20.8 – Percentage of total game time the Capitals have spent trailing through 41 games, the lowest percentage in the League through Saturday*. Here’s how the first-half of the Caps’ season breaks out, by score state:
By contrast, last year’s Caps trailed for 32.4% of total game time, and only led for 27.2% of the time.
* Based on Muneeb’s numbers, which are slightly different than mine, but the Caps are the low team in that category by a decent enough margin that we’re comfortable calling this one for Washington.
