The Noon Countdown: Red Lights from the Blueline

28 - Number of days remaining until the start of the Capitals’ 2021-22 season. But it’s also...

...the number of goals scored by Caps’ defensemen last season, the fifth-highest blueline production in the League. Unsurprisingly, that offense was led by John Carlson, who put up ten goals (the sixth time in his career, and fourth-consecutive, that he’s hit double digits in goals). Perhaps more surprisingly, right behind him was Dmitry Orlov, who put up eight goals - just two shy of his career-high in that department, which he earned in a full 82-game slate.