#3 Fixing the power play
When one thinks of a strength from the Washington Capitals it’s their high octane power play that can light up a scoreboard. But this season the Caps were ranked more in the middle on the man advantage.
Washington is ranked 17th in the league with a 19.4 percent success rate. Alex Ovechkin leads the Caps with 13 goals on the power play. T.J. Oshie has 10. Evgeny Kuznetsov has six while Tom Wilson has five. Lars Eller, John Carlson, and Nicklas Backstrom each have two while Dmitry Orlov and Jakub Vrana each have one.
Ilya Kovalchuk was brought on to help the power play unit and I think the Caps need to take a longer look at him if at all possible. He’s up top with Oshie, Backstrom, Ovechkin and Carlson. The second unit features Wilson, Kuznetsov, Eller, Ovechkin and Orlov.
I’d say to mix it up and switch out Wilson for Vrana on the second unit. Giving Vrana more looks on the power play can help boost his chances of scoring 30 goals on the season.
Those are our top 3 ways to fix the team whether it be for the remainder of this season or next season. What are your top 3 ways to fix the Caps? Let us know in the comments.