The Washington Capitals capped off their two-game homestand with their fourth win in a row against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday. The 4-2 victory will see the Caps head out to California carrying positive momentum.
Not how you’d draw up an ideal win but a win all the same. Let’s hope they can start on time out west.
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- I don’t think the Capitals were great at all in this one. They didn’t show up whatsoever in the first period, had a great stretch to start the second period that didn’t last, and then got their act together in the third period. The late start stuff has to be utterly frustrating for Spencer Carbery and his staff because once they actually get going, they’re dominating games. In the third period at five-on-five they held positive differentials in shot attempts (+10), scoring chances (+8), high-danger chances (+6), and expected goals (+0.22).
- Alex Ovechkin notched his 1,600th career point on his 886th career goal. Ovi is only the 11th player to ever reach the milestone and is now just nine goals away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky for the NHL’s all-time goals record. Per the Capitals, the marker was his 157th career goal in March, tying Gretzky (157 in December) for the most in any calendar month.
- Other milestones in the game included Martin Fehervary setting a new single-season career high in points (18), Connor McMichael tallying his 100th career point, and Dylan Strome playing in his 500th game. Strome’s goal, his 19th of the year, also gives him career goals against every single team in the NHL, including the Capitals.
With his assist on Ovechkin's goal, Tom Wilson (29g-23a–52p in 63 GP) tied his single-season career high in points (2021-22: 24g-28a–52p in 78 GP).
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- Aliaksei Protas recorded the primary assist on Fehervary’s goal, giving him 30 assists in a season for the first time in his career. Protas has 19 points (7g, 12a) in his last 19 games and is on pace for 71 points (32g, 39a) this season. Among under-25 NHL players, only Jack Hughes (27) and Cole Caufield (31) have more goals than Protas this year.
- Charlie Lindgren was superb in his 15th win of the season. He made 30 stops on the 32 shots he faced and, per MoneyPuck, saved 2.34 more goals than expected.
- With the win, the Capitals (92 points) eclipsed their point total from last season (91 points) in 18 fewer games. The Caps are level at 92 points with the Winnipeg Jets atop the NHL, nine points up on the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference, and 12 points up on the Carolina Hurricanes in the Metropolitan Division.
Numbers thanks to Hockey-Reference, NaturalStatTrick, and HockeyStatCards.
