Grading the Capitals performance through the break

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Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /

Power Play

The Capitals power play currently ranks 19th in the NHL with a success rate of 20.5 percent. Just in front of them is the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers who are just ahead of them in the Metropolitan Division standings. They are just ahead of the Seattle Kraken.

Here are how the units looked last time.

First unit: T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson, Alex Ovechkin, Erik Gustafsson

Second unit: Dylan Strome, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Conor Sheary, Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov

Alex Ovechkin leads the Caps with 10 power play goals. T.J. Oshie has five. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson each have four. Dylan Strome has three, Conor Sheary and John Carlson have two, Anthony Mantha, Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson each have one.

Evgeny Kuznetsov leads the Caps with 12 power play assists. Dylan Strome has 11. Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson each have eight. Erik Gustafsson has six. Conor Sheary and John Carlson each have five. Sonny Milano has four. Dmitry Orlov has three. T.J. Oshie, Anthony Mantha, Trevor van Riemsdyk each had one.

Grade C: The power play started slow but has recently gotten better. But they haven’t quite totally improved yet which puts them at an average grade.

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