Putting Up Numbers· NHL

Wild @ Capitals

Sun, Nov 1, 2026

Wild 5, Capitals 1

Wild at Capitals: against expected, a game, this season, This game
a gameWild1 gameCapitals1 game
Goals+1.81−2.04
Goals against−2.35+1.84
Shots+1.1+0.5
Shots against−1.2−0.9
Power-play goals+1.31−0.71
Power-play goals allowed−0.70+1.27
Penalty minutes−7.4+10.5

Each number is over (+) or under (−) what the team’s opponents usually allow, a game.

Who put up numbers

Capitals

Wild

Analysis

What was true going in. Each line says how it stood up, and how it came out.

Capitals

  • The Capitals' penalty minutes were 3.8 lower at home than away against expected over their last 165 games, 32nd of 32 teams.fact · rankedthe split →This game: 10.4 over expected.

The series

  • The Wild lead the series 19–17 since 2000-01. The Wild have won the last 2.seriesevery meeting →

If you squint

  • The Capitals had won 8 of their last 10 at home.countits form →Now 8 of 11.
  • The Capitals had won 7 of their last 10.countits form →Now 7 of 11.

Every meeting

DateWhereScore
Nov 1, 2026at CapitalsWild 5, Capitals 1
Dec 16, 2025at WildWild 5, Capitals 0
Oct 17, 2025at CapitalsCapitals 5, Wild 1
Mar 27, 2025at WildWild 4, Capitals 2
Jan 2, 2025at CapitalsWild 4, Capitals 3
Jan 23, 2024at WildWild 5, Capitals 3
Oct 27, 2023at CapitalsCapitals 3, Wild 2
Mar 19, 2023at WildWild 5, Capitals 3
Jan 17, 2023at CapitalsWild 4, Capitals 2
Apr 3, 2022at CapitalsWild 5, Capitals 1

Method

  • Over or under is each game against what the opponent usually allowed, or usually scored, in its other games that season, with half the home edge, averaged over the team’s games. The five biggest numbers in the league either way are lit.
  • “This season” and the analysis are the games through Oct 31, the day before, so the page says what was true going in. “This game” is the night’s own numbers against expected.
  • Goals are the final score’s: a shootout gives its winner one goal, as the standings count it. Shots are shots on goal, and power-play goals allowed are the opponent’s.
  • A game with no box score sits out.

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