Your weekly look at individual Washington Capitals' ups and downs*:
| Forwards | Trend | Notes |
| Nicklas Backstrom | UP | Scored the lone Caps' goal last week, which means he actually *gasp* shot the puck... something he's done 51 times already this season, his highest shots-per-game rate in three seasons. Perhaps that's why he's on pace to have his best goal-scoring season since his concussion-shortened 2011-12 campaign, and why he's currently leading the team in scoring overall. |
| Jay Beagle | EVEN | A fairly quiet week for Beagle, who won the majority of his faceoffs, wasn't on for any goals against (including close to five minutes of perfect penalty killing) and generated exactly one shot on goal. |