Brent Burns has been scoring in bunches no matter if he’s playing at home or on the road. Sunday, after scoring twice on Devils’ goaltender Cory Schneider in New Jersey, Burns tallied his 15th and 16th road goals of the 2016-17 season.
That now puts Burns one goal away from tying a former Capitals defenseman’s all-time road-goal record.
By Cara Bahniuk 6 years ago
After starting the year slow, Washington Capitals defenders have been scoring goals at a higher clip recently. Dmitry Orlov tallied two goals on January 23 against the Hurricanes, and John Carlson scored twice against the Lightning a month earlier. In the month of January, Capitals defensemen scored ten goals total.
That’s why I was shocked when I heard this next stat. While doing some research on San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns, Sportsnet’s Dimitri Filipovic came up with this amazing graph.
This is hockey in its most weird and pure form.
At the very end of the second period of the Canada/USA game, the Ducks’ Corey Perry crashed into the Red Wings’ Justin Abdelkader right at the buzzer. Abdelkader didn’t appreciate Perry’s flying elbow during a meaningless pre-tournament game, so the two scrapped in the corner. A melee ensued and it was the greatest melee to ever melee.
