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The Noon Countdown: Even Steven

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11 – Number of days remaining until the start of the Washington Capitals’ 50th season. But it’s also…

…the number of players in team history to have scored at least 300 even-strength points as a Capital. Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but the leader in that department? None other than Alex Ovechkin, who – despite rumors that he only scores from his office on the power play – has accumulated 963 points at evens. Nicklas Backstrom sits in second with 610, while John Carlson leads the way among blueliners (and is fifth overall) with 415.

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