#schedule-strength

#schedule-strength

The Washington Capitals control play well during five-on-five. Our best tool for measuring puck possession is shot attempts. The Caps are the team behind 55.4 percent of attempts in their games, third best in the league behind Colorado and Carolina. Early-season possession is a good indicator of success later in the season. We should feel good about the Caps' ability to drive play, but there's a big caveat.

Two of their biggest stars linebacker Fred Warner and tight end George Kittle played a little more than a quarter together and that's how it will remain. Warner is out for the season with a broken and dislocated right ankle and Kittle is expected to return this week after missing five games on injured reserve with a hamstring strain. Defensive end Nick Bosa was lost with a torn ACL on Sept. 21.