14 – Number of times the Caps have faced tonight’s opponent, the Minnesota Wild, by far the fewest head-to-head match-ups they’ve had against any team. Here’s the list, via Hockey-Reference:
| Franchise | GP | W | L | T | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | GF/G | GA/G |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 208 | 91 | 95 | 16 | 6 | 204 | 0.490 | 734 | 753 | 3.53 | 3.62 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 203 | 76 | 101 | 19 | 7 | 178 | 0.438 | 610 | 704 | 3.00 | 3.47 |
| New York Rangers | 202 | 94 | 84 | 18 | 6 | 212 | 0.525 | 690 | 686 | 3.42 | 3.40 |
| New York Islanders | 201 | 99 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 216 | 0.537 | 635 | 663 | 3.16 | 3.30 |
| New Jersey Devils | 197 | 97 | 74 | 13 | 13 | 220 | 0.558 | 645 | 567 | 3.27 | 2.88 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 157 | 85 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 192 | 0.611 | 486 | 425 | 3.10 | 2.71 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 155 | 64 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 150 | 0.484 | 397 | 493 | 2.56 | 3.18 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 147 | 46 | 81 | 15 | 5 | 112 | 0.381 | 383 | 527 | 2.61 | 3.59 |
| Boston Bruins | 146 | 49 | 68 | 21 | 8 | 127 | 0.435 | 402 | 490 | 2.75 | 3.36 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 135 | 66 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 148 | 0.548 | 466 | 454 | 3.45 | 3.36 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 116 | 72 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 157 | 0.677 | 400 | 304 | 3.45 | 2.62 |
| Florida Panthers | 114 | 60 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 138 | 0.605 | 341 | 289 | 2.99 | 2.54 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 106 | 43 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 105 | 0.495 | 350 | 347 | 3.30 | 3.27 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 104 | 35 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 85 | 0.409 | 356 | 394 | 3.42 | 3.79 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 91 | 39 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 90 | 0.495 | 296 | 310 | 3.25 | 3.41 |
| St. Louis Blues | 91 | 39 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 91 | 0.500 | 298 | 311 | 3.27 | 3.42 |
| Dallas Stars | 90 | 29 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 75 | 0.417 | 252 | 316 | 2.80 | 3.51 |
| Calgary Flames | 89 | 34 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 82 | 0.461 | 280 | 324 | 3.15 | 3.64 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 89 | 40 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 90 | 0.506 | 283 | 291 | 3.18 | 3.27 |
| Ottawa Senators | 83 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 0.524 | 253 | 258 | 3.05 | 3.11 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 45 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 102 | 0.622 | 271 | 231 | 3.30 | 2.82 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 77 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 84 | 0.545 | 271 | 236 | 3.52 | 3.06 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 71 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 76 | 0.535 | 256 | 224 | 3.61 | 3.15 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 68 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 73 | 0.537 | 240 | 241 | 3.53 | 3.54 |
| San Jose Sharks | 35 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0.371 | 92 | 114 | 2.63 | 3.26 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 29 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0.517 | 79 | 86 | 2.72 | 2.97 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0.674 | 75 | 69 | 3.26 | 3.00 |
| Cleveland Barons | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.325 | 58 | 81 | 2.90 | 4.05 |
| Nashville Predators | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0.600 | 55 | 53 | 2.75 | 2.65 |
| Minnesota Wild | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.464 | 30 | 30 | 2.14 | 2.14 |