Capitals and Canucks Players Dominate NHL Plus-Minus

The Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks are dominating the NHL plus/minus leaderboard. Of course, this is not extremely shocking given their respective records and  Goals For/Game totals. The Capitals lead the league in Goals for/Game at 3.88, followed by the Canucks at 3.24. The Capitals also lead the NHL in goal differential at +66 , followed by Chicago at +31 and Vancouver at +38. Washington also has the league’s best winning percentage after giving up the first goal. The Capitals are 16-7-4 for a .593 winning percentage when trailing first. The Capitals currently have 7 players in the top 11 of the NHL plus/minus leaderboard, while Canucks players hold the remaining 4 positions. It’s not uncommon in any given season to see a few players from the league’s top teams in the top 20 of this statistical category. But, we haven’t seen complete domination of the NHL plus/minus statistic since 2006-07 when the Ottawa Senators had 7 players in the top 12 p...