Counting down the days to the 2015-16 season with a look at the importance of not falling behind.
23 - Number of days remaining until the 2015-16 season. But it's also...
...the number of times the Caps trailed going into the third period of a game last season. With just two wins in those 23 games (an overall record of 2-18-3), the Caps had one of the worst win percentages of any team in the League when behind after two periods. In fact, the Penguins were the only other playoff team to be below 10% (and they were way below, checking in at a whopping 0% - 0-18-5 - when down after two periods).