Washington Capitals

43-30-9 · 95 pts · GF 263 · GA 244
#17 deepest of 32 teams, 2025-26
Shot depth
.522
15th in the NHL · 23rd over the last 10
CF depth
.609
28th in the NHL · 28th over the last 10
xG depth
.421
5th in the NHL · 31st over the last 10
TOI depth
.849
14th in the NHL · 3rd over the last 10
Season

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .477.

xG depth, game average, 2025-26
Capitals
.421
League average
.407
Least deep (CHI)
.380
Biggest contributors · all four stats · season
Top 3: 26% of team output (an even split across 21 regulars would be 14%)
A. Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin L
10.1%
of team output · 82 GP · 32G 32A
J. Chychrun
J. Chychrun D
8.8%
of team output · 80 GP · 26G 34A
T. Wilson
T. Wilson R
7.0%
of team output · 72 GP · 30G 32A

6 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 21 regulars it would take 11.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.
1 A. Ovechkin L 82 33.8
12.5% 13%
2 T. Wilson R 72 25.2
9.3% 22%
3 A. Protas L 76 22.9
8.5% 30%
4 C. McMichael L 78 20.3
7.5% 38%
5 D. Strome C 80 19.1
7.1% 45%
6 J. Chychrun D 80 18.8
7.0% 52%
7 A. Beauvillier R 82 18.8
7.0% 59%
8 R. Leonard R 75 15.8
5.9% 65%
9 J. Sourdif C 78 15.6
5.8% 71%
10 E. Frank R 62 12.7
4.7% 75%
11 J. Carlson D 55 9.2
3.4% 79%
12 B. Duhaime L 82 8.7
3.2% 82%
13 H. Lapierre C 74 8.7
3.2% 85%
14 P. Dubois C 29 5.8
2.2% 87%
15 N. Dowd C 55 5.7
2.1% 89%
16 M. Fehérváry D 81 5.1
1.9% 91%
17 R. Sandin D 73 4.7
1.7% 93%
18 M. Roy D 79 4.4
1.6% 95%
19 T. van Riemsdyk D 68 3.9
1.4% 96%
20 S. Milano L 31 3.5
1.3% 97%
21 C. Hutson D 14 2.5
0.9% 98%
22 I. Miroshnichenko L 13 1.6
0.6% 99%
23 I. Protas L 4 1.4
0.5% 99%
24 D. Chisholm D 26 0.6
0.2% 100%
25 T. Liljegren D 4 0.4
0.2% 100%
26 D. McIlrath D 13 0.3
0.1% 100%
27 B. Leason R 6 0.3
0.1% 100%
28 B. Trineyev R 2 0.1
0.1% 100%
29 D. Kampf C 2 0.0
0.0% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx
L. Thompson581587 .91259:24 +29.3
C. Lindgren21602 .87959:20 -5.3
C. Stevenson4101 .92159:56 +3.1

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 20 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason
OctNovDecJanFebMarApr
Result
Forwards
8A. OvechkinL 8212.5%
43T. WilsonR 729.3%
21A. ProtasL 768.5%
24C. McMichaelL 787.5%
17D. StromeC 807.1%
72A. BeauvillierR 827.0%
9R. LeonardR 755.9%
34J. SourdifC 785.8%
53E. FrankR 624.7%
22B. DuhaimeL 823.2%
29H. LapierreC 743.2%
80P. DuboisC 292.2%
26N. DowdC 552.1%
15S. MilanoL 311.3%
Defense
6J. ChychrunD 807.0%
74J. CarlsonD 553.4%
42M. FehérváryD 811.9%
38R. SandinD 731.7%
3M. RoyD 791.6%
57T. van RiemsdykD 681.4%
47D. ChisholmD 260.2%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game