Washington Capitals: Top 3 key players to watch against Bruins

The Washington Capitals will take on the Boston Bruins for the second time this season. The Caps are coming off an overtime win against this same Bruins team thanks to Alex Ovechkin’s heroics the other night. This is the sixth and final game of the homestand and the Caps hope to continue their winning ways from January into the new month.

With the win, the Caps extended their franchise record for most points to open a season to nine games. The Caps will be looking for a much stronger start in Monday’s rematch and play a complete game. Here are your top 3 key players to watch.

#3 Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin notched his second goal of the season the other night in his first game back from COVID-19 protocol. It was Ovechkin’s 708th career goal which tied him with Mike Gartner.

Ovechkin has a career goals per game average of 0.61, the highest among players with at least 700 career goals. Ovechkin has also reached the 30 goal mark in each of his 15 NHL seasons including 32 in the lockout shortened season of 48 games. His 15 career 30 goal seasons trail only Gartner (17) for the most in league history while his 15 consecutive 30 goal seasons are tied with Gartner (1979-80-1993-94) and Jaromir Jagr (1991-92-2006-07) for the longest such run by an NHL player.