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Roster ratings · 2018-19 · Washington Capitals

Who has actually been good

TeamWashington Capitals
Season2018-19

Every Washington Capitals player rated out of 100 against NHL players at his own position. Wins above replacement sits beside each rating, and the bars show where the number comes from — sort by any situation to see who is driving the power play or holding up defensively.

90+Elite75+Top of the roster60+Middle of the roster40+Everyday NHLer20+Depth0+Below replacement
Focus
Roster total21.8wins above replacement across 28 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Braden HoltbyG92593407Situation split+5.64
2Pheonix CopleyG56271529Situation split+2.06
3Alex OvechkinL86811695Situation split+1.43
4T.J. OshieR85691284Situation split+1.39
5Jakub VranaL85821151Situation split+1.36
6Brett ConnollyR81811080Situation split+1.22
7Lars EllerC79811339Situation split+1.18
8Nicklas BackstromC75801596Situation split+1.10
9Nick JensenD76801588Situation split+0.88
10John CarlsonD71802005Situation split+0.78
11Dmitry OrlovD67821774Situation split+0.66
12Tom WilsonR54631143Situation split+0.64
13Andre BurakovskyL4876846Situation split+0.56
14Carl HagelinL4658854Situation split+0.54
15Michal KempnyD62711362Situation split+0.53
16Matt NiskanenD49801755Situation split+0.31
17Evgeny KuznetsovC31761428Situation split+0.30
18Christian DjoosD4745611Situation split+0.28
19Chandler StephensonC2864776Situation split+0.26
20Brooks OrpikD4153830Situation split+0.21
21Travis BoydC2353521Situation split+0.20
22Nic DowdC1864659Situation split+0.14
23Jonas SiegenthalerD2526368Situation split+0.09
24Devante Smith-PellyR654586Situation split+0.03
25Dmitrij JaskinR537373Situation split+0.02
26Nathan WalkerL—324Situation split+0.00
27Tyler LewingtonD—228Situation split+0.00
28Madison BoweyD550763Situation split-0.06
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defensePenalties (drawn minus taken)Finishing (goals above expected)

A rating is a player's percentile among NHL players at his position — defensemen are ranked against defensemen, not against forwards, so a 70 means different things for a winger and a blueliner in raw wins. It is measured from wins above replacement, which converts on-ice and individual contributions into wins beyond what a freely available replacement would provide. Bars are drawn on a shared scale, so they are comparable down the column. How this is calculated