Japers' Rink · Nov 9, 2022
The Noon Number: Metro Delays
Photo by John McCreary/NHLI via Getty Images2 - Number of times the Capitals have faced a Metropolitan Division opponent so far this season, with the team having only played the Hurricanes and Devils to this point. They are 1-0-1 in those two games.
That’s tied for the fewest division opponents faced through 14 games going back to 2005-06 (and excluding the bubble year, when the Caps only played division opponents all season). The only other time they’ve been this deep into a season and had no more than two meetings with division rivals was way back in 2009, when their only division games through their first 14 were two against the Atlanta Thrashers.