On Monday, Matthew Phillips scored the first goal of his career and the first goal of the Caps’ season in a 3-2 shootout win against the Calgary Flames.
Unfortunately, this is the longest it took to get the Caps on the board to start the season, after Friday’s 4-0 loss to the Penguins.
This made us wonder what else we could find out regarding the first goal of the season, so below is a list of each one.
Phillips the 36th Caps player to score a season-opening goal. Alex Ovechkin and Alex Semin lead the Caps with three season-opening goals.