#4 Power play woes
Lost in the awesomeness of the Capitals offense at five on five has been the struggles of the power play. The Caps so far this season are six for 48 on the power play which included a scoreless drought of at least 20 on the man advantage until their win in St. Louis.
The Caps rank 30th in the power play with a success rate of 12.5 percent. That's worst in the Eastern Confence and barely ahead of the Anaheim Ducks and the Blues.
The Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders are just ahead of them as are the Calgary Flames and the Utah Hockey Club. The Winnipeg Jets, Colorado Avlanche and the Vegas Golden Knights are the top 3 in that category. The Caps see Colorado, Vegas and Utah after Toronto on Wednesday.
Here's what the power play units looked like for the Caps:
First unit: Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome, Connor McMichael, Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson
Second unit: Michael Sgarbossa, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Andrew Mangiapane, Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun
Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson each have two power play tallies. John Carlson and Connor McMichael each have one. Dylan Strome leads the Caps in power play assists with five.