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The Noon Number: The Unfriendly Confines

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.520 - The Capitals’ win percentage at home this season, with a record of 13-8-4 in front of the hometown crowd. That’s the lowest of any Eastern Conference team currently in a playoff position, and tied with Minnesota for second-lowest among all playoff-positioned teams overall (with Colorado bringing up the rear at just .435).

This is a fairly new and somewhat troubling development for a team that has been one of the better home teams for years; since 2005-06, they have a win percentage of .604 at home; over the past five seasons, that’s jumped up to .