5.5 – The differential between the Capitals’ power play percentage on the season (27.6%) and their net power play percentage (22.1%), which takes into account shorthanded goals given up. That’s the largest dropoff between PP% and net PP% in the League, with only seven other teams even topping a 3% difference and none of them going above 3.9%.
The Caps’ red-hot power play has risen to second in the NHL this season (just barely trailing first place Carolina at 27.9%), and should it hold, would be the highest power play percentage for a single season in franchise history. But for every five power play goals scored, they give one back shorthanded. The Caps have given up a League-worst seven shorthanded goals this season (.15 per game), including two in the last three games and three in their last seven.
For a team that struggles to get chances with the extra man – their power play opportunities per game is 2.76, sixth-lowest – they’re sure fond of wasting them.