State of the teamWashington missed the postseason for the first time since 2022-23, dropping 16 points to 95. Alex Ovechkin, a year removed from his historic goals chase, led the team with 32 goals on a club in transition. The Capitals leaned into change at the deadline, moving veterans like John Carlson, as a championship-era roster kept turning over under coach Spencer Carbery. Washington had the loudest summer in the division. It jumped the queue on free agency for Alex Tuch: Buffalo signed him to an eight-year, $84 million deal and traded him to the Capitals before he could reach the market. The eighth year was the point — no other club could have offered it. Jordan Kyrou arrived from St. Louis, Boone Jenner signed, and Alex Ovechkin returned for a 22nd season. The new season starts tracking here at puck drop.
100
2021-22
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80
2022-23
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91
2023-24
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111
2024-25
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95
2025-26
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2026-27
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Team Points Pace
Cumulative standings points through each game of the season, one colour per year. The red line is this season. Toggle to season-total bars for the year-over-year story.
one colour per season · hover for game detail
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Goals For & Against
Offence and defence, by season or game by game. Lower is better on goals against.
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Player Production
Each column is a core player; each dot is one season. Red is this season. Toggle the metric; hover any dot for the full line.
red = current season · one colour per past year
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Ice Time Tracker
Who's getting more ice time? Average minutes per game, season by season — the clearest read on who's gaining, and losing, the coach's trust. Flip to power-play time to see who's on the top unit. Add any skater on the roster; click a name in the legend to hide his line.
Minutes per game, from official NHL ice-time data.
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Goaltending
Every goalie season, dot size scaled by games played.
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Team Engine
Under-the-hood numbers, season by season: faceoffs, possession (SAT% is what the analytics crowd calls Corsi; Fenwick is the same idea minus blocked shots — above 50% means this team controls play), special teams, and shot rates.
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Zone Time
Offensive-zone time is the why behind shot-attempt share (SAT%) above — a team that lives in the offensive zone out-attempts opponents. The line tracks how that's moved season by season; the bar is this year's split. Based on NHL player-tracking data.
No player-tracking zone data published for this team.
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