The Noon Number: 16 – Capitals‘ post-first-period goal differential, second-best in the Conference (Pittsburgh, at 19, is tops in the East, with Chicago (30) and Anaheim (27) leading the way League-wide).
The Caps have scored the most second-period goals in the League, and only Tampa Bay (62) and Pittsburgh (56) have scored more goals after the first period than Washington (46). For more on how middle-stanza dominance has helped the Caps of late, Vogs offers this: