Did Alex Ovechkin score? *sigh* no.
Plus: Tom Wilson had a very lackluster 2023-24 season – especially given what had been a pretty upward trajectory to that point – and finished the year with just 18 goals and 35 points. Well, three games into the season, he’s a sixth of the way to last year’s goal total and on pace for 82 goals which is totally doable and not at all an early-season overstatement.
Minus: The Caps’ penalty kill has been very good so far this season. Their power play…perhaps not as much, as their issues with the extra man seem to have followed them here from last year. Tonight it was an ugly 0-for-5, which included giving up a shorthanded goal for the game’s first tally.
Our Three Stars:
*** Martin Fehervary (5 blocked shots)
** Taylor Raddysh (1 goal)
* Tom Wilson (1 goal)
Agree? Disagree? Let us know in the comments…and stay tuned for more on the game tomorrow morning!