10 – Number of times a member of the Capitals has scored at least two goals this season, which leads the League (Vancouver has seven such performances, with five other teams at six apiece) and accounts for just over 8% of the 121 games Leaguewide.
The Caps’ two-plus goal games have been spread around throughout the lineup, with six different players registering at least one this season. Unsurprisingly, Alex Ovechkin leads the way with three, while Jakub Vrana’s big weekend has him right behind at two alongside John Carlson. Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie, and Michal Kempny round out the group. Vrana is the only one of the pack to have picked up the hat trick, one of just 14 around the League so far this season.
That the Caps can boast more than one blueliner with a multigoal game under his belt is pretty impressive in its own right, by the way. Kempny and Carlson belong to a select group of just considering that only seven defensemen total in the NHL to have even one two-goal game – and the only two from the same team.
Vrana’s hat trick last night also helped the Caps match an impressive, albeit somewhat obscure, franchise record. Here’s Mike Vogel with more ahead of last night’s win: