6 – Number of days remaining until the start of the Capitals’ 2019-20 season. But it’s also…
…the number of Caps who recorded shorthanded points in 2018-19. Lars Eller led the club with three (1-2-3), while Tom Wilson led in goals with two (a new career high). Nic Dowd, T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen, and Chandler Stephenson all also chipped in with a shorthanded point for the Caps.
Wilson is already warming up to top last year’s performance, as he checked in with this beauty in last night’s preseason win over the ‘Hawks: