Team Snapshot
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Key Insight
Washington sits 17th league-wide with 89 points through 79 games, clinging to playoff contention despite a catastrophic power play ranked 26th that has converted just 17.4% and scored only 41 goals all season. The team's 12-goal differential is propped up by middling offense (14th in GF) and defense (12th in GA), but recent form exposes structural fragility: they are conceding 4.25 goals per game over the last five while scoring just 3.5, a reversal that threatens to collapse their postseason hopes with three games remaining.
Strengths
Home record of 24–11–5 (.663 points percentage) demonstrates the team controls outcomes in favorable environments, banking 53 of 89 total points at home and creating a foundation that keeps playoff hopes alive despite road struggles.
Third-period goal differential of +8 (97 GF, 89 GA) shows Washington closes games effectively when holding leads or tied, a critical trait in elimination-level fixtures where late execution determines playoff qualification.
Penalty kill ranked 13th at 79.8% limits opponent scoring on 248 opportunities to 50 goals, preventing special teams from becoming a catastrophic weakness even as the power play collapses.
