Dylan Strome gave an interesting quote after the Capitals’ 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday:
Dylan Strome on tonight's win: "Analytically I think that we’re a really good team, from what it’s shown through the first 15. But it’s nice to get results, obviously.
"You try to tell 20 hockey players that you’re great analytically, but you’re .500. It doesn’t go so well."— Bailey Johnson (@BaileyAJohnson_) November 12, 2025For the first nine minutes of Washington’s tilt against the Florida Panthers on Thursday, things were playing out just as he described; Washington, a team that has consistently controlled the larger share of scoring chances, was peppering Panthers goalie Daniil Tarasov as they took a sizeable lead on the shot counter.