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Why I Wish The Caps Had Won

Kindred fandoms, if only briefly.

It's hard to say that that the Washington Capitals really deserved to beat the New York Rangers in their most recent playoff series. Of the 893 all-situation Corsi events, the Caps wound up with 437 of them, good for 48.9%, which is about what I would have expected based on what I saw. It was a close series, and in the end, the Caps came up just a bit short.

On the other hand, a difference of just over 1% in terms of (proxy) possession time over the course of 7 games is trivial, and so the fact that the series went to OT in Game 7 seems like a fitting end - the series was indeed up for grabs.