Over the past few seasons one of the knock on the Washington Capitals has been that there isn’t much scoring outside of the superstars on the team. However, that trend has started to turn around this season.
The Capitals have enjoyed production from stars like Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin over the past few seasons, but it’s never been enough to get them over the hump in the playoffs. The team has needed other players to step up and provide reliable production.
With last year’s breakout player, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and star defenseman John Carlson struggling to start the 2016-17 season, it’s been even more important to find scoring and solid play elsewhere.