168 - Number of blocked shots for the Capitals so far this season, which leads the League; they finished last season in the middle of the pack with their 14th-ranked 1885 blocked shots.
The 168 shots absorbed by Caps’ defenders includes a bruising 31 blocked shots in their recent win over Chicago (one of which was likely the explanation for Tom Wilson’s recent maintenance day). That’s the second-most in the NHL this season and the most for the Caps in a single game since February 2014.