What the Hell is Right with the Caps’ Power Play?

In late December, the Caps’ power play hit rock bottom, posting back-to-back 0-for-6 efforts at the end of a 1-for-27 stretch that landed them 31st in the League since an opening night three-PPG outburst (a span of 31 games).

Since then, they’ve been better - 22nd overall - but things really took off a month later:

For you visual learners, on the season, their rolling ten-game 5-on-4 goal rate looks like this:

Conveniently, that “rock bottom” point is almost exactly the midway point of the season so far - 32 games before, 30 games since (somewhat curiously, the team’s record was much better in the first set - 19-6-7 - than in the second - 15-12-3 - but that’s another discussion).