11 – Number of defensemen that have played at least one game for the Capitals so far this year. If Patrick Wey (recalled from Hershey earlier today) makes his NHL debut this weekend, that number will bump up to an even dozen, the same number of rearguards that saw a game for last season’s team.
Here, via Left Wing Lock, is a list of the team’s 25 most-frequent even-strength d-pairings (and one non-d-pairing):
