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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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CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 20: T.J. Oshie #77 and Evgeny Kuznetsov #92 of the Washington Capitals celebrate in the first period after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on October 20, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 20: T.J. Oshie #77 and Evgeny Kuznetsov #92 of the Washington Capitals celebrate in the first period after scoring against the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center on October 20, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/NHLI via Getty Images) /

T.J. Oshie

I’ve been calling T.J. Oshie the invisible superstar recently. Every night he’s not very noticeable. I don’t see him and his line creating a ton of chances, they don’t seem to give up a ton of chances. They’re just playing, a very unnoticeable kind of game. Yet every game Oshie seems to end up getting a goal.

This week, while still being quiet, Oshie was able to put up five points, four of those were goals. Oshie is up to seven goals on the season on 22 shots. That’s a 31.8 shooting percentage. His career high coming into the season was 23.1 back in the 2016-17 season. I wouldn’t expect that percentage to stay this high but it’s definitely impressive and I think needs to be mentioned

His advanced stats were pretty average. That possibly explaining why you don’t see him very often during games. His Corsi% was 49.61% and the scoring chance percentage was 53.33%. The scoring chance percentage is good but you have to point out with Oshie on the ice the Capitals had just four more scoring chances than their opponents.

Another couple of numbers to point out. Oshie finished second on the team this week in individual scoring chances with 13 (We’ll get to first place in a minute). He also finished second in individual high danger attempts for with nine.

You can be invisible all you want. If you keep putting up goals and points the way Oshie is right now you’re going to be helping your team out a ton. You also get to be one of our stars of the week. Congrats Mr. Oshie, try to find an honor bigger than this one, I. Dare. You!

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