The Noon Number: The Not-So-Golden State

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images.358 - The Capitals points percentage in games in California since the state became home to three teams. Dating back to October 1993, the Caps have posted a combined record of 16-31-4-2 (W-L-OT-T) against the Sharks, Kings, and Ducks (Mighty and otherwise), and have been outscored 178-134 in those games.

They had a brief streak of good fortune back in their California trips of 2014-15 and 2015-16, going 2-0-1 in March of 2014 and following that up with a 2-1-0 record the following February (thus marking the only two times in which they’ve won at least two when hitting all three teams on the same trip). Since then? Not so fortunate, as their rare…