Aliaksei Protas

Protas is at his best beside Chychrun: 61.9% of the expected goals together against 50.4% apart.

Dubois is a different player beside him: 55.8% of the expected goals with Protas, 41.8% without him.

11 of his 13 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Protas than away from him.

The pairing that generates most is Protas and Chychrun: 6.49 expected goals an hour.

He spends more 5v5 time with Wilson than anyone: 635 minutes, worth 58.0% of the expected goals.

With Sourdif on the ice too, the Capitals have outscored opponents 20 to 6 at 5v5.

Killing penalties he is tightest with Carlson: 6.91 expected goals against an hour.

His best five is with Chychrun, Roy, Sourdif and Wilson: 66.9% of the expected goals over 58 minutes.

The five the coach goes back to is Protas with Carlson, Fehérváry, Sourdif and Wilson, 60 minutes at 5v5.

Tom Wilson has assisted on 10 of his 25 goals, 40.0% of them.

He has helped on 5 of Tom Wilson's goals, 18.5% of his own assists.

66.7% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

The Capitals create 5.27 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Protas on.

The Capitals score 58.3% of the 5v5 goals with Protas out there.

54.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Protas is on.

At 5v5 the Capitals generate 54.8% of the expected goals with Protas on the ice.

Protas's line owns 53.5% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

Opponents get 54.24 shot attempts an hour with Protas on the ice at 5v5.

Short-handed he concedes 9.17 expected goals an hour.

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 58.3% of the goals off 54.8% of the expected goals.

Protas plays 18:14 a night, 90th among forwards.

He draws 2:02 of penalty kill time a game, 55th among forwards.

He has 3 short-handed points this season.

He is +20 on the season.

He scores 1.08 goals an hour of ice time.

Only 1.9% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

Protas produces 2.25 points an hour of ice time.

Protas has 5 game winners this season.

He sets up 1.17 assists an hour of ice time.

He puts 6.75 shots on goal an hour.

He takes the puck back 1.13 times an hour.

He takes 0.87 penalty minutes an hour.

17.3% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

Protas has taken 324 shot attempts this season.

He fires 14.03 attempts an hour of ice time.

Protas has scored 2 times on Ilya Sorokin this season, more than on any other goaltender.

His deadliest matchup is Ilya Sorokin: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

He has 3 goals against the Islanders this season.

Protas has 25 goals off 20.3 expected: 4.7 more than the chances alone say.

He converts 15.6% of the shots he puts on goal.

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.9% of his attempts.