"If you're new here, this series of posts, titled "numbers for the morning after," is where we take a look at how the Washington Capitals played the night prior in the scope of pure numbers and just numbers. Well, most of the time. Sometimes something in the game upsets me enough that I vaguely refer to a number, before, moreso, just waxing poetic about an inane unwritten hockey rule that no one but me probably cares about."
"After a really rough first period at five-on-five, the Capitals got their act together and pretty much dominated the rest of regulation. They created nine high-danger chances in the second period alone, contributing to what on paper was 2.11 expected goals. The only problem with that is that exactly zero of those pucks got past Jeremy Swayman in Boston's net. So, in summary, the Caps did beat up on what is not a very good Bruins team, but didn't get the two points."
"Tom Wilson picked up where he left off last season with the lone goal for the good guys. Willy was all over the ice in the loss, throwing five notable, heavy hits, as well as recording three shots on goal, seven shot attempts, six individual scoring chances, three individual high-danger chances, and one drawn penalty. He played 22:15 of ice time, the third most of any Capitals skater."
Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 3-1 home loss to Boston despite controlling much of regulation after a poor first period. The Capitals generated nine second-period high-danger chances and 2.11 expected goals at five-on-five but failed to score against Jeremy Swayman. Tom Wilson scored the lone Capitals goal, logged five heavy hits, three shots on goal, seven shot attempts, six scoring chances, three individual high-danger chances, a drawn penalty, and 22:15 of ice time. The Capitals' power play went 0-for-5, including an extended 5-on-3 opportunity that went unconverted.
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