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Are the Capitals Making the Most of Defensive-Zone Face-Off Wins?

In the lead-up to the 2013-14 season, The Score ran a series of posts in which talented analysts and writers Justin Bourne and Thomas Drance took a look at "Unique Team Traits," pointing out some of the game's finer points as they applied to individual teams. For the Caps, the trait was Alex Ovechkin's power-play one-timer... yeah, that meets the definition of "unique." But with Barry Trotz about to embark on his first season behind the Caps' bench after 15 years in Nashville, the Predators' team trait was of particular interest, for obvious reasons.