185 – The distance from which Nic Dowd scored his game-clinching empty-net goal in Philadelphia last night, making it the farthest tally of the 3,502 Caps goals on record for which we have location data (i.e. the start of the 2007-08 season). Let’s have another look, shall we?
Impressive (though his average goal distance on the night was a rather pedestrian 97 feet).
Prior to that Dowd goal, the Caps’ most distant delivery belonged to Karl Alzner from back in 2016, which was charted at 182 feet:
Guess he called bank.
Rare as it has been in recent Caps history to score from such distance, it’s not all that uncommon League-wide:
Finally, because you’re curious, here’s the lengthiest of Alex Ovechkin’s lamp-lighters on record, clocking in at 165 feet:
Most massive of thanks to Evolving-Hockey’s Play-By-Play Data Query feature for making this inquiry (somewhat) painless. Support them on Patreon, if you’re so inclined.