2 - Number of Capitals’ defensive pairings currently in the top-10 in the League in expected goals-for percentage at five-on-five (minimum 100 minutes played):
Of the 33 pairs meeting the time-on-ice cutoff, Dmitry Orlov and Nick Jensen have the lowest xGA rate of the lot, while Trevor van Riemsdyk and Justin Schultz are fifth in xGF rate. And, because you’re curious, the Caps’ nominal top pair of John Carlson and Martin Fehervary has an xGF% of 49.0 percent.
And how has reality reflected these expectations?