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Washington Capitals Stars Of The Week: 10/13 – 10/20

By CJ Witt

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals looks on against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at Capital One Arena on October 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 16: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals looks on against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the third period at Capital One Arena on October 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 14: Andre Burakovsky #95 of the Colorado Avalanche skates during the pregame skate before a game against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 14: Andre Burakovsky #95 of the Colorado Avalanche skates during the pregame skate before a game against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

It was a week that started terribly to put it bluntly.

A pretty good thumping by the Colorado Avalanche started us off, but the Washington Capitals recovered and had a good week going 3-1-0. Win or lose there will be performances by players to be noticed, most of the time anyways, and this week was no different. Lets dive right into it, here are our stars of the week.

Just a reminder, the way we give out our stars of the week we look at several things. Traditional stats, like goals and points. Advanced stats like Corsi%. And finally the eye test. Who caught your eye more often than not. If you can hit all three you have a no doubter star of the week.

With that being said, here we go.

CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 20: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with teammates, including John Carlson #74, after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks in the third period at the United Center on October 20, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 20: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with teammates, including John Carlson #74, after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks in the third period at the United Center on October 20, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images) /

John Carlson

He was one of our stars of the week last week and if he keeps doing what he’s doing right now he’ll be on our list frequently. John Carlson has 18 points  in his teams first ten games. The great Bobby Orr has done that twice. That’s pretty good company to join.

This week Carlson scored eight points, seven of those being assists. That’s two weeks in a row now that Carlson has averaged over two points per game. I’m not really a fan of talking about awards early in the season, but Carlson is the runaway favorite for the Norris Trophy right now. Still a long ways to go to get there however.

His advanced stats weren’t very good. His Corsi% was a poor 45.34% and his scoring chance for% was 44.87%. Neither very good. However with the historic numbers he’s putting up it would be pretty ridiculous to not have John Carlson as a star of the week.

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