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B Overall Grade 86

Wild Card

Sleeper

5-4 Record

55.6% Win %

#11 Overall Rank

3.3 Goals / Game

L 1 Streak

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Performance

	Rating	Rank
Overall	86 B	11
Power	81 B-	15
Offensive	86 B	11
Defensive	79 C+	17
Schedule (Current)	86 B	11
Schedule (Future)	80 B-	16

Records

Overall	5-4 (55.6%)
Versus Top 5	1-1 (50%)
Versus > .500 Teams	3-3 (50%)
Versus < .500 Teams	2-1 (66.7%)
Last 10 Games	5-4 (55.6%)

Superlatives

Best Win	#4 NY Rangers
Worst Loss	#32 Los Angeles
Largest MOV	3 goals, #8 Carolina
Largest MOD	3 goals, #32 Los Angeles

Other Statistics

Goals per Game	3.3
Goals Against	3.2
Opponent Record	49-38
Average Opponent Rank	14.6
Long Streak	W 2
Current Streak	L 1

Washington Capitals Franchise History

Washington Capitals has been rated by Versus for 18 seasons, from 2009-10 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2009-10	57-32	64.0%	#5
2010-11	52-39	57.1%	#8
2011-12	49-47	51.0%	#13
2012-13	30-25	54.5%	#12
2013-14	38-44	46.3%	#20
2014-15	52-44	54.2%	#11
2015-16	62-32	66.0%	#1
2016-17	62-33	65.3%	#1
2017-18	65-41	61.3%	#5
2018-19	51-38	57.3%	#6
2019-20	43-34	55.8%	#5
2020-21	37-24	60.7%	#5
2021-22	46-42	52.3%	#15
2022-23	35-47	42.7%	#25
2023-24	40-46	46.5%	#19
2024-25	56-36	60.9%	#5
2025-26	43-39	52.4%	#9
2026-27	5-4	55.6%	#11

Eastern Metropolitan

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
4	NY Rangers	7	4
8	Carolina	8	3	1
10	NY Islanders	5	4	8
11	Washington	5	4	2
13	New Jersey	5	4
22	Columbus	3	5	1
29	Pittsburgh	3	7	2
31	Philadelphia	2	9

Game Results

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Oct 2	at Carolina (8-3) Metropolitan	W5-2
Sat Oct 3	at #1 Tampa Bay (7-2) Atlantic	L1-3
Wed Oct 7	vs Pittsburgh (3-7) Metropolitan	W5-3
Fri Oct 9	vs #4 NY Rangers (7-4) Metropolitan	W3-1
Sun Oct 11	vs Seattle (6-4) Pacific	L3-5
Tue Oct 13	at Carolina (8-3) Metropolitan	L2-4
Wed Oct 14	vs Montreal (4-5) Atlantic	W5-4
Sat Oct 17	vs New Jersey (5-4) Metropolitan	W4-2
Tue Oct 20	vs Los Angeles (1-6) Pacific	L2-5