1.66p60, 49.0xgf% (-2.3rel) / PP 0:05, 0.00p60 / SH 2:50
Marner (20): 82gms, ES 14:09 (B), 2.17p60, 48.6xgf% (-3.6rel) / PP 2:27, 6.57p60 / SH 0:09
Walker (23): 2gms, ES 8:43 (A), 3.55p60, 58.1xgf% (+20.6rel) / PP 0:02, 0.00p60 / SH 0:37
Martin (28): 87gms, ES 8:29 (D-), 0.82p60, 49.5xgf% (-2.2rel) / PP 0:01, 0.00p60 / SH 0:18
Smith-Pelly (25): 59gms, ES 11:00 (C-), 0.84p60, 43.6xgf% (-4.2rel) / PP 1:01, 2.06p60 / SH 1:29
Pair 1
Zaitsev (26): 87gms, ES 18:11 (A), 0.97p60, 50.0xgf% (-2.3rel) / PP 1:54, 4.06p60 / SH 1:56
Carlson (27): 78gms, ES 17:13 (A-), 0.87p60, 48.5xgf% (-3.5rel) / PP 2:44, 5.11p60 / SH 2:59
Gardiner (27): 87gms, ES 18:34 (B-), 1.07p60, 52.1xgf% (+1.0rel) / PP 2:37, 3.42p60 / SH 0:21
Djoos (23): 3gms, ES 14:29 (B-), 2.76p60, 63.6xgf% (+24.0rel) / PP 0:26, 0.00p60 / SH 0:45
Pair 2
Rielly (23): 81gms, ES 18:36 (A), 0.86p60, 50.3xgf% (-1.8rel) / PP 1:07, 5.40p60 / SH 2:22
Orlov (26): 88gms, ES 18:13 (B-), 0.98p60, 51.0xgf% (+0.5rel) / PP 1:08, 3.57p60 / SH 0:26
Hainsey (36): 77gms, ES 18:32 (B+), 0.65p60, 53.0xgf% (+2.9rel) / PP 0:11, 0.00p60 / SH 3:14
Chorney (30): 21gms, ES 13:13 (D+), 1.09p60, 46.0xgf% (-4.6rel ) / PP 0:00, 0.00p60 / SH 0:55
Pair 3
Carrick (23): 70gms, ES 15:27 (C), 0.45p60, 52.6xgf% (+2.0rel) / PP 0:32, 1.58p60 / SH 0:16
Orpik (37): 85gms, ES 15:31 (C-), 0.60p60, 52.8xgf% (+3.2rel) / PP 0:01, 0.00p60 / SH 2:31
Rosen (23): 3gms, ES 12:43 (D+), 1.58p60, 45.9xgf% (-22.0rel) / PP 0:34, 0.00p60 / SH 0:00
Bowey (22): 1gms, ES 13:19 (C), 0.00p60, 17.0xgf% (-19.6rel ) / PP 0:10, 0.00p60 / SH 1:26
Starting
Andersen (28): 71gms, .915sv%, +14.2gsaa / ES .922es%, +7.8gsaa / PK .897sv%, +8.9gsaa
Holtby (28): 67gms, .925sv%, +20.1gsaa / ES .936sv%, +20.1gsaa / PK .848sv%, -3.1gsaa
Backup
McElhinney (34): 21gms, .917sv%, +1.2gsaa / ES .927es%, +3.2gsaa / PK .874sv%, -1.9gsaa
Grubauer (26): 26gms, .917sv%, +6.1gsaa / ES .926sv%, +3.1gsaa / PK .880sv%, -1.3gsaa