.714 – Capitals‘ point percentage when either Andre Burakovsky or Tom Wilson starts the game as the top-line right wing alongside Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom via a 22-7-6 record. In 26 games with other wingers riding shotgun on the top line, the team has a .500 points percentage, via record of 11-11-4. Here’s how the team’s record breaks out by first-line right wing:
Player | W | L | OT | W% | Pts% |
Andre Burakovsky | 9 | 3 | 2 | .643 | .714 |
Tom Wilson | 13 | 4 | 4 | .619 | .714 |
Marcus Johansson | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .667 |
Troy Brouwer | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 |
Jay Beagle | 3 | 3 | 1 | .429 | .500 |
Eric Fehr | 2 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .500 |
Jason Chimera* | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .500 |
Joel Ward | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
TOTAL** | 33 | 16 | 10 | .559 | .644 |
* Chimera actually played his one game on the top line on the left side with Ovechkin on the right.
** The total here excludes the two games Backstrom didn’t start on the top line; the Caps were 0-2-0 in those two, with a top line of Ovechkin-Burakovsky-Ward.