Back in early November we checked in on a Caps power-play unit that was struggling to convert its opportunities at the rate to which the hockey world had grown accustomed. And while it was still quite early in the 2016-17 season, the slide we identified dated back to the middle of last season - a 48-game stretch that was enough to raise some eyebrows, if not red flags.
What we’ve seen in the nearly two months since is a bit of an uptick, as a 7-for-16 five-game span in mid-December propelled the 25-game stretch to a respectable 15-for-78 (19.