The current incarnation of the Washington Capitals isn’t what most onlookers would consider a “good” hockey team.
They’ve lost more games than they’ve won. They rank 29th in the League in scoring, 18th in goals against, 20th on the power play, 16th on the penalty kill, 30th in shots on goal, 21st in shots allowed and 30th in faceoff percentage. The underlying numbers aren’t really any better, with shot attempt, expected goal, scoring chance and high-danger scoring chance share all comfortably in the bottom-third of the League.