Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division
Washington Capitals
2014–15·45–26–11·101 points·2nd in the Metropolitan, 4th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot
- Points
- 101#10
- Goal differential
- +38#4
- xGF% (5v5, adj.)
- 52.7%#10
- Power play
- 25.3%#1
- Penalty kill
- 81.2%#14
- GSAx
- +10.8#8
Penalties by player
The team took 356 penalties and drew 331 (−0.30 per 60 minutes). Misconducts are left out because they don't cause a power play.
 Tom Wilson | 56 | 62 | +6 | +0.5 | 172 | Roughing (20) |
 Brooks Orpik | 33 | 16 | −17 | −0.6 | 66 | Roughing (7) |
 Alex Ovechkin | 29 | 32 | +3 | +0.1 | 58 | Roughing (6) |
 Matt Niskanen | 22 | 6 | −16 | −0.5 | 47 | Holding (5) |
 Troy Brouwer | 22 | 13 | −9 | −0.4 | 53 | Roughing (5) |
 Jason Chimera | 21 | 15 | −6 | −0.4 | 51 | Holding (5) |
 Nicklas Backstrom | 19 | 14 | −5 | −0.2 | 40 | Holding (5) |
 Mike Green | 18 | 15 | −3 | −0.1 | 34 | Hooking (6) |
 Joel Ward | 15 | 20 | +5 | +0.2 | 30 | Tripping (3) |
 John Carlson | 14 | 6 | −8 | −0.3 | 28 | High sticking (3) |
 Michael Latta | 14 | 13 | −1 | −0.1 | 68 | Fighting (8) |
 Brooks Laich | 12 | 11 | −1 | −0.1 | 24 | Tripping (5) |
 Evgeny Kuznetsov | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | Holding (4) |
 Eric Fehr | 10 | 20 | +10 | +0.5 | 20 | Roughing (5) |
 Karl Alzner | 10 | 7 | −3 | −0.1 | 20 | Holding (3) |
Through the season
Discipline comes and goes. Runs of long red bars are stretches when the team kept putting itself short-handed.
Penalties drawn above the line, taken below. The line is the 10-game average of drawn minus taken: above zero, the team is earning more power plays than it gives away. Click a game to open it.
Penalty profile
What the team gets called for, what it draws, and when. Teams protecting a lead tend to take more hooking and holding calls.
Penalties taken (left) against penalties drawn (right). Switch views to see what kind, in which period, and at what score.