The Washington Capitals entered calendar year 2024 with one of the worst power plays in hockey. Through the season’s first 34 games, the unit had clicked on a woeful 11.5 percent of its opportunities, third-worst in the League, and that was after a relatively hot 5-for-23 run.
The struggles were as disappointing and confounding as they were surprising – if there was one area where an immediate positive impact of the offseason moves behind the bench was reasonably expected, it was with the extra man.
Since then, the Caps’ have been’ power play has been torrid, scoring on 28.