27 - Number of times the Caps have gone shorthanded in the last five games, with at least four penalties per game over that span. In two of those five games they topped six or more times shorthanded, including a season-high nine against the Devils on New Year’s Eve - tied for the second-most penalties they’ve taken in a single game over the last decade.
The last time they had such an undisciplined stretch was almost two years ago, a five-game run from January 16-28, 2015 in which they were shorthanded 24 times (4, 5, 6, 5 and 4).