{"id":399200,"date":"2025-11-23T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399200\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:37:14","slug":"the-capitals-still-have-the-same-major-problems-22-games-into-the-season-numbers-for-the-morning-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399200\/","title":{"rendered":"The Capitals still have the same major problems 22 games into the season: numbers for the morning after"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763905034_696_headline-nftma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Numbers For The Morning After, with Chris Cerullo\" decoding=\"async\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8 : RMNB\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Capitals saw their three-game winning streak end on Saturday night. The Tampa Bay Lightning scored five goals on just 16 shots, but it wasn\u2019t just poor goaltending that delivered a big fat L to the Caps.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, everything we\u2019ve been complaining about since the season started is what we\u2019ll still be complaining about in this post. Woooooo, so fun, yeah, wooo, great. I love that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We\u2019ll start with the five-on-five play, where the Capitals were again brilliant. They finished up 57-26 in shot attempts, 27-10 in shots, 30-18 in scoring chances, 15-6 in high-danger chances, and 3.21-1.3 in expected goals. I would say that when you play like that, you should expect to win the game 75-80 percent of the time. Haha, so fun and so cool that they did not win. I want to punch a hole in a wall.<\/li>\n<li>The power play. Again. 0-for-6, including a failure on an extended 5-on-3 advantage. There\u2019s that old adage that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different outcome. I don\u2019t think simple personnel changes are the answer. The rot is within whatever \u201csystem\u201d the first unit is specifically implementing. It\u2019s just so bad, y\u2019all. You don\u2019t need me to tell you that, though.<\/li>\n<li>Oh, and the penalty kill. They\u2019ve now given up at least one goal in six straight games. Isn\u2019t that lovely? Fourth-worst penalty kill in the league to go with their sixth-worst power play. Brutal. What\u2019s the estimate at now on how many standings points special teams has cost them this season? Are we at double digits yet? Probably.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jakob Chychrun scores his sixth goal of the season to cut the Capitals&#8217; deficit to 4-2. Chychrun extends his career-long point streak to seven games (3g-5a\u20138p).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Capitals PR (@CapitalsPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CapitalsPR\/status\/1992402790518562866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The fourth line was absolutely brilliant and deserved more than the one goal that they scored. With Hendrix Lapierre on the ice at five-on-five, the Capitals posted positive differentials in shot attempts (+13), shots on goal (+8), scoring chances (+8), and high-danger chances (+2). They only allowed one Lightning scoring chance and did not give up a high-danger chance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethen Frank<\/strong> scored the aforementioned goal, giving him three goals and five total points in his last two games. He has eight points (3g, 5a) in 11 games this season. Obviously, a very small sample size, but that\u2019s a 60-point pace over a full 82-game schedule. Frank keeping that up is improbable, but you have to respect how he\u2019s leveled up his game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Logan Thompson<\/strong> definitely didn\u2019t help matters, giving up four goals on just six shots faced. <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/g.htm?id=2025020341\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to MoneyPuck<\/a>, Thompson gave up 2.78 more goals than expected. If you need a reminder, the Capitals lost by two goals. He doesn\u2019t need to be Vezina level every night, but he can\u2019t do that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcca<\/p>\n<p>This story would not be possible without<\/p>\n<p>Please consider joining us in supporting them.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8 : RMNB The Washington Capitals saw their three-game winning streak end on Saturday night. 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