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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 18: MLB player Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals talks with Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals after taking part in a ceremonial puck drop before a game between the New York Rangers and Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 18: MLB player Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals talks with Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals after taking part in a ceremonial puck drop before a game between the New York Rangers and Capitals at Capital One Arena on October 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Alex Ovechkin

Maybe there is another guy that deserves to be on this list more and might not get an opportunity later. We’ll get to him in a bit though. The reason Alex Ovechkin once again cracks our top three is some of the numbers he put up were a bit ridiculous. Especially considering I’m not sure it was Ovechkin or his lines best week.

Ovechkin put up five points in the four games played this week, two of those points were goals. Whatever. Points are points and goals are goals, Ovechkin will be putting those up all season. (That’s called taking something for granted, don’t do that.)

The reason Ovechkin is on the list is a different number. We mentioned Oshie was second on the team in individual scoring chances with 13. He was behind only Ovechkin who had….27. Ovechkin also unsurprisingly lead the team in this exact stat last week but to compare, in the three games last week Ovechkin led the team with 8 individual scoring chances. 27 scoring chances in 4 games I found shocking.

Ovechkin also led the team in high danger attempts for with 11.

His Corsi% was 51.01%, somewhat good. His scoring chance percentage however was 62.50%. While on the ice the Capitals had 45 scoring chances behind only Dmitry Orlov who had 50.

Might not have been his best week but the numbers say he did enough anyways. For that reason Ovechkin makes our stars of the week for the third straight week.

I think an honorable mentioned should go to Carl Hagelin this week. Depth scoring is something I’ve been concerned about this season and Hagelin is a part of that depth. He started the season a little rough going seven games without a point. In the last three games he has 4 points, all assists and three of those assists were primaries.

His four points are more than guys like Nicklas Backstrom, Lars Eller, Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson. If it wasn’t for Ovechkin putting up some stupid impressive numbers I think Hagelin would have made the top three.

Another week is in the books. Have anyone else you’d put in your stars of the week?

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