20.4 - Percent of Capitals’ faceoffs taken by Jay Beagle last season, of which he won 58.5% (584 of 998). Since his departure via free agency last summer, the Caps have replaced that faceoff workload largely by committee, with Nicklas Backstrom increasing his percentage of the team’s faceoffs taken by 2.9%, Lars Eller going up 3.2%, Travis Boyd up 5.2%, and Nic Dowd chipping in with 9.8% for a total between the four of 21.1% of the team’s overall draws.
While they’ve made up for his absence in the number of faceoffs taken, however, they’ve been unable to replicate Beagle’s success rate (which was fifth-best in the League last season, min.