The Washington Capitals have won three games in a row after downing the New York Islanders 5-4 in overtime on Friday evening. Washington snapped a four-game losing skid on home ice with the win.
This game wasn’t the most fun to watch through 40 minutes, but it sure picked up in the third. Nice two points after the comeback.
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- The Capitals took the second period off against the Isles but woke back up for the third and took it to New York. The Islanders only managed 33 five-on-five shot attempts in the whole game and just eight of those came in the final frame. Only the Montreal Canadiens on Halloween (29) have managed fewer five-on-five attempts in a game against the Caps this year.
- Dylan Strome recorded three points (1g, 2a) for his fourth three-point outing of the season. At the time of writing this bullet, he is tied with Nikita Kucherov and Jack Eichel for the fourth most points in the NHL with 34 (8g, 26a). He is tied with Eichel for second in assists, just two back of Nathan MacKinnon (28) for the lead.
- Connor McMichael recorded his first-ever three-point game, and weirdly, for him this season, none of them were goals. He is back up to producing at a point-per-game rate with 23 points (13g, 10a) in 23 games.
Trevor van Riemsdyk registered the primary assist on Washington's fourth goal, his 11th assist of the season. van Riemsdyk ranks second among Capitals blueliners in assists and tied for third in points.
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- Jakob Chychrun’s game-winning marker was his seventh goal of the year, which is tied for the second most among all NHL defensemen. His two game-winning goals are tied for first among all rearguards. Chychrun had a game-high 10 individual shot attempts in the win.
- He didn’t play much (8:04) but I thought this was Ivan Miroshnichenko’s best game with the Capitals during his recent stint with the club. Washington was great with him on the ice at five-on-five, seeing positive differentials in shot attempts (+8), scoring chances (+6), and high-danger chances (+3). Miro also recorded the primary assist on Nic Dowd’s goal.
- Logan Thompson won his 10th game of the season, improving to 10-1-1 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. Per Capitals PR, he tied the franchise record for fewest games to reach 10 wins (12), joining Cristobal Huet (2007-08) and Bob Mason (1983-85).
Numbers thanks to Hockey-Reference, NaturalStatTrick, and HockeyStatCards.
