Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal scores the game winning goal against Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby on a high-quality chance from the crease. (Gerry Broome)The Washington Capitals are an analytics enigma. Only three of those teams, the 2017-18 Capitals, 2007-08 Pittsburgh Penguins and 2008-09 Penguins, advanced as far as the Stanley Cup finals. “I don’t think shot volume is overrated, but you can affect two things: You can affect shot volume and you can affect shooting percentage,” Capitals General Manager Brian MacLellan told The Post last year. Carolina’s shot rate has declined a bit in the playoffs (12 high-danger chances per 60 minutes) but their shooting rate has ballooned to a postseason high of 31 percent.

Source: Washington Post April 23, 2019 15:56 UTC