The Washington Capitals wrapped up another successful season even if it was in the virtual world of NHL 20.
Despite a couple of questionable losses the Washington Capitals finished up another season finishing atop of the Metropolitan Division with a 46-30-6 record in our NHL 20 simulations.
That’s respectable and close to where we think the actual Capitals could end up as if they choose to finish the regular season. Their record is 41-20-8.
They finished with 98 points, two points ahead of the second place Carolina Hurricanes and four points ahead of the third place Pittsburgh Penguins. The New Jersey Devils finished fourth while Barry Trotz’s New York Islanders finished fifth.
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Coming in sixth is the New York Rangers while seventh is the Philadelphia Flyers and finally the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Alex Ovechkin finished with 41 goals in the virtual world while the real world Ovi is stuck at 48 goals. Ovechkin also had 43 assists for 84 points.
Evgeny Kuznetsov added 16 goals and 47 assists for 63 points. That’s close to his real world total of 19 goals and 33 assists.
T.J. Oshie finished with 25 goals and 36 assists for 61 points. That’s close to his 26 goal real world total. Nicklas Backstrom had 11 goals and 39 assists for 50 points in the virtual world while recording 12 goals and 42 assists in the real world.
John Carlson had seven goals and 39 assists for 46 points. In the real world he has 15 goals and 60 assists for 75 points further proving he’s even defying video game numbers.
How bout new acquisition Richard Panik. He lives up to his contract in this video game with 18 goals and 25 assists for 43 points. Panik has nine goals and 13 assists in the real world.
Lars Eller finished with 20 goals and 20 assists for 30 points, close to his real world total of 16 goals and 23 assists.
Tom Wilson finished with 14 goals and 25 assists for 38 points. In the real world he has 21 goals and 23 assists. Jakub Vrana had 19 goals and 19 assists for 38 points while Vrana has 25 goals and 27 assists in the real world.
Dmitry Orlov finished with four goals and 29 assists for 33 points. That aligns almost with his four goal and 23 assist season in the real world. Carl Hagelin had 14 goals and 14 assists for 28 points, close to his real world total of eight goals and 17 assists.
Newcomer Brendan Leipsic had 12 goals and 13 assists for 28 points, much better than his three goal and eight assist season in the real world. Nic Dowd finished with 11 goals while Garnet Hathaway added seven.
Braden Holtby finished with a 36-25-6 record with a 2.38 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage while Ilya Samsonov went 10-5-0 with a 2.83 GAA and .904 save percentage.
The Caps would draw the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the playoffs. As weird as that sounds. Check back later this week as we’ll simulate how they do in the playoffs.