6 – Number of consecutive games in which the Caps have allowed a power-play goal, their longest such streak since a seven-game stretch that spanned from December 2 through 15, 2010 (the first seven games of a brutal eight-game losing streak).
Over these past half-dozen games, the penalty kill – which was the top-ranked unit in the League three weeks ago – has gone just 15-for-24 (punctuated by a two-for-five effort on Wednesday night against Ottawa), and has dropped to 15th in the League overall.
If the Caps do give up a goal while shorthanded when they host Montreal tonight, they’ll tie that 2010 streak, but still have a ways to go to get to the 13-game streak they had in early 2009 (the longest of the Alex Ovechkin Era, and longest since before the start of the 1997-98 season).