Eastern Conference · Southeast Division

Washington Capitals

2011–12·42–32–8·92 points·2nd in the Southeast, 7th in the Eastern·Clinched playoff spot

Seasons

Points: 92#16
Goal differential: −8#16
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 49.6%#13
Power play: 17.1%#15
Penalty kill: 81.2%#21
GSAx: −10.3#23

Splits

Home and away, month by month, and against each part of the league.


Home	41	26–11–4	56	0.68	115	99	50.6%
Away	41	16–21–4	36	0.44	103	127	49.0%
October	9	7–2–0	14	0.78	34	23	55.2%
November	14	5–8–1	11	0.39	36	51	51.0%
December	14	8–5–1	17	0.61	40	33	48.5%
January	12	6–4–2	14	0.58	28	32	40.5%
February	14	6–7–1	13	0.46	33	36	52.0%
March	16	8–5–3	19	0.59	37	44	51.2%
April	3	2–1–0	4	0.67	10	7	49.7%
Division rivals	24	12–8–4	28	0.58	64	65	51.9%
Rest of conference	40	22–14–4	48	0.60	100	105	49.9%
Other conference	18	8–10–0	16	0.44	54	56	46.6%


FLA	6	4–2–0	8	0.67	19	12	54.5%
MTL	4	4–0–0	8	1.00	12	3	52.2%
CAR	6	3–2–1	7	0.58	14	17	51.9%
TBL	6	3–2–1	7	0.58	18	20	50.6%
OTT	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	11	53.7%
WPG	6	2–2–2	6	0.50	13	16	50.4%
TOR	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	11	11	57.0%
BOS	4	3–1–0	6	0.75	12	12	53.2%
PIT	4	2–1–1	5	0.63	8	8	39.9%
DET	2	2–0–0	4	1.00	12	4	46.9%

On the road

61,010 km of travel between arenas over the season, drawn leg by leg.

Leg ending in a win Overtime or shootout loss Regulation loss Home arena

Rest

Does a day off help? Back-to-backs are the second game on consecutive nights.

Rest days

Points percentage and 5-on-5 expected-goals share by days since the previous game. The count in grey is how many of those games came against a better-rested opponent.

Points %xGF% (5v5)

Back-to-back

13 GP · 5–6–2 · 8 vs fresher opponent

46.2%

47.0%

1 day

44 GP · 25–16–3 · 10 vs fresher opponent

60.2%

49.2%

2 days

19 GP · 10–7–2 · 1 vs fresher opponent

57.9%

50.8%

3+ days

5 GP · 1–3–1 · 0 vs fresher opponent

30.0%

54.7%

Pulling the goalie

Model-based

28 times this season the Capitals were trailing late and sent out an extra attacker. Earlier pulls are bolder. The dark tick is the league median for each deficit.

Scored with the extra attacker Conceded an empty-net goal Neither League median

Close and late

Model-based

Does the team raise its game when it counts?

When it matters

The Capitals in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

Expected goals share

48.2%

50.4%

Goals share

49.1%

60.0%

Shooting %

9.5%

12.9%

Save %

.912

.920