38 – Number of days remaining until the start of the Washington Capitals’ 50th season. But it’s also…
…the average number of shots given up by the 1974-75 Capitals’ squad (well, 38.3, to be exact), their highest rate in franchise history and the second-highest rate dating back to that 1974-75 season, trailing only the 2022-23 Anaheim Ducks (39.1).